A mudbone hustler is someone who doesn'
t have much
cash, but always seems to get by in style. This is a person who uses their wits to avoid being a "starving artist", but they aren'
t exactly getting
rich either.
At any Phish show you'll see a pack of mudbones selling hemp necklaces trying to get enough for a ticket and some food.
The term originated from the Richard Pryor character Mudbone, who was a shoe shiner who'd been around the block a time or
two.
That
fool just made a bunch of 10 cent copies of his drawings and is selling them
outside the show for a buck each. He lives in his
car but he's at all the best shows with a drink in his hand, what a mudbone hustler!