Grateful Dead's "Franklin's Tower" acoustic cover

[BrettBob]

Blooby just posted an excellent version of this Grateful Dead tune (https://songcrafters.org/community/index.php?topic=26310.0), and as coincidence would have it, I was working on a version myself. I was never a big Dead fan, so my first exposure to "Franklin's Tower" was via the Allman Brothers when Dickey Betts added a tease of the tune to his own similarly structured "Blue Sky" to honor Jerry Garcia after he passed away in 1995. I didn't know what it was the first time I heard it, but I dug it, it's pretty darn catchy. So, here's my take.

Instrumentation
Sovereign Acoustic Guitar | Recording King Dobro | Daddy Mojo Cigar Box Biscuit Cone | Piano | Bass

UPDATE: I submitted this to the Dead Covers Project (along with a quick animation), so if anyone feels inclined, you can give it a listen


https://www.ebutuoy.com/watch?v=BAeUrQgdgRo

[Jean Pierre]

Excellent Brett!!

I am a new officionado of dobro and weissenborn so I appreciate your backtracks...

PS i have seen your blog  " Back Porch de BrettBob" http://brettbob.blogspot.com/

really very good ans i appreciate particularly the comments about song

thank you friend

[CaptainJimbo]

Yeah man, that dobro sounds great!!!

The whole thing sounds clean and tight.

I like it.

[Rolow]

Very nice job on this, great work on the dobro.  For not a big 'Dead' fan, you caught the essence of their music quite well, while at the same time making it your own.  And I can hear the Allmans influence too.

Good recording, excellent tones well captured and mixed.  Looking forward to more.


Ron

[launched]

I enjoyed this one a lot, great use of the Dobro, and the Daddy Mojo Cigar Box Biscuit Cone

Sounds good!

Mark

[BrettBob]

Thanks all, and thank you Jahia for reading my site - I didn't think anyone ever read it.