Franklin's Tower

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"Franklin's Tower" is a popular Grateful Dead song, known for its lilting melody, improvisational live performances, and lyrics rich with mystical and symbolic imagery.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical composition
song
artist Grateful Dead NERFINISHED
associatedAct Dead & Company NERFINISHED
Grateful Dead NERFINISHED
Jerry Garcia NERFINISHED
The Dead NERFINISHED
composer Bill Kreutzmann NERFINISHED
Jerry Garcia NERFINISHED
firstReleaseFormat studio album track
genre jam band music
psychedelic rock
rock music
hasCultFollowing Grateful Dead fans
hasImprovisationalSection extended instrumental passages
guitar solos
hasLivePerformanceTradition extended improvisational jams
frequent setlist inclusion at Grateful Dead concerts
hasMotif bells in a tower
rolling away the dew
hasNotableFeature improvisational live performances
lilting melody
mystical and symbolic imagery in lyrics
hasNotableLyric If you get confused, listen to the music play
Roll away the dew
hasReputation classic Grateful Dead song
fan-favorite live song
hasTheme chance and fate
spiritual insight
time and cycles
influenced jam band live performance practices
isPopularSongOf Grateful Dead repertoire
language English
lyricist Robert Hunter NERFINISHED
partOfAlbum Blues for Allah NERFINISHED
performedInContext Grateful Dead live concerts
post-Grateful Dead spinoff band concerts
performer Grateful Dead NERFINISHED
recordedBy Grateful Dead NERFINISHED
typicalInstrumentation bass guitar
drums
electric guitar
keyboards

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Blues for Allah hasPart Franklin's Tower