Blues for Allah

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Blues for Allah

(Grateful Dead)
Release Date: 01/01/1975 12:00

The Dead stayed off the road for most of 1974. They recorded solo projects as well as this intimate item some consider their finest studio effort. Recorded leisurely in rhythm guitarist Bob Weir’s home studio, the album concludes with the title suite, a 12-minute collage of desert sounds and antiwar lyrics with a Middle Eastern tinge that probably wouldn’t play so well today.

STANDOUT TRACKS: “Help on the Way/Slipknot!”, “Franklin’s Tower”

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