And no political views!!! Wish the world could be a Dead parking lot. For those too young to never been, almost Utopia, if it weren't for cops.... But even, most cops looked the other way.
@@vancefyock8962 The only time the cops ever interacted with me at a dead concert was in the early 90's around upper New York after a crazy blizzard the night before (didn't have tickets). I was walking back to my friends with a huge nitrous balloon and 2 cops approached me and asked me what was in the balloon... I said, Air. They asked me for it and as I was about to hand it to them it slipped out of my hand never to be enjoyed by anyone.
You are not alone sister , I also lost my mom last month , she was 99 . Been listening to GD to keep my balance , music can do that ya know. Celebrate and always remember the good times 🎶
33 and just diagnosed with cancer.. But its okay cuz i listen to the music play! Everything is okay. So thankful for these boys.. They pulled me out of the darkness when i was diagnosed with ms at 21. I didnt even go to the darkness this time because i know how to roll away the dew. Forever Grateful. Forever Dead. Not Fade Away! ✨💜✨
@@moonbeamwonders5830 Sending you Light & Love on your journey. Strength and smiles sent from the ether to you. May the four winds roll you safely home...🙏🌊🌌
@@MarkMasters... your post just brought marvelous chills upon my body.. Spirit bumps! I appreciate your kind words so very much! Im still walkin, so im sure that i can dance! Betcha ill run into you at a show in the future.. When this happens - we'll shake our bones together! ✌💜☺
This is one of those songs that I still remember hearing for the very first time. Standing outside in a snow storm smoking a cig just marveling at how beautiful everything in that exact moment was. I’m in my early 20’s now but this music has transcended the generational barrier of time and touched my soul. At the same time, it makes me sad that I’ll never get to see Jerry play live. Thank you to the previous generation for so diligently capturing these performances!!!!
……. in those wonderful days, experiencing the Dead live is best described as an unpredictable journey, turning the unknown into the familiar , as if remembering one's own birth, guided by a lightning rod known to most as Jerry Garcia, juggling crystalline notes over a warm bed of sound joyfully laid out by his creative musical magicians...……….
I think you can actually see Jerry play live so to speak and get the same experience. I believe he anticipated the longevity of the band. He wanted us to watch the films created at EVERY SHOW. In my opinion that's as real as seeing him front and center. You can actually feel him sitting in on the Dead and Co. shows. John Mayer is the one to succeed him. Not everyone likes the newer twist bit ig but, John has grown better each time I've seen him. Jerry's there in the energy. John is translating it.
If its wasn't for jerry allowing people to record the shows itwould not be the same for you and your peers today. He knew that by doing so his music could live forever. What a generous and humble thing to do
I know how it feels, got friends and family who are coping, and this music is therapy, remembering the feeling at the dead concerts, 1 in Sandiego and the next 1 up north to UCLA Pauley pavilion! There's nothing like a grateful dead concert! Peace and Aloha from westside Oahu Hawaii MK!
Coming out of a long depression. Now im happy i put on the old records. Im happy because all the old records. Bless my brothers and sisters on theor journeys around the sun
Glad to hear you got out of your depression. Just remember life is a beautiful and magical journey. Hope your happiness is long lasting and the light prevails in the darkest of moments. 💀🌹❤️🤙
The best GD track IMHO. It’s got everything we love about Dead. Psychedelic, funk beat , melodic guitar solos, great Garcia vocals , propulsive percussion , improvisation without meandering
I’m 19 and turn 20 in 3 months. I started listening to franklins tower a few years ago but really started listening to the dead about 9 months ago. Since then their music has entirely changed the way I personally perform my music. They changed the way I think about music completely and I’m ever so grateful for it
Hi , Lilly , I'm 72 and will turn 73 in 2 months ..and have listened to ( and gone and seen ..) the Grateful Dead since 1966 ! Welcome to the tribe and may the music bring your life love and joy !
I’ve been listening to this version of Franklins Tower (the best version) for about 5 years now and every time it’s played it’s crazy good. Was chillin at a party the other day and played it when everyone was leaving and a few of my homies who had stayed back (who dont listen to anything close to the grateful dead) all started dancing around, great night.
I learned that ENDLESS GOOD COMES IN ENDLESS WAYS .. from being around the band the deadheads in and out of shows and a family full of goodness grateful bob
I'm almost 51 and just discovered what I've been missing all these years. Of course I listened to a few of their songs but I went down the "rabbit hole" the other day! So glad I did!
Don't feel bad. I did the same as you. Last year I really started getting into thier music. Been buying up CDs as fast as possible. Playing thier music all the time. WAY different and better to that I heard on the radio stations. No other band that I know of, throughout the 60s n 70n even come close; and I grew up in that era and seen almost all the band's. Good for the soul.
Awesome I slowly got my dad into the dead he's still not a head like me but he grew up in that time and I remember when I first asked him what the grateful dead was when I was about 8 or 9, my neighbors older brother was into them, I still remember he looked at me like you better not turn into one of those people. Lol now I'm 40 and finally getting him to come around at 65 so never too late.
The Dead rode a Love wave that covered the decades and flowed between gigs, from the Filmore days when I first saw them as a youngster and through the following decades, once you caught that wave you never wanted to get off, and at the very least you wanted to share it like I do and ride the sweet sound wave until my body is no longer of this earth and my soul is forever Grateful Dead ✌🏼☯️✨
I’m so Grateful to be sober, and still embrace this music, even more so then when I was high...being clear allows me to grasp the deeper meaning of the words, and the depth of the chords...God bless the child that rings that bell!
I felt that most intensely at the Stone in SF (10/4/86), Garcia's first appearance after his coma. Being in that tiny club and JGB opening with "How Sweet it is To Be Loved by You". Not a dry eye in the house. I felt so privileged to be there that night.
Certain it can't hurt, this song, prayers...in situations like these. Wondering, did she make it? Either way, sure she did in that you're doing everything good she taught you how to do!
I had finals the next day but it was worth it took my organic chemistry final still tripping and passed today I’m a doctor thank you to the greatest band that ever was
You were definitely up late doing your chemistry study Dr. Joel. Congrats to you man, I need a prescription for legal herb, what are your office hours?
The Dead have something for every generation and every part of your life. From my acid soaked early adulthood to my middle aged fatherhood, the Dead have been the soundtrack to my life. Reassuring and enlightening me when I need it. They have shared my travels, my career, my loves , my friendships , my successes and concerns. From Further to the future they are part of my soul. God bless Jerry for being the guy you wanna have a smoke with and talk about life. The man I turn to over and over .
The day my father and I were driving and heard over the radio that Jerry had passed, he pulled over on a country road and rolled a "J" and smoked with me for the first time. I remember my parents telling me they took me to a dead show, and then a week later a floyd show, and somewhere in there jethro tull. You can say I was steeped in real music.
@@ronschaffer5959 so I was 16 at the time, it was a strange experience. They took me to concerts ever since I was 3-4 my first concert was jethro tull, I obviously don't remember, I could've been younger than that. Mom and dad could never agree to an age on that subject. The rents were hippie to their soul. I grew up listening to the dead, tull, floyd, clapton, I loved it.. sry for all the extra I threw in there, it was just to tell you at least how I grew up. Happy holidays Ron.
@@jaypollock9347 They just announced Dave's Picks #50 out in 2024-- May 3rd 1977 Palladium NYC show! Of a 5-night run at the Palladium that year, I went to 3 shows! April 30th, May 4th and May 5th.
Reign Like FIRE When You Loose Your Way....Clean/sober since 11.11.2021 after 50 Years My Life's Greatest Achievement. Peace,Love & Understanding To ALL. Toby
Dylan and the dead, 86 rich stadium, was 16,fire on the mountain made my mind melt, then Tom petty, then tom petty, the Heartbreakers and fucking Dylan, epic day
It took me awhile until I was older and wiser to realize what I was missing the dead have a good soul of energy that keeps going on and on and on spreading that love and I'm grateful to be a part of it even if it took me time and I want my son to be a part of it
1977 was such a magical year for the Dead. Jerry plays with what I can only call grace. Barton gets all the love but Buffalo, The Mosque, and Chicago shows are all just as good. For my money the show at the Mosque in Richmond was best of the year.
I was 22 yrs. old when I attended that show in Buffalo. 63 now and took my daughter to see Dead and Company at Darien Lake (near Buffalo) this past year. Feel a tear trickling down my nose!!
I'm 32 years old and over the past few years I've got my 62 year old Dad into The Dead in a big way. Now we never miss Dead & Co, went to see Lesh 2 weeks ago in Bethel. The music is alive and well and most importantly it's being played incredibly AND respectfully!!!
I hear you i started on the road with them in 86 till 95 over 128 shows i miss them and all the deadheads so much can't bring myself to go see the dead and co i want my memories with Jerry and Brent that's it i love Bobby but john Mayer doesn't do it for me
Im 52, still love the dead but I never had kids so Im still on LSD and mushrooms by choice and I never left Shakedown Street..much love and respect to you
In '87 I took my dad to Portland for tests in preparation for upcoming heart surgery. We had 80 miles to go. We were in my '69 Corvette complete an 8 Track!! They didn't come with one, but mine got one. Going over Coast Range I popped a boot legged Dead cassette in. This Franklin's was the first song. I didn't say who the band was. By the end of Jerry's opening jam, dad is into it. He's tapping the time and hand drumming. The song ended and I popped the cassette. "Those guys are good that guitar player is something. What's the name of the band." "Grateful Dead" I answered. "Odd damn name. But they could call themselves Pissed On Dead and still have a following. They got that style they got and believe me it is all their own. I put the cassette back in and repeated this Franklin's. Dad went though everything I had and told me what he liked and didn't. He pretty was into all of it. I left him at the hospital. My older sister would come get him. I never saw my dad alive again he was 74. I still have the memories of him "getting his head into it" We talked on the phone twice. He had questions about the tape my sister brought along with cassette player.
And so, Robert Hunter, you and Jerry will make such beautiful music again together. But in this reality, you will be missed, Ive listened to your words my WHOLE LIFE. Thank you.
My go to video... Someone really spent time on this much appreciation very grateful for the upload too. This version rocks even though Jerry missed the line you cant steal greatness, it endures!
@Pokemon2019 "I dreamed I saw Jerry G last night, alive as you and me, I said Jere, your over 20 years dead, I never died said he, I never died said he." (with apologies to Joan Baez and Joe Hill..) ;-)
@Pokemon2019 I miss him every day , not the same as going to see him every couple months, used to wash away all the bullshit life has to offer , like a nice long shower of Joy !!!
Maybe best song ever, been on the bus for almost 50 years, best community of people ever.. Dead heads come in all shapes sizes ages colors.. guess what it's all about are you kind!!!
I just became engaged to my best friend. A musician, a healer, and my savior. I wouldn’t be here without all you dancing bears. Thanks for spreading love Like butter. If you ever get confused, just listen. Thank you all. And RIP Jerome.
Recently started bumping the dead hard while remodeling a kitchen. And my fathers friend told me to put on franklins tower, and I’m so damn thankful he told me to do that.
and this is whats so great about the music and the band, that the music itself can make you feel emotions that you didnt feel before it hits your ears. even to this day 32+ years later I will come across a show i havent listen to and certain songs will still give me the chills and goosebumps and a smile on my face from lob to ear lob
HIGH AND WELCOME TO THE GRATEFUL DEAD FAMILY OF LOVE AND MUSIC AND MAY ALL YOUR DAZE BE FILLED WITH JOY AND HAPPINESS AND MAY ALL YOUR GOOD DREAMS COME TRUE AND LET LOVE AND MUSIC BE YOUR GUIDING SPIRIT GOD BLESS. ST STEPHEN. GRATEFULLY DEAD
The Dead definitely pioneered a sort of psychedelic folk-fusion: Americana music played with rock instrumentation in the style of modal jazz. It doesn't sound quite like rock, but it's not quite jazz, either. A very interesting musical synthesis to think about - and addictive to listen to!
Nooo that folk fusion happened when Irish immigrants came over to the USA not that the dead didn’t influence psychedelic jam bands but not pioneers in my opinion
My first show was in `72 and I have been listening to them almost everyday since, and they still do it for me. I envy you brother, because there is so many magical moments ahead for you.
The '70s were a blast!! I was in my '20s then. We had such great music back then and many events to see. I'd do it all over again in a heartbeat! ✌❤️ 😎
No matter what mood I’m in -this song (especially this shows version) fills me with such indescribable joy- Jerry’s guitar solo after the “listen to the music play verse” is so beautiful I can’t put it into words. Long live the Dead and long live Jerry G. 🤟🙏
I graduated from high school in this year. I had been a bit of a "dead head" for some time, but this year began an enormous change of my life. I had been, and still am a Chef de Cuisine, just a 'fancy' term, I suppose for a cook. I lived and studied in France (Le Vaucluse) and also Italy; northern Italia, not that southern crap. I had been recruited for Disney while running the kitchen of a French restaurant in Aspen, CO, back when Aspen was still Aspen, and not the 'beverly hills' of the Rockies. Anyway, I had put in my request for a weekend off several months in advance, (a rather rare thing allowed in the disney world) and got the corporate 'thumbs up'. I, my lady friend, and another couple drove the ~200 miles to Miami, to the spot where this concert was going to be held. It was, (and still is) a rather nasty part of town, but for one bright shining moment became beautiful. The first night's show was amazing, as they generally are. We slept in the car, and the next morning I got a call from disney. They demanded that I return to work. I refused, telling them that I had gone through all of their corporate 'what nots' to get this amazing weekend off. I was told that if I did not make that 4 hr drive back to Orlando, then I would be fired. I chose my friends. This changed my life. From that moment until now, I put the joy of people far, far, far above mere profit.
Miami or Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, on May 9, 1977 - the year I graduated from Tufts So many roads.. Where are you cooking now, my son is studying at JWU in Denver
mistralok.....I love the story. I am a school teacher, but I had a job in college, and I went to lunch. on lunch break my roommate said lets go see Panic (WSP) 10 hours away.......needless to say, I didn't return to work and chose my friends. It WAS a great decision on my brains part.
A cool and inspiring story..but just out of curiosity..how did Disney call you while you were staying in a car??.. the Grateful Dead quit existing well before the age of cellphones being a common thing
Best FT memory- Staying in a former army barracks in what was East Berlin, Oct 90, and hearing this broadcast on the radio, about an hour after the band played the ICC. Listened looking out over the city on a clear cold star lit sky, silence everywhere except the music. With Farmer Bob along on the adventure and Magical Max and Armin as our guardian angels while in Berlin.
That line - "In another time's forgotten space, your eyes looked from your mother's face." Is so haunting to me. It perfectly encapsulates the feeling of dull heartache that the natural passage of time brings. Our life is a series of moments, and the most beautiful moments are often here and gone so fast that we fail to recognize their value until they are just a memory.
"Your eyes looked through your mother's face"... listening to this on the 24th anniversary of Jerry's passing. One of the best and my favorite dead songs and lyrics.
I was lucky enough to see them perform this song in Philly '83, last show of the tour that year. Never forget how people would start dancing before the band started playing. Just walked to their seats and started to boogie. No band, and I have seen most of the big names, had a following like the Dead.
I'm from NYC..Seen the dead 250 times..mostly at the Garden..Giant stadium..and Saratoga..We were 30 friends touring, jamming, dancing..we were free..nobody wanted nothing from nobody..u get dosed by strangers, joints passed around.. everything was shared and bartered..we were family..best times of my life..I finally stopped at 28 when I got pregnant with my daughter..that was 95.. Jerry died when I was pregnant with her..my life has been down hill ever since..I'm 56 now
Anyone else notice how much love there is in the comments on all the GD videos here, especially between generations?
Yes indeed. One of the few places on all the YT or media. ❤️✌🏽🌹
Newer fan here. Born 94 been listening 3 year. Gotten nothing but good vibes.
And no political views!!! Wish the world could be a Dead parking lot. For those too young to never been, almost Utopia, if it weren't for cops.... But even, most cops looked the other way.
@@vancefyock8962 The only time the cops ever interacted with me at a dead concert was in the early 90's around upper New York after a crazy blizzard the night before (didn't have tickets). I was walking back to my friends with a huge nitrous balloon and 2 cops approached me and asked me what was in the balloon... I said, Air. They asked me for it and as I was about to hand it to them it slipped out of my hand never to be enjoyed by anyone.
it's hard not to feel like loving everyone when this is our music!! might be stuck inside but I've still got all the company I need right here
I was in hospice in june with my mom. She was passing and I played this for in her last moments of life!!
so sorry for your loss but so wonderful you could do that for her..
So awesome. Will be playing all my mom's favorites on her deathbed. Such a good recording to grace your mom with while she slipped into ethereal...
You are not alone sister , I also lost my mom last month , she was 99 . Been listening to GD to keep my balance , music can do that ya know. Celebrate and always remember the good times 🎶
@@kennelson5790 I hope this song plays when I depart this earth!
That is beautiful. God Bless.
The ' GREATFUL DEAD ' Exeist so We may LIVE ! ❤
This song has saved my soul and has given me strength for more than 30 years...hope it does the same for all of you out there as well...🌞🙏😎
👍🏽✌🏽🙏🏽
I felt every damn word of this comment✌🌌🌠✌
33 and just diagnosed with cancer.. But its okay cuz i listen to the music play! Everything is okay. So thankful for these boys.. They pulled me out of the darkness when i was diagnosed with ms at 21. I didnt even go to the darkness this time because i know how to roll away the dew.
Forever Grateful. Forever Dead. Not Fade Away! ✨💜✨
@@moonbeamwonders5830 Sending you Light & Love on your journey. Strength and smiles sent from the ether to you. May the four winds roll you safely home...🙏🌊🌌
@@MarkMasters... your post just brought marvelous chills upon my body.. Spirit bumps! I appreciate your kind words so very much! Im still walkin, so im sure that i can dance! Betcha ill run into you at a show in the future.. When this happens - we'll shake our bones together! ✌💜☺
This is one of those songs that I still remember hearing for the very first time. Standing outside in a snow storm smoking a cig just marveling at how beautiful everything in that exact moment was. I’m in my early 20’s now but this music has transcended the generational barrier of time and touched my soul. At the same time, it makes me sad that I’ll never get to see Jerry play live. Thank you to the previous generation for so diligently capturing these performances!!!!
……. in those wonderful days, experiencing the Dead live is best described as an unpredictable journey, turning the unknown into the familiar , as if remembering one's own birth, guided by a lightning rod known to most as Jerry Garcia, juggling crystalline notes over a warm bed of sound joyfully laid out by his creative musical magicians...……….
@@SR1993 Nice!
I think you can actually see Jerry play live so to speak and get the same experience. I believe he anticipated the longevity of the band. He wanted us to watch the films created at EVERY SHOW. In my opinion that's as real as seeing him front and center. You can actually feel him sitting in on the Dead and Co. shows. John Mayer is the one to succeed him. Not everyone likes the newer twist bit ig but, John has grown better each time I've seen him. Jerry's there in the energy. John is translating it.
Such a cool snippet of your moment. Thanks for sharing. Jah Herb from Tucson Arizona Sonoran desert
If its wasn't for jerry allowing people to record the shows itwould not be the same for you and your peers today. He knew that by doing so his music could live forever. What a generous and humble thing to do
I needed this! Mahalo, from Hawaii, where the tragedy occurred. Love and Peace for ALL.
So sorry for all that happened! Its so sad and tragic.
I know how it feels, got friends and family who are coping, and this music is therapy, remembering the feeling at the dead concerts, 1 in Sandiego and the next 1 up north to UCLA Pauley pavilion! There's nothing like a grateful dead concert! Peace and Aloha from westside Oahu Hawaii MK!
Any Franklin's Tower immediately becomes my Happy Place.
May 77' live Dead is the BEST!
March 77 was pretty damn good, just sayin' . . .
Coming out of a long depression. Now im happy i put on the old records. Im happy because all the old records. Bless my brothers and sisters on theor journeys around the sun
GodBlessYou👑✨🕊️🎼♥️🎶💦
Glad to hear you got out of your depression. Just remember life is a beautiful and magical journey. Hope your happiness is long lasting and the light prevails in the darkest of moments. 💀🌹❤️🤙
Dwell on the good vibes…
Played this when my son was being delivered in the hospital. Healthy happy baby boy.
I noticed. And there is still love out there.
GodBlessYou 🎶♥️🎼🕊️✨👑
One of my all time favorite songs and Jerry shreds this one. Stole my face right off my head ❤️⚡️💙
I was at this show, the night after their epic set at Barton Hall. I still get shivers thinking about that night.
The best GD track IMHO. It’s got everything we love about Dead. Psychedelic, funk beat , melodic guitar solos, great Garcia vocals , propulsive percussion , improvisation without meandering
Don’t forget the chord solo!
I’m 19 and turn 20 in 3 months. I started listening to franklins tower a few years ago but really started listening to the dead about 9 months ago. Since then their music has entirely changed the way I personally perform my music. They changed the way I think about music completely and I’m ever so grateful for it
The music never stopped. . .
May the four winds blow you safely home
🤟✌
Hi , Lilly , I'm 72 and will turn 73 in 2 months ..and have listened to ( and gone and seen ..) the Grateful Dead since 1966 ! Welcome to the tribe and may the music bring your life love and joy !
Hey Lilly, hope youre doing well... Be safe and not fade away✌💗☺
If you get confused just listen to the music play .... love, good fortune, joy and deadhead blessings to everyone who reads this
You too and all us Earth Angels 😇
The dew
✌💜😃 blessings to you as well!
all the best to you as well.
We ARE Franklin's Tower!!
This version is better than the remaster and the studio version. Anyone else agree?
"May the four winds blow you safely home..." ⚡🌹⚡🌹🐾✨
I've always wanted to get into this band but never knew where to start. This moment right here is when it finally clicked. Beautiful!
WELCOME. Have a great journey!
Rock On Dude!
Agreed! Showing this to my friends to convert them! (~):D
The bus came by and you got on. That’s where it all began!! Welcome!!
Pick a song and push play, it's not to difficult
I’ve been listening to this version of Franklins Tower (the best version) for about 5 years now and every time it’s played it’s crazy good. Was chillin at a party the other day and played it when everyone was leaving and a few of my homies who had stayed back (who dont listen to anything close to the grateful dead) all started dancing around, great night.
I learned that ENDLESS GOOD COMES IN ENDLESS WAYS ..
from being around the band the deadheads in and out of shows and a family full of goodness grateful bob
Been listening to this version since I found the dead. Love it. So much energy. What a vibe
Get a life wierdo
Saw the Dead twice on shrooms. This is my favorite. The shows were awesome...
I'm almost 51 and just discovered what I've been missing all these years. Of course I listened to a few of their songs but I went down the "rabbit hole" the other day! So glad I did!
Don't feel bad. I did the same as you. Last year I really started getting into thier music. Been buying up CDs as fast as possible. Playing thier music all the time. WAY different and better to that I heard on the radio stations.
No other band that I know of, throughout the 60s n 70n even come close; and I grew up in that era and seen almost all the band's.
Good for the soul.
Good luck 🤯
Awesome I slowly got my dad into the dead he's still not a head like me but he grew up in that time and I remember when I first asked him what the grateful dead was when I was about 8 or 9, my neighbors older brother was into them, I still remember he looked at me like you better not turn into one of those people. Lol now I'm 40 and finally getting him to come around at 65 so never too late.
I think I just saw you there with a girl named Alice
For anyone not having the best of times right now, may the four winds blow you safely home.
I was born with this music & i will die with it. In memory of my mother & father, may god bless them forever
Wow...
I can't wait to see them all again
That was some mighty fine pickn and singing 😊😊😊
RIP Phil
The Dead rode a Love wave that covered the decades and flowed between gigs, from the Filmore days when I first saw them as a youngster and through the following decades, once you caught that wave you never wanted to get off, and at the very least you wanted to share it like I do and ride the sweet sound wave until my body is no longer of this earth and my soul is forever Grateful Dead ✌🏼☯️✨
Amen
Reverend!!
🍄🌲🍄✨💥🌈
I’m so Grateful to be sober, and still embrace this music, even more so then when I was high...being clear allows me to grasp the deeper meaning of the words, and the depth of the chords...God bless the child that rings that bell!
Agree completely!
Likewise brother!!
May he have one good ring baby, you can tell! (~);
Billy Shields Absolutely my friend! Same here. 🎖👍🏽✌🏽🙏🏽 🌹🎸💃🏽🕺🏽
The music is the drug ✌
We're all so lucky to have been here alive in this time period, to be able to go to shows, have these experiences. To cherish the music.
coming from the generation that was still in diapers during the tail end of touring, we are all very envious
Speak for yourself, bro. Wish I had been there
chasefukuoka61 I feel just as lucky to be able to look back on everything and appreciate that it happened.
I felt that most intensely at the Stone in SF (10/4/86), Garcia's first appearance after his coma. Being in that tiny club and JGB opening with "How Sweet it is To Be Loved by You". Not a dry eye in the house. I felt so privileged to be there that night.
72-82 saw nearly 100 Jerry's Grateful Dead.
Best version of Franklin I ever heard and believe me I've heard them all. Been a Dead Head for more that 50 years.
Prove it
my Mom is dying of Cancer, I am going to use this song to heal and gain strength for my battle ahead....roll away the dew
Carroll Leds Carroll Leds I hope you’re doing well
Carroll Leds Carroll Leds Robe of Light!
Some come to make it one more day. Many days for Mom.
Sending Light and Love!!!
Certain it can't hurt, this song, prayers...in situations like these. Wondering, did she make it? Either way, sure she did in that you're doing everything good she taught you how to do!
I had finals the next day but it was worth it took my organic chemistry final still tripping and passed today I’m a doctor thank you to the greatest band that ever was
Joel Wateres-muddy god bless you. Congratulations and good luck on your continuing journey. Use your powers for good.
I could use a good Dr !!! One who understands 😀
interesting game plan: glad it worked!
somehow I'm guessing maybe yr not the only one
You were definitely up late doing your chemistry study Dr. Joel. Congrats to you man, I need a prescription for legal herb, what are your office hours?
Only 24 y/o who’s never seen Jerry, but I see the magic and love here all 2 well.
The Dead have something for every generation and every part of your life. From my acid soaked early adulthood to my middle aged fatherhood, the Dead have been the soundtrack to my life. Reassuring and enlightening me when I need it. They have shared my travels, my career, my loves , my friendships , my successes and concerns. From Further to the future they are part of my soul. God bless Jerry for being the guy you wanna have a smoke with and talk about life. The man I turn to over and over .
yes they are my four season jams
Well said guys
The day my father and I were driving and heard over the radio that Jerry had passed, he pulled over on a country road and rolled a "J" and smoked with me for the first time. I remember my parents telling me they took me to a dead show, and then a week later a floyd show, and somewhere in there jethro tull. You can say I was steeped in real music.
How old were you?
@@ronschaffer5959 so I was 16 at the time, it was a strange experience. They took me to concerts ever since I was 3-4 my first concert was jethro tull, I obviously don't remember, I could've been younger than that. Mom and dad could never agree to an age on that subject. The rents were hippie to their soul. I grew up listening to the dead, tull, floyd, clapton, I loved it.. sry for all the extra I threw in there, it was just to tell you at least how I grew up. Happy holidays Ron.
Stooopid lame 😒 asz who cares
May 1977 is pure bliss. They are on fire and some of their best of all-time!
I agree
I think May ‘77 is their absolute Zenith
@@jaypollock9347 They just announced Dave's Picks #50 out in 2024-- May 3rd 1977 Palladium NYC show! Of a 5-night run at the Palladium that year, I went to 3 shows! April 30th, May 4th and May 5th.
Seen 37 G.D. shows !! Best band in the World !! Hands down !!!!
Deadacated since 1978
such a great time. the days leading up to show then the days weeks and years after. Just glad i was there.
Reign Like FIRE When You Loose Your Way....Clean/sober since 11.11.2021 after 50 Years
My Life's Greatest Achievement. Peace,Love & Understanding To ALL. Toby
🎉
I am very proud of you
My mom asked me when I 15 when I'd grow outta the dead i was like mom you don't grow outta the dead u grow deeper into the dead
Amen
yeah Ma!!!
Well said my Dead Head friend!
Dylan and the dead, 86 rich stadium, was 16,fire on the mountain made my mind melt, then Tom petty, then tom petty, the Heartbreakers and fucking Dylan, epic day
yup
I saw the Allman Brother's play this song at the Long Beach Blues Festival. They blew everyone away. What a wonderful homage to their brother band.
Very disrespectful F?ck the Allman losers
It took me awhile until I was older and wiser to realize what I was missing the dead have a good soul of energy that keeps going on and on and on spreading that love and I'm grateful to be a part of it even if it took me time and I want my son to be a part of it
All are welcome in
Franklin's Tower. Please come in and bring your offspring.
Definitely one of my all time favorites. Been an uplifter in some of the darkest times of my life.
Me too 🍻
1977 was such a magical year for the Dead. Jerry plays with what I can only call grace. Barton gets all the love but Buffalo, The Mosque, and Chicago shows are all just as good. For my money the show at the Mosque in Richmond was best of the year.
I agree with you what a great show
Make America Grateful Again!
I was 22 yrs. old when I attended that show in Buffalo.
63 now and took my daughter to see Dead and Company at Darien Lake (near Buffalo) this past year.
Feel a tear trickling down my nose!!
:)
im 17 and went to that dead and co concert with my dad! so glad i have such an awesome dad just like you and that i live in buffalo!
I'm 32 years old and over the past few years I've got my 62 year old Dad into The Dead in a big way. Now we never miss Dead & Co, went to see Lesh 2 weeks ago in Bethel. The music is alive and well and most importantly it's being played incredibly AND respectfully!!!
I hear you i started on the road with them in 86 till 95 over 128 shows i miss them and all the deadheads so much can't bring myself to go see the dead and co i want my memories with Jerry and Brent that's it i love Bobby but john Mayer doesn't do it for me
Im 52, still love the dead but I never had kids so Im still on LSD and mushrooms by choice and I never left Shakedown Street..much love and respect to you
In 1977 this was high tech music in an old school way. Trying to like the 21st Century, but it's hard, real hard!
I cry every fucking time I listen to this cut. Thank you so much
77 seems to be the magical year...Jerry and crew really hit their stride..was present in Englishtown for that masterpiece
Jerry would have been 79 today-"If you get confused,listen to the music play".Amazing video!!!
I'm a late 80s GD fan but 1977 was a special year for them.
Also a late 1980’s Deadhead, was still baking when this was recorded. Wouldn’t be done for 6 months….love this band….
In '87 I took my dad to Portland for tests in preparation for upcoming heart surgery. We had 80 miles to go. We were in my '69 Corvette complete an 8 Track!! They didn't come with one, but mine got one. Going over Coast Range I popped a boot legged Dead cassette in. This Franklin's was the first song. I didn't say who the band was. By the end of Jerry's opening jam, dad is into it. He's tapping the time and hand drumming. The song ended and I popped the cassette. "Those guys are good that guitar player is something. What's the name of the band." "Grateful Dead" I answered. "Odd damn name. But they could call themselves Pissed On Dead and still have a following. They got that style they got and believe me it is all their own. I put the cassette back in and repeated this Franklin's. Dad went though everything I had and told me what he liked and didn't. He pretty was into all of it. I left him at the hospital. My older sister would come get him. I never saw my dad alive again he was 74. I still have the memories of him "getting his head into it" We talked on the phone twice. He had questions about the tape my sister brought along with cassette player.
That’s a great story. Sad but very sweet.
I hopped on the bus pretty late but I’m here now and I’m enjoying it.
This version really magnifies Jerry's picking, the heartbeat of the Dead
Makes you wanna start ROLLING, may the slow winds take you home ❤️👍👍
"This is the classical music of our generation to be played by musicians of the future"... Definitely...!!
it was even better if you were there
What a splash of sunlight this is. At their best, the Dead were the best.
At their worst, they were still better than today's junk.
seriously tho, rip wetlands
And so, Robert Hunter, you and Jerry will make such beautiful music again together. But in this reality, you will be missed, Ive listened to your words my WHOLE LIFE. Thank you.
My go to video... Someone really spent time on this much appreciation very grateful for the upload too. This version rocks even though Jerry missed the line you cant steal greatness, it endures!
Awe I miss Jerry more and more the older I get. But luckily the music never gets old.
The music never stopped
@Pokemon2019 "I dreamed I saw Jerry G last night, alive as you and me, I said Jere, your over 20 years dead, I never died said he, I never died said he." (with apologies to Joan Baez and Joe Hill..) ;-)
@Pokemon2019 I miss him every day , not the same as going to see him every couple months, used to wash away all the bullshit life has to offer , like a nice long shower of Joy !!!
Josh Simonson also the band continues on and is absolutely killing it right now . Don’t miss out . Dead and Company is the Greatful Dead .
Maybe best song ever, been on the bus for almost 50 years, best community of people ever.. Dead heads come in all shapes sizes ages colors.. guess what it's all about are you kind!!!
I just became engaged to my best friend. A musician, a healer, and my savior. I wouldn’t be here without all you dancing bears. Thanks for spreading love
Like butter.
If you ever get confused, just listen. Thank you all. And RIP Jerome.
Recently started bumping the dead hard while remodeling a kitchen. And my fathers friend told me to put on franklins tower, and I’m so damn thankful he told me to do that.
GOD BLESS THE GRATEFUL DEAD !!!!!!!
Right on
Jerry is god
Amen 🙏 :-) peace. ✌ :-)
Cullen Donahue 🎖
Hey now. Hilarious that Jerry got confused at the perfect time 🤣
It's amazing how few errors there are over the years.
The Grateful Dead; without a doubt, this song along, with all their music, is good for your soul.
We were sitting in that shitty bar in glenville,. Hunter used to say ya gotta drive to Frisco to find a conversation..
The Dead have a unique ability to make me smile and cry at the same time. I can't explain it.
Guess I'll just listen to the music play.
and this is whats so great about the music and the band, that the music itself can make you feel emotions that you didnt feel before it hits your ears. even to this day 32+ years later I will come across a show i havent listen to and certain songs will still give me the chills and goosebumps and a smile on my face from lob to ear lob
@@anna42059 that is simply beautiful.
When I first heard this song, I had to pull over and just sit in the emotion.
HIGH AND WELCOME TO THE GRATEFUL DEAD FAMILY OF LOVE AND MUSIC AND MAY ALL YOUR DAZE BE FILLED WITH JOY AND HAPPINESS AND MAY ALL YOUR GOOD DREAMS COME TRUE AND LET LOVE AND MUSIC BE YOUR GUIDING SPIRIT GOD BLESS. ST STEPHEN. GRATEFULLY DEAD
Stephen Zawel Nothing like em’ period. 🙌
TURN IT UP! ALL CAPS MAN.....Chuckle...Love
The Dead definitely pioneered a sort of psychedelic folk-fusion: Americana music played with rock instrumentation in the style of modal jazz. It doesn't sound quite like rock, but it's not quite jazz, either. A very interesting musical synthesis to think about - and addictive to listen to!
I wish I knew you.
Nooo that folk fusion happened when Irish immigrants came over to the USA not that the dead didn’t influence psychedelic jam bands but not pioneers in my opinion
In short. No band melded like the dead. They werent the best at what they did, they were the only ones that did what they did0
@@ricksignore4440 the exact words of Bill Graham in describing their Unique Grateness ❗
Yesss
I'm 31 and just now getting into the dead...holy shit this song is amazing!
Welcome ;)
My first show was in `72 and I have been listening to them almost everyday since, and they still do it for me. I envy you brother, because there is so many magical moments ahead for you.
Me too,only getting into the live jam's lately ...no band could ever get close to this ....everyday is made a little easier now
It's a tasty nug
hop on the bus...
The '70s were a blast!! I was in my '20s then. We had such great music back then and many events to see. I'd do it all over again in a heartbeat! ✌❤️ 😎
This was my son Daniels favorite. I will be playinging it loud when I lay him to rest next week. Love u son 4 ever.
After 40 plus years this is the sweetest version I've ever heard
i know the dead and company play some great dead and God bless them, but there is only one Jerry!
OMG yes I totally agree!!! Miss that awesomely gifted man so much!!!
no Jerry no Dead
Janie Lee Finley Yes I'm one of Jerry's kids and proud of it...
Smile smile smile___
Lucia Fick Period. End of story.
Lucia Fick Period. End of story.
No matter what mood I’m in -this song (especially this shows version) fills me with such indescribable joy- Jerry’s guitar solo after the “listen to the music play verse” is so beautiful I can’t put it into words. Long live the Dead and long live Jerry G. 🤟🙏
Amazing video
This is the slickest version I’ve ever heard: sorcery!
Been on the bus since 1970. Enjoying every minute of it!
Sis gave me Europe 72 for my 13th birthday in 1973. Went on from there . . .
I graduated from high school in this year. I had been a bit of a "dead head" for some time, but this year began an enormous change of my life. I had been, and still am a Chef de Cuisine, just a 'fancy' term, I suppose for a cook. I lived and studied in France (Le Vaucluse) and also Italy; northern Italia, not that southern crap. I had been recruited for Disney while running the kitchen of a French restaurant in Aspen, CO, back when Aspen was still Aspen, and not the 'beverly hills' of the Rockies. Anyway, I had put in my request for a weekend off several months in advance, (a rather rare thing allowed in the disney world) and got the corporate 'thumbs up'. I, my lady friend, and another couple drove the ~200 miles to Miami, to the spot where this concert was going to be held. It was, (and still is) a rather nasty part of town, but for one bright shining moment became beautiful. The first night's show was amazing, as they generally are. We slept in the car, and the next morning I got a call from disney. They demanded that I return to work. I refused, telling them that I had gone through all of their corporate 'what nots' to get this amazing weekend off. I was told that if I did not make that 4 hr drive back to Orlando, then I would be fired. I chose my friends. This changed my life. From that moment until now, I put the joy of people far, far, far above mere profit.
Sometimes in life, we can see the light...in the strangest of places if we look at it right.....
Miami or Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, on May 9, 1977 - the year I graduated from Tufts
So many roads..
Where are you cooking now, my son is studying at JWU in Denver
mistralok.....I love the story. I am a school teacher, but I had a job in college, and I went to lunch. on lunch break my roommate said lets go see Panic (WSP) 10 hours away.......needless to say, I didn't return to work and chose my friends. It WAS a great decision on my brains part.
A cool and inspiring story..but just out of curiosity..how did Disney call you while you were staying in a car??.. the Grateful Dead quit existing well before the age of cellphones being a common thing
@@lumpyheadcarini7553 that's what I was gonna ask.....
Best FT memory- Staying in a former army barracks in what was East Berlin, Oct 90, and hearing this broadcast on the radio, about an hour after the band played the ICC. Listened looking out over the city on a clear cold star lit sky, silence everywhere except the music. With Farmer Bob along on the adventure and Magical Max and Armin as our guardian angels while in Berlin.
One of the best versions I've heard of this fantastic Grateful's tune.
Number 1 Franklin of the spring 77 tour just barely beats 6/9. Just ripping all the way thru especially at 9:44
this song is great! brings me back to the good ol days.
Wish I could have seen the dead live I'm still considering one of the bears as my first tattoo :3
May of 77 was the best month the dead ever had!
U promise?
Lol I agree!!
Winterland
Number 7 always mysterious like the greatful dead
1977 was a GREAT year for the boys and Donna...RIP Jerry, I love you, my brother🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
That line - "In another time's forgotten space, your eyes looked from your mother's face." Is so haunting to me. It perfectly encapsulates the feeling of dull heartache that the natural passage of time brings. Our life is a series of moments, and the most beautiful moments are often here and gone so fast that we fail to recognize their value until they are just a memory.
Church of Jerry disciples, let us dance in Glee!
jerry expressed so meaningfully through a guitar what no other person could ever put into words
Quinn Wikwakz god save the child that doesn't roll away the dew the dew the dew the dew the dew........ dew love you Todd
Quinn Kennon beautifully said!
Dickey betts did the same thing for all man bros
Quinn Kennon wow, how perfectly put merry Christmas
Franklin's Tower is a musical smile
That is exactly how it feels when I listen to this song!!! well put.
thanks buddy
I totally agree!!
Well said, Kentish.
ApollonianKing rush
So glad I went to all those shows back in the day....wonderful memories!
So so grateful for The Dead, their sweet music and words.
thank you!
"Your eyes looked through your mother's face"... listening to this on the 24th anniversary of Jerry's passing. One of the best and my favorite dead songs and lyrics.
Looked through you mothers face
@@ryanputnam9409 thank you - corrected
I was lucky enough to see them perform this song in Philly '83, last show of the tour that year. Never forget how people would start dancing before the band started playing. Just walked to their seats and started to boogie. No band, and I have seen most of the big names, had a following like the Dead.
The Grateful Dead were, collectively, musical genius...nothing else compares...they are their own genre...thanks for all the Dead music here
Yes...there is a term on Latin "sui generis." One of a kind.
Picked up my 8 year old grandson today in my semi truck 🚛 first thing he said pops put some dead on were trucking this music will never die
Right on!!!
#1 Franklin's tower I've heard to date. just beautiful
I'm from NYC..Seen the dead 250 times..mostly at the Garden..Giant stadium..and Saratoga..We were 30 friends touring, jamming, dancing..we were free..nobody wanted nothing from nobody..u get dosed by strangers, joints passed around.. everything was shared and bartered..we were family..best times of my life..I finally stopped at 28 when I got pregnant with my daughter..that was 95.. Jerry died when I was pregnant with her..my life has been down hill ever since..I'm 56 now