Grateful Dead - Franklins Tower

Live at the Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA, August 13, 1975
The video for "Franklin's Tower" by the Grateful Dead features the iconic Grateful Dead skeleton playing guitar near the mystical Franklin's Tower, adding a sense of magic and history to the scene.
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Embark on a musical journey with the Grateful Dead through this captivating live performance of "Franklin's Tower," now available in stunning HD quality. A standout track from the album "Blues for Allah," this song captures the essence of the Grateful Dead's improvisational genius and the vibrant spirit of their live shows.
🌀 About "Franklin's Tower"
"Franklin's Tower" is celebrated for its uplifting melody, intricate guitar work, and profound lyrics that delve into themes of freedom, renewal, and connection. This performance not only highlights the band's musical prowess but also the deep bond they share with their audience.
🎵 Why This Performance?
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Enjoy one of the band's most beloved songs, brought to life on stage.
Explore the story and inspiration behind "Franklin's Tower," a song that has touched the hearts of Deadheads worldwide.
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[@garyfamilathe7805]

This is not music , this is therapy ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@barrychiarello8493]

You got that right! 🌑🌝

[@daniellecurran2688]

The grateful dead make you feel good

[@kevinsmith8037]

Can I just say once and for all....LET THE RECORD SHOW, THIS CHANNEL IS MAGIC. PLEASE KEEP SHARING. YOUR KINDNESS LIVES ON.

[@jambandvideos]

🙏

[@FREEDOM-bx7mr]

GOD BLESS THE GRATEFUL DEAD...AND GOD BLESS AMERICA...PEACE.

[@LucyLennon20]

☮️🌍☮️

[@DonBair]

COOL!!! Can I get some earplugs?

[@anthonymonastiriotis9886]

❤

[@magiccarpetmusic2449]

god bless ALL humanity

[@LucyLennon20]

​@@magiccarpetmusic2449 God bless the child that's got his own stash, 9 to 5 and a place to crash ... 🎶

[@michaelmccourt9641]

God save that child that rings that bell.

[@hamdelsun68]

Been so depressed. So happy this popped up to remind me of my happiness ❤ ROLL AWAY❤❤❤

[@malcolmtudor8039]

Hey. Feel better. You can choose it.

[@t-daddyo7013]

What a treat, in this angry, crazy world, to connect with this good vibe. Outstanding! Thanks a ton, to this video's creator.❤

[@sparkimusmcfeely5131]

The bad lies, convincing the feeble,the sky is falling...

[@sparkimusmcfeely5131]

Still the sprouts of spring say fdjt, we are growing anywho...💙💚💙💚💙

[@mickvelez8217]

You get an incredible view of the Universe....when you climb Franklin's Tower. 😮

[@DonnieFelix]

That's nuts so beautiful I'm literally in a free trip I love you brother

[@MK-su6eg]

Still got my ticket stub, Pauley pavilion UCLA, festival seating, center of basketball court, Shakedown street tour! Theirs nothing like a grateful dead concert! 70s was strange trip and I loved it! Long live the DEAD! Aloha from Hawaii MK!

[@manofsteel1082]

Is this you? Bill Walton?

[@MK-su6eg]

@@manofsteel1082 no I'm not Bill, but I did see him grooving backstage at the concert in San Diego the week before the UCLA concert! Both concerts were awesome and I was a deadhead for 2weeks but had to go back to my studies and being a university of San Diego student! There's nothing like a grateful dead concert! Aloha from Hawaii MK

[@JustinBowsher]

This is one of the most euphonic live recordings I've heard

[@terryjames548]

The best music of my generation. Clearly

[@davidgannon1669]

Yes. Along with The Who

[@michaelwalston2438]

​@@davidgannon1669I wouldn't put them in the same category. The Beatles, the Moodies, Hendrix, yes.

[@malcolmtudor8039]

Clearly. No contest. 😎

[@lenalennon8746]

Just jammed while watching this and playing flute. I am so tripping

[@theoriginalchefboyoboy6025]

my face has officially been stolen…

[@mickeyhadley4281]

May the four winds carry you safely home…

[@taradeaton9444]

Me too. Been faceless for 40 years. ❤⚡️💙

[@emiliacanet9960]

Mines gone too

[@markdinkel-uh2je]

Jerry took it literally I guess

[@russellhopson1658]

Yeah which one was that. 😊

[@gratefulkm]

I permanently micro dose LS TEA And a plant by my side and I was blissed out already , but with these visuals I'm relaxing another few levels Tears starting to flow

[@josiancruz-jf6tv]

With the music and videos i can ge HIGH but with hash and wine it makes feel better all the time

[@poptart4260]

Tears of utmost joy , I know

[@allenwhitehead4360]

Heard a cover band do Franklins back in college 35 years ago. Had no idea who it was...but it grabbed my soul. Been on the bus ever since!

[@kemosabe551]

My absolute favorite version of Franklin’s Tower. Thank you !😊

[@mikemcelhiney4245]

Thanks for sharing

[@rustyschackleford5800]

Glorious visuals! I've never seen anything emulate the psychedelic experience better than that.

[@brianfisher6165]

WOW, fantastic version and totally worth all your effort put in this video, what a trip, Thank You!!!👌👌👍👍✌✌😁😁

[@jambandvideos]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@non_brewed_condiment]

Isn't this an AI generated video??

[@DaughtersofOrion]

I heard something differently in this song this time. I don’t know how else to explain the following story…. So here goes: I used to go to music festivals to see a Grateful Dead tribute band (The Schwag” w Jimmy Tebeau) quite often … The last time I tried to go, it was in a place called “FRANKLIN County” Arkansas…. Unfortunately , I never made it to the festival. “In another time’s forgotten space …” --- My ex-boyfriend, who had been using certain drugs I’m against behind my back, and I, had been arrested. Of all I have done in my life, the charges i was facing then, were not my own. “Some come to laugh the past away,” --- I could not allow myself to throw my ex under the bus, though he had done so to me. He lied and wrote a statement on me, because he caved under the pressure of the DA. He falsely claimed the drugs were mine. “Whichever way, your pleasure tends…” --- But I was not going to allow them to take away my rights over something I didn’t do. And I also was not going to throw my ex under the bus. “Some come to make just one more day” -- My attorney at the time (I went through THREE attorneys bc of how corrupted this county was), had told me that if I took my case to trial, I’d definitely go to prison, if I continued to refuse telling them where the drugs came from. I accepted that fact early. “Whichever way your pleasure tends”.. --- I did not care. It was the principle of the matter. They absolutely knew i was not guilty (my ex had told them, until they pressured him to do otherwise), and still chose to slap me w a felony. I decided to accept prison as my future. Bc I had to stand up for myself , and I couldn’t abandon my principles. I’d never let anyone take my legacy from me. “Your eyes looked from your mother’s face” ---- I had said many times during that chapter, that I had never been more uncertain about everything in my life, but I simultaneously had never been more certain about anything in my life… I was guided by an invisible hand. “If you get confused , just listen to the music play”. --- I had promised myself, that on my way down, I would make it count. “God save the child , who rings that bell” --- I told myself that if I lost at trial, I would then sell my car from the inside, and hire an entire team with PIs & everything, to take that entire f**king county-the crooked police, the district attorney, and everybody in their f**king back pockets - to Hell with me. “Like four lean hounds , the lighthouse keeps “ -- I think the DA could probably sense that I wasn’t playing around. Because the day before my actual trial, they ended up offering me a probation where I would not have a felony. I went ahead and accepted since it was the smartest idea. “May the four winds blow you safely home” --- I often think back to that corrupted county called Franklin county Arkansas With a lot of confusion in my heart “Like wildflower seed, on sand and wind” --- I don’t know why, but as soon as this track came on this time, I pictured my case , and everybody else who has to deal with that corrupted county… “In Franklins tower , the four winds sleep” -- Not going to lie, I teared up this time. I just pictured all of the good Family who are forced to deal w this corrupted country system , In “Franklin” County , just bc they wished to hear good music. “God save the child, who rings that bell” --- With so many of us going there to hear our music, a SPOTLIGHT is being put on their corruption… “It can ring, turn night to day” --- It’s putting so much attention on the disgusting practices being done there… “It will ring like FIRE when you lose your way”. -- it’s beautiful how many layers of the past AND future, are interwoven within the symbolism of mythos …. Little did I ever realize how important this song would be to me. And probably to many other dead heads in our Family. ❤⚡️💀🥀 I don’t regret it though. I gave them hell in Franklin county. For THREE YEARS. I pray that judge sees my face in every in every victim of the state in the future. I hope that DA remembers me. I hope both of the attorneys I fired remember how disposable they are. “If you plant ice, you gonna harvest winds” -- I pray the wonderful attorney who actually helped me, remembers his oath and remembers who he is fighting for. “May the four winds blow you home again” --- Everything happens for a reason Much love, ❤ Sadie

[@LucyLennon20]

ThankYou,Sadie So glad you made it !!

[@emiliacanet9960]

San Francisco listening forever. Thank you Jim's Jams fkn awesome

[@TheLotusWeAre]

Jimbo approved

[@samh9574]

Jerry's fire solo towards the end

[@johnpope4023]

Roll awày !!! Skateboarding 55yrs !!!

[@xiijaanzu3439]

I'm high as hell, and the video is friggin AWESOME ! Thanks doods :)

[@jameswebb9659]

😎✌️Far out, man. It blows my mind 🤯 What a long, strange trip it's been Keep on truckin'

[@rallabhandiprabhakar4750]

GD has many great songs but Franklin Tower is the first song that comes up in my mind whenever I think of GD music .

[@buckodonnghaile4309]

Any and every venue they played in was a Great American Music Hall. Cheers.

[@tomharvey6961]

True, but not every one was a converted speakeasy and brothel.

[@xheatproofspy7011]

These visuals are insane. Definitely saving this for my next trip.

[@barrychiarello8493]

I hate them!

[@sparkomatic]

wow. truly psychedelic.

[@Awaywrdson]

Beautiful Journey !!! Keep em coming !!! 🤘

[@chadking4528]

If you get confused listen to the music play❤ Merry Christmas ❤

[@THELIVEBAITMAN-ch3uf]

AWESOME I want these for our Halloween party to show in the background

[@thecarolinashreds196]

Another trip back to fun land. These videos are remarkable. Makes me wish we were back in the 70’s doing a little mescaline!!!!

[@vancegilmore245]

The transformative power of psychedelic ideologies 😊🎉⚡🕉️

[@timboc105]

Putting "ON" my Tye Dye shirt now! Smile ✌️

[@streamking8349]

First time hearing this song getting dire straits vibes and that can ever only be a good thing. ❤

[@vectorm4]

With this music and these visuals - Jim just got another subscriber !!

[@worthatry2011]

Great video to go with a fantastic live version of a phenomenal song 😎 “In another time’s forgotten space, your eyes looked from your mother’s face” Always loved those lyrics: while she was pregnant, we were all carried by our mother, and her mood, what she perceived , what she felt … impacted our brain’s earliest sensing. It is forgotten, but perhaps impacted us subconsciously

[@Karmakatt6]

2:45 Jerry even blows the A.I.'s mind 😮 ❤

[@holysmokes5817]

Don't often see accurate depictions of heroic dose psychedelic experience.. And "The Dead" the generators... Cheers! 🍄🌲🍄✨💥🌈😍

[@JamesPriest-vk8dd]

RIP big Bill Walton.. The dead community will miss you big time.. Fire on the mountain coming next Billy boy

[@gabegarrow8088]

I went to a concert the other day looked just like this one 😂😂😂🫠

[@azark1598]

And sufficiently melted….

[@timbaker1320]

Fell asleep in an MRI machine yestrurday. Told the nurse that I dreamed that I was in a Pink Floyd song.

[@raddadray7535]

Movin’ and groovin sitting down….listening…..WOW!

[@JerseyArkansas]

One From the Vault

[@Joesdifferent]

How I never saw your channel is absolutely amazing but I just subscribed to your channel and I can tell you I am really impressed with the visualizations🎉🎉❤❤

[@jambandvideos]

Thanks for subbing!

[@qm3821]

When i was highschool i dated a young woman who was into the Dead. At the time i wasn't at all..infact i ridiculed her a little bit, while i tried to push my modern nonsensical punk rock onto her. She was so so patient...cause even though we're not together, dont speak, dont know nothing about her, i think she knows im rolling away the dew.

[@katemcenery3654]

She was not like other girls..💀💜💀💜💀

[@leonardvernon7176]

🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 ❤

[@Michael-fs5mu]

Cool Saw Them In N.j. Meadowlands Way Back In The Day Trippin My Balls Off They Jammed Out On This Song 4 like 80Minn

[@alexanderthegreat5519]

Insanely grateful dead!

[@guitamoish]

What an amazing psychedelic journey! The 1975 version of FT was epic and so was the video. Thank you so much !

[@brianmcmahon7992]

Man steal my face I have officially had a flashback holy shit 😮

[@chamicels]

I love music.

[@misc320]

This is the song and the version that I use to turn people onto the Dead. Phil's base is off the charts here.

[@mokdis00]

what a lovely video to go with amazing audio. Thank you! 👍👍

[@BretCurtis-tr5bs]

Have never caught the Dead. But mid-nineties Tongue and Groove at the Junction Tavern had this one covered like a blanket. Good and loud and kicking ass.

[@Chakawookfound]

THANK YOU, CAN'T WAIT TO TELL OTHERS TO WATCH THIS

[@courtneyharrison2483]

😯 man that was so awesome.

[@user-tf2hx9re3q]

I am reminded of an entire wall taken up by a Stealyourface in one of my high school classrooms. The priests didn’t know what they had on their hands.

[@robertwesterman4088]

Yes sir... makes a perfect background, v. beautiful!!

[@jambandvideos]

Glad you like it!

[@kellycontreras7445]

That. Is. Fucking. Amazing.

[@sade6299]

الزمن الجميل شكرا من مراكش المغربية الساحرة

[@Bertha-pm4xt]

So beautiful. Thank you!

[@QuantumMango]

Wow! Thanks for creating this.

[@jambandvideos]

You bet!

[@rickiryobi2163]

The guitar is just 'ah screamin! 💀

[@Boatsussiowa]

May the Four Bongs blow you home again 🫕💨💨💨⚡️

[@johnsullivan2337]

Excellent work! Enjoyed it.

[@happydazer9339]

OMG I needed to hear this great simple melody😊. Thankuou. No...really. sincerely

[@jambandvideos]

You're welcome 😊

[@gilmaraugustomarques501]

É como ver a banda bem por dentro.... RS rs rs Sensacional.

[@kellycontreras7445]

So amazing! Thank you! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@traderjoe141]

So great! Thank you.

[@Kltpzyxm17]

1971 Yale bowl New Haven Ct. There were riots. 1988 Park West, Utah. 99. Cent French toast 24/7 😊

[@susiefairfield7218]

Keep your playlists on peroetual loop....💜💟Thank You💛❤️ Thank You 💚💙Thank You 🌈🔥🎶💃

[@danielshires3580]

So amazing blown away

[@jasonmathis7662]

Totally awesome!!

[@LobotomyMeat]

How does someone create something like this? I’m in absolute awe. To be a fly on the wall during the creation process

[@christopherlewismacy5516]

A piece of fractlating AI Pi?

[@beaulyons1977]

Well this is a bad ass video 🌹💀

[@kennygold217]

I love the grateful Dead and all of the beautiful that they put in their music and all of the work that they give to the world with all of the healing that the music gives shine on Jerry Garcia you're the man love you

[@josiancruz-jf6tv]

Their music and videos r so Great

[@brunoabrial3441]

Right on happy new year 🎉

[@janiceforlife]

Wow!! OMG!! These are all amazing!! ❤🎶💃

[@ciannenewborn564]

Beautiful 🎶🎶💜🕉 Thankyou

[@markbaker8607]

Thank you

[@stephenhenion8304]

Hey, That was me , there in the Foyer at 3:02.....Palace Theater!!!... 👍👍👍

[@SHININGSTAR-iz9dj]

Great version ❤

[@sr4169]

These are super sick!

[@brunoabrial3441]

Right on good jam ❤

[@rootofecstasy]

Nice! ! 🥰

[@trishfeatherstone4549]

🌹Wow!! All of these videos are phenomenal!! Thank you for sharing them with us! Tossin you roses🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@j.rustage3794]

I know, I know it's The Grateful DEAD but by half way thro this track I've seen enough skeletons melting in and out of the scene. Still, amazing music. long live TGD!

[@SirSkeets1]

Super Sick!!! Love it!!!

[@jambandvideos]

Appreciate it!!

[@Shudog99]

beautiful art

[@MrDanamch]

Awesome show! I believe this is the first time they played the Blues for Allah material live.

[@wimvondenbergh5345]

I haven't lost mi mind, I found it again....

[@solvospero]

Such a great job here. Thank you. My favorite Dead song. The vid is perfect for it.

[@idiotwind2248]

🎶"May the four winds blow you safely home"🌎🎶 ❤from Da Jersey Shore 🏖 🌹⚡️🎶✌️💀🐢💫

[@NickManCuso59]

Cool video !

[@michaelvanderhorst3840]

What a beautiful blend of Old school and current technology. Listen everyday ❤❤❤ getting me through some times rhank you for keeping it all alive you're all a beautiful credit to the wonderful vibes 😎

[@tygr8fulyoyo684]

Awesome ❤😂🎉😢!!! YOYOYO!!!

[@theatomicclap5328]

I remember when the only way to see the world groove like this was to eat some goofy paper acid ✌️

[@stand9460]

Go ahead and eat some goofy paper acid. After an hour watch this music video again! Either way it’ll be awesome 💀…

[@davidpotwin1691]

Or a sugar cube

[@jamespollard1842]

Yea and some nitrous . The original pop ups

[@theatomicclap5328]

@@jamespollard1842 we called them whippet I actually had a whip cream dispenser that the n😊✌️o2 cartridges went in I bought boxes of them little metal cartridges from the appliance store at the mall

[@andyporter4410]

Acid was not needed..