Nick's Crucial Tracks September 21, 2025

"Franklin's Tower" by Orchestra Baobab

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What’s a remix or cover you like more than the original?

I spent my teenage and college years in upstate New York and Flagstaff, Arizona, so I had plenty of exposure to the Grateful Dead. Enough to realize I wasn’t really a fan, at least beyond a couple good studio albums they did early on.

I gave the five and a half hours of this 2016 tribute compilation a listen looking for a bright spot and found it in the Ochestra Baobab cover of “Franklin’s Tower” (as well as Fucked Up’s version of “Cream Puff War”).