The Grateful Dead: <i>Help on the Way</i>/<i>Slip Knot!</i>/<i>Franklin's Tower</i>
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The Grateful Dead: Help on the Way/Slip Knot!/Franklin's Tower

Attention aspiring Deadheads (anyone?): Shows that begin with Help -> Slipknot -> Franklin's (as set lists have it) tend to deliver. No wonder: This mystic medley contains five minutes of complex soloing, highlighted by Jerry and Bob's ascending duel during the middle Slip Knot! portion. Live versions often stretched to over 18 minutes, but it's also one of the Dead's finest studio moments—the band had taken most of the previous year off, and sound positively refreshed on this Miles-influenced, jazzy gem of a jam.


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Complexity:
6
Melody:
9
Air-dacity:
5
'70s Guitar Solos
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Guitarists: Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir
Album: Blues for Allah
Year: 1975
Length of solos: 5:10 total
Guitars used: Doug Irwin–modified Alembic "Wolf," Ibanez 2681
Where recorded: Ace's Recording Studio, San Francisco
Video game?: Rock Band (Franklin's Tower only)
Alternate YouTube version: Franklin's Tower, live at Radio City, October 31, 1980

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