Anyone else notice how much love there is in the comments on all the GD videos here, especially between generations?

I was in hospice in june with my mom. She was passing and I played this for in her last moments of life!!

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...🌞🙏😎

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!!!!

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

Played this when my son was being delivered in the hospital. Healthy happy baby boy.

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.

One of my all time favorite songs and Jerry shreds this one. Stole my face right off my head ❤️⚡️💙

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

I noticed. And there is still love out there.

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!

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 ✌🏼☯️✨

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’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'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!

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

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

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 .

If you get confused just listen to the music play .... love, good fortune, joy and deadhead blessings to everyone who reads this

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.

"This is the classical music of our generation to be played by musicians of the future"... Definitely...!!

77 seems to be the magical year...Jerry and crew really hit their stride..was present in Englishtown for that masterpiece

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 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

I cry every fucking time I listen to this cut. Thank you so much

"May the four winds blow you safely home..." ⚡🌹⚡🌹🐾✨

GOD BLESS THE GRATEFUL DEAD !!!!!!!

such a great time. the days leading up to show then the days weeks and years after. Just glad i was there.

Awe I miss Jerry more and more the older I get. But luckily the music never gets old.

I am 23 and grateful dead has changed my life. I moved to USA this year and have been kinda depressed. The thing that keeps me going is the fact I will get to attend dead and company's final tour concert next year

I can't wait to see them all again

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.

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!

this song is great! brings me back to the good ol days.

I was born with this music & i will die with it. In memory of my mother & father, may god bless them forever

#1 Franklin's tower I've heard to date. just beautiful

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.

A great video to accompany a wonderful song The Dead always make you feel happy to be alive in their best songs.

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.

This is my favorite version of Franklin... maybe even the whole HelpSlipFranklin even. The opening 30 seconds alone is just so magical.

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.

This is the slickest version I’ve ever heard: sorcery!

What a splash of sunlight this is. At their best, the Dead were the best.

What an amazing recording, prime years for the Dead. We love and miss u Jerry! P.S. great job with the video

May 1977 is pure bliss. They are on fire and some of their best of all-time!

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

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.

What a beautiful world this is. How amazing it all fits in a drop of dew.

"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.

Great mix,, you nailed it ! i'm a total Deadhead, 192 Dead Shows, 22 States, 3 Countries. I love your choices, CHEERS my friend. Thank you.

No matter what kind of music I find I'm always amazed at the compilations of pics and vids that people come up with. Its amazing who does all this. This is magnificent and beautiful.

Jerry would have been 79 today-"If you get confused,listen to the music play".Amazing video!!!

I'm 31 and just now getting into the dead...holy shit this song is amazing!

I needed this! Mahalo, from Hawaii, where the tragedy occurred. Love and Peace for ALL.

So glad I went to all those shows back in the day....wonderful memories!

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!

May of 77 was the best month the dead ever had!

One of the best versions I've heard of this fantastic Grateful's tune.

yeah, i loved the "if you get confused..." part, right after he got confused and forgot the lyrics. ;)

Franklin's Tower is a musical smile

This version really magnifies Jerry's picking, the heartbeat of the 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.

After 40 plus years this is the sweetest version I've ever heard

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.

May people never forget the genius

This song was always special to me, but after 20 years, when I moved back home, the first song that hit was this. “May the four winds blow you safely home.” 😢 I had a bit of a moment. Anyway always a favorite. Thank you Joe and Cindy Feiden. I loved the Fish Palace, and everything I learned from you.

Holy Moly! My ears tickle and my toes wiggle and my head bops up and down. can I hear it again?!!!

The Grateful Dead were, collectively, musical genius...nothing else compares...they are their own genre...thanks for all the Dead music here

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. 🤟🙏

My favorite version of this is from the Great American Music Hall in 1975. I had it on vinyl back in the day. It was called The Spotcheck. The band was on fire that night. The best show I personally attended was Lewiston Maine in 1980. Incredible outdoors show and the second set was unbelievable.

jerry expressed so meaningfully through a guitar what no other person could ever put into words

It just makes you feeeeeel good. Sitting, Standing or moveing with the Music. You are in the right place and it's the right time. ROLL AWAY THE DEW

Definitely one of my all time favorites. Been an uplifter in some of the darkest times of my life.

May the four winds blow you safely home...

"Gratefulness is the key to a happy life." ~David Steindl-Rast

This one blows my hair back. Jerry was right on target, and all these years later those bears are still dancing.

You could just let everything go and become one with the people and the band.....I thank God for treasures. k.a.s

Gracious...goosebumps again!!!!!! Thank so much for this JOY!!!

Wow, got goosebumps when it started playing!! Great feeling!! Hoping the best for all of you and the world during these tough times.

Awesome video, great job capturing the moment!

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 know the dead and company play some great dead and God bless them, but there is only one Jerry!

I saw the Allman's cover this song a few years ago, they rocked it. Great tune!

Church of Jerry disciples, let us dance in Glee!

My 13 year-old niece is hearing the Dead for the first time... and she is grooving!! Yes!! 🌹

The amount of times (besides my first show ever), that I’ve missed this at shows I (at least physically) attended, due to having so much fun in parking lot jam sessions, or just plain ol shenanigans is mind boggling. Still brings a smile to my face ever time I hear it. Good Times with Great People. No strangers there.....So Grateful

For all these years I thought this song was called Roll Away. I just listened to the magic that my friend popped on the turntable. Yes I that old.

Fantastic Version! Thank you for uploading this!

I can't believe I walked out when they came to my school in '69, what a fool I was, but I'm still here listening all these years since. You do live and learn sometimes.

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.

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.

It just makes me want to just dance and just Groove I sure do miss the concerts

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.

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! ✌❤️ 😎

God save the child that rings that bell !!! it's still ringing!!! t

One of the Top 5 Dead tune ever,The Dead will never be the same without Jerry even though they continue to find replacements at the new shows.

Nice work, Chase. Thanks for this great video.

I was just 7 when i was introduced to the Dead in 1977 and was lucky enough to have seen them with Jerry a few times most notable 3 months before he passed in Charlotte NC 3/20-3/23 of 95! Awesome memories 🤔 i think?😉 The music was great the Acid was awesome! Oh how I wish those times could come again.........

boy I just melt takes me back when I was following them

Mr. Chase Fukuoka, the service you do for other heads as a head yourself is a mighty fine example of the love we're all meant share as deadheads. Keep spreading the love bud, I love what you do. Long live the Dead, and Have A Grateful Day!