Grateful Dead Franklin's Tower live versions: 218 shows
Explore 218 Grateful Dead performances of Franklin's Tower from 1975-1995, with first and last dates, venues, setlists, and listening links.
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Best first listen: June 17, 1975 · Winterland · San Francisco, CA, US
The Bob Fried Memorial Boogie is a compact 1975 Winterland show with several Blues for Allah songs in early live form. Crazy Fingers opens the show, and the first Help On The Way > Slipknot! > Franklin's Tower sequence appears before a Blues For Allah second set.
Another strong choice: June 9, 1977 · Winterland · San Francisco, CA, US
Polished late-spring 1977 phrasing meets a second set that still takes chances. The result is both approachable and structurally unusual.
Another strong choice: May 9, 1977 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium · Buffalo, NY, US
Buffalo opens with one of the sharpest Help Slip Franklin entries of the month and stays taut deep into the second set. It feels slightly less mythic than Cornell on reputation alone, but not by execution.
First catalog performance: June 17, 1975 · Winterland · San Francisco, CA, US
Last catalog performance: June 22, 1995 · Knickerbocker Arena · Albany, NY, US
Top shows featuring Franklin's Tower
June 17, 1975 · Winterland · San Francisco, CA, US
June 9, 1977 · Winterland · San Francisco, CA, US
May 9, 1977 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium · Buffalo, NY, US
April 23, 1977 · Springfield Civic Center Arena · Springfield, MA, US
June 14, 1976 · Beacon Theatre · New York, NY, US
June 3, 1976 · Paramount Theatre · Portland, OR, US
October 27, 1979 · Cape Cod Coliseum · South Yarmouth, MA, US
September 28, 1975 · Lindley Meadow, Golden Gate Park · San Francisco, CA, US
February 26, 1977 · Swing Auditorium · San Bernardino, CA, US
March 24, 1990 · Knickerbocker Arena · Albany, NY, US
January 8, 1979 · Madison Square Garden · New York, NY, US
May 1, 1981 · Hampton Coliseum · Hampton, VA, US
August 3, 1982 · Starlight Theatre · Kansas City, MO, US
October 8, 1989 · Hampton Coliseum · Hampton, VA, US
March 19, 1977 · Winterland · San Francisco, CA, US
September 2, 1983 · Boise State University Pavilion · Boise, ID, US
September 1, 1979 · Holleder Memorial Stadium · Rochester, NY, US
August 4, 1976 · Roosevelt Stadium · Jersey City, NJ, US
December 31, 1979 · Oakland Auditorium · Oakland, CA, US
October 31, 1983 · Marin Veterans Memorial Auditorium · San Rafael, CA, US
May 15, 1980 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum · Uniondale, NY, US
September 19, 1990 · Madison Square Garden · New York, NY, US
April 17, 1984 · Niagra Falls Convention Center · Niagra Falls, NY, US
June 4, 1977 · Great Western Forum · Inglewood, CA, US
October 29, 1985 · Fox Theatre · Atlanta, GA, US
October 11, 1977 · Lloyd Noble Center, University of Oklahoma · Norman, OK, US
October 10, 1980 · Warfield Theatre · San Francisco, CA, US
April 26, 1983 · Spectrum · Philadelphia, PA, US
January 30, 1978 · Uptown Theatre · Chicago, IL, US
July 10, 1989 · Giants Stadium · East Rutherford, NJ, US
October 28, 1979 · Cape Cod Coliseum · South Yarmouth, MA, US
May 15, 1983 · William Randolph Hearst Greek Theatre, UC Berkeley · Berkeley, CA, US
June 4, 1976 · Paramount Theatre · Portland, OR, US
August 22, 1993 · Autzen Stadium, University of Oregon · Eugene, OR, US
March 12, 1981 · Boston Garden · Boston, MA, US
June 24, 1990 · Autzen Stadium, University of Oregon · Eugene, OR, US
June 19, 1976 · Capitol Theatre · Passaic, NJ, US
June 14, 1991 · Robert F. Kennedy Stadium · Washington, DC, US
July 14, 1984 · William Randolph Hearst Greek Theatre, UC Berkeley · Berkeley, CA, US
June 15, 1990 · Shoreline Amphitheatre · Mountain View, CA, US
November 2, 1979 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum · Uniondale, NY, US
March 13, 1985 · Berkeley Community Theater · Berkeley, CA, US
July 8, 1978 · Red Rocks Amphitheatre · Morrison, CO, US
March 10, 1981 · Madison Square Garden · New York, NY, US
November 20, 1978 · Cleveland Music Hall · Cleveland, OH, US
June 10, 1976 · Music Hall · Boston, MA, US
September 22, 1993 · Madison Square Garden · New York, NY, US
March 11, 1993 · Rosemont Horizon · Rosemont, IL, US
June 17, 1976 · Capitol Theatre · Passaic, NJ, US
September 3, 1988 · Capital Centre · Landover, MD, US
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