{"product_id":"grateful-dead-blues-for-allah-cd","title":"Grateful Dead - Blues For Allah [CD]","description":"\u003cp\u003eBlues for Allah is the Grateful Dead at their most adventurous in the studio, and this CD edition revisits the 1975 album that turned a break from touring into a creative burst.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the band taking time off the road, they gathered at Bob Weir's home studio and built the record from the ground up, writing and arranging together in a way they rarely had before. The result is intricate, jazzy and full of surprising turns, with odd time signatures and exotic scales sitting comfortably alongside their warm, rootsy melodies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe album opens with its crown jewel: the suite of Help On the Way and Slipknot! leading into Franklin's Tower. Help On the Way is tricky and urgent, Slipknot! is a knotty instrumental maze, and Franklin's Tower releases all that tension into a joyous, rolling groove that became one of the band's great live celebrations. The Music Never Stopped is a bright, funky ode to the power of music, while Crazy Fingers floats on a gentle, reggae-tinged sway.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe closing title piece ventures far further out, a long, desert-hued meditation that shows how willing they were to experiment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeloved by fans and a gateway for many, this record captures a band in full creative bloom, as restless as it was relaxed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57499445428529,"sku":"081227335427","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/2026\/7313\/files\/1200x1200bb_9c2150bc-f186-4774-bca5-ead47eaadf08.jpg?v=1794507039","url":"https:\/\/vinyl.com\/products\/grateful-dead-blues-for-allah-cd","provider":"Vinyl.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}