# Blues For Allah 50: Franklin’s Tower

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Podcast: [GOOD OL' GRATEFUL DEADCAST](https://stenobird.com/podcast/good-ol-grateful-deadcast-444071)
Published: 2025-09-11T07:00:00+00:00
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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 .

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