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.
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical composition
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song ⓘ |
| artist | Grateful Dead NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Dead & Company
NERFINISHED
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Grateful Dead NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerry Garcia NERFINISHED ⓘ The Dead NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer |
Bill Kreutzmann
NERFINISHED
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Jerry Garcia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstReleaseFormat | studio album track ⓘ |
| genre |
jam band music
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psychedelic rock ⓘ rock music ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | Grateful Dead fans ⓘ |
| hasImprovisationalSection |
extended instrumental passages
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guitar solos ⓘ |
| hasLivePerformanceTradition |
extended improvisational jams
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frequent setlist inclusion at Grateful Dead concerts ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
bells in a tower
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rolling away the dew ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature |
improvisational live performances
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lilting melody ⓘ mystical and symbolic imagery in lyrics ⓘ |
| hasNotableLyric |
If you get confused, listen to the music play
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Roll away the dew ⓘ |
| hasReputation |
classic Grateful Dead song
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fan-favorite live song ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
chance and fate
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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
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post-Grateful Dead spinoff band concerts ⓘ |
| performer | Grateful Dead NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedBy | Grateful Dead NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typicalInstrumentation |
bass guitar
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drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ keyboards ⓘ |
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