Blues For Allah 50: Franklin’s Tower

About this episode

The episode explores the creation and significance of 'Franklin’s Tower' from 'Blues For Allah'.

The Deadcast examines how Franklin’s Tower bucked every trend on Blues For Allah to become one of the Dead’s all-time classics, including a tape of its studio creation, a look into the multi-tracks, & a rare line-by-line breakdown by lyricist Robert Hunter himself. Guests: David Lemieux, Geoff Gould, Jürgen Fauth, Shaugn O’Donnell, Chadwick Jenkins, Will Backstrom, Max Ritchie, Hannah Grabbenstein See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Guests: David Lemieux, Geoff Gould, Jürgen Fauth, Shaugn O’Donnell, Chadwick Jenkins, Will Backstrom, Max Ritchie, Hannah Grabbenstein

Topics covered

• Grateful Dead
• music analysis
• song breakdown
• studio recording
• lyricism

Keywords

• Grateful Dead
• Franklin’s Tower
• Blues For Allah
• Robert Hunter
• music analysis
• studio recording
• lyric breakdown

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Blues For Allah, Franklin’s Tower

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