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The Best Of The Band
''The Best of the Band'' is the first greatest hits package by Canadian-American rock group the Band. Featuring ten tracks taken from six of their first seven albums (not counting 1974's '' Before the Flood'' or 1975's ''The Basement Tapes'', both with Bob Dylan), it featured two tracks from the first, second, third and seventh albums, one each from the fourth and fifth, rounded out by the 1976 single "Twilight". ''Record World ''Record World'' magazine was one of the three main music industry trade magazines in the United States, along with '' Billboard'' and '' Cashbox''. It was founded in 1946 under the name ''Music Vendor'', but in 1964 it was changed to ''Record Wo ...'' said that "Twilight" "evokes the spirit of some of the group's finer moments." Track listing Album origin An album of the same title was released in UK on the Fame label with different cover and some different tracks. Notes The Band's version of the song "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cahoots (album)
''Cahoots'' is the fourth studio album by Canadian/American rock group the Band. It was released in 1971 to mixed reviews, and was their last album of original material for four years. The album's front cover was painted by New York artist/illustrator Gilbert Stone, while the back cover features a photograph portrait of the group by Richard Avedon. The album features guest vocals from Van Morrison. Libby Titus, the partner of drummer Levon Helm and mother of their daughter Amy Helm, also contributed uncredited backing vocals to "The River Hymn", the first time a woman appeared on a Band album. ''Rolling Stone'' critic Jon Landau described the mood of the album as being "filled with a 'tinge of extinction. In 2021, a "50th Anniversary" edition of the album was released containing a remix of the original tracks plus outtakes and a partial concert recording from the Olympia Theatre, Paris in May 1971. Track listing Side one Side two 2000 reissue bonus tracks Personnel ;The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tears Of Rage
"Tears of Rage" is a song with lyrics written by Bob Dylan and melody by Richard Manuel. Dylan and the Band first recorded the song in 1967, but it was not released until 1975 on ''The Basement Tapes'' album. In 1968, the Band recorded it for their debut album ''Music from Big Pink''. Initial recordings The song was first recorded in rehearsal sessions at the Band's upstate New York residence, Big Pink, in 1967, with Dylan on lead vocal and the Band backing him. These sessions were not officially released until the 1975 double-album ''The Basement Tapes'', although they were widely bootlegged in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The first official release of the song was as the first track on the Band's debut, 1968 album ''Music from Big Pink'', with Manuel on vocal. According to Levon Helm, "Richard sang one of the best performances of his life." In a song review for AllMusic, Bill Janovitz compared the two versions: "The Dylan version is a gentle folk-soul reading; he and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holland–Dozier–Holland
Holland–Dozier–Holland was a songwriting and production team consisting of Lamont Dozier and brothers Brian and Eddie Holland. The trio wrote, arranged and produced many songs that helped define the Motown sound in the 1960s. During their tenure at Motown Records from 1962 to 1967, Dozier and Brian Holland were the composers and producers for each song, and Eddie Holland wrote the lyrics and arranged the vocals. Their most celebrated productions were singles for the Four Tops and the Supremes, including 10 of the Supremes' 12 US No. 1 singles, including "Baby Love", "Stop! In the Name of Love", and "You Keep Me Hangin' On". From 1969 to 1972, due to a legal dispute with Motown, they did not write material under their own names, but instead used the collective pseudonym "Edythe Wayne". When the trio left Motown, they continued to work as a production team (with Eddie Holland being added to the producer credits), and as a songwriting team, until about 1974. The trio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baby Don't You Do It
"Baby Don't You Do It" is a 1964 single by United States, American singer Marvin Gaye. Released on the Motown Records, Tamla label, this song discusses a man who is at a standstill with his girlfriend, who he feels is neglecting his love stating "Don't break my heart/...I've tried to do my best". Featured on the Holland–Dozier–Holland-written and produced track, for the first time on a Marvin Gaye record, were Motown's top session girl group, the Andantes. The song was originally written and intended for the Supremes, but eventually reassigned to Marvin Gaye to record. In October 1964 Gaye's single peaked at number 27 on both the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and the Top 100 singles chart in ''Cashbox (magazine), Cashbox'', with ''Cashbox'' affording the single a number 14 peak on its R&B chart (''Billboard'' was not maintaining an R&B chart at this time). ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' stated that "it's that powerhouse beat that can't be beat." ''Cash Box' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Levon Helm
Mark Lavon "Levon" Helm (May 26, 1940 – April 19, 2012) was an American musician who achieved fame as the drummer and one of the three lead vocalists for the Band, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. Helm was known for his deeply soulful, country-accented voice, multi-instrumental ability, and creative drumming style, highlighted on many of the Band's recordings, such as "The Weight", " Up on Cripple Creek", and "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down". Helm also had a successful career as a film actor, appearing as Loretta Lynn's father in '' Coal Miner's Daughter'' (1980), as Chuck Yeager's friend and colleague Captain Jack Ridley in '' The Right Stuff'' (1983), as a Tennessee firearms expert in ''Shooter'' (2007), and as General John Bell Hood in '' In the Electric Mist'' (2009). In 1998, Helm was diagnosed with throat cancer which caused him to lose his singing voice. After treatment, his cancer eventually went into remission, and h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rick Danko
Richard Clare Danko (December 29, 1943 – December 10, 1999) was a Canadian musician, bassist, songwriter, and singer, best known as a founding member of the Band, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. During the 1960s, Danko performed as a member of the Hawks, backing Ronnie Hawkins and then Bob Dylan. Then, between 1968 and 1977, Danko and the Hawks, now called the Band, released seven studio albums before breaking up. Beginning with the group's reformation in 1983 and up until his death, Danko participated in the Band's partial reunion. Biography Early years (1943–1960) Danko was born on December 29, 1943 in Blayney, Ontario, a farming community outside the town of Simcoe, the third of four sons in a musical family of Ukrainian descent. He grew up listening to live music at family gatherings and to country music, blues and R&B on the radio. He especially liked country music, and often his mother would let him stay up late to listen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Life Is A Carnival
"Life is a Carnival" is the opening track of the Band's fourth album, ''Cahoots''. Written by Rick Danko, Levon Helm, and Robbie Robertson, the song features horn arrangements by New Orleans musician Allen Toussaint. The song is the only track from the ''Cahoots'' album included on the original releases of ''Rock of Ages'' and ''The Last Waltz''. The song was featured in the Bill Murray movie '' Larger Than Life''. '' Billboard'' called it a "funky beat swinger with a potent lyric line." '' Cash Box'' said that the "lyrics are of utmost importance." '' Record World'' said "With the funkiest introduction, premier underground act will greatly add to their legion of fans." Musical notation for this song is printed on a wall behind Levon Helm's grave in Woodstock, New York. Personnel Credits are adapted from the liner notes of ''A Musical History''. * Robbie Robertson – electric and acoustic guitars * Garth Hudson – Lowrey organ * Richard Manuel – Hohner Pianet electric p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It Makes No Difference
"It Makes No Difference" is a song written by Robbie Robertson and sung by Rick Danko that was first released by The Band on their 1975 album ''Northern Lights – Southern Cross''. It has also appeared on live and compilation albums, including the soundtrack to the film ''The Last Waltz''. Among the artists that have covered the song are Solomon Burke, My Morning Jacket, The Icicle Works, Trey Anastasio and Over the Rhine. Lyrics and music Critic Barney Hoskyns described "It Makes No Difference" as "an artlessly simple country-soul ballad." The Band biographer Craig Harris considers it "one of pop music's saddest songs." Music critic Nick DeRiso similarly states that "The Band, as a whole, has never constructed a sadder moment, nor one with more direct specificity." The song's theme is the singer's inability to get over a failed relationship. Among the metaphors used to portray the singer's sadness are images of weather, such as the sun never shining, constant rain and clo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Weight
"The Weight" is a song by the Canadian-American group the Band that was released as a single in 1968 and on the group's debut album ''Music from Big Pink''. It was their first release under this name, after their previous releases as Canadian Squires and Levon and the Hawks. Written by Band member Robbie Robertson, the song is about a visitor's experiences in a town mentioned in the lyric's first line as Nazareth. "The Weight" has significantly influenced American popular music, having been listed as No. 41 on ''Rolling Stone''s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time published in 2004. Pitchfork Media named it the 13th best song of the Sixties, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame named it one of the 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. PBS, which broadcast performances of the song in ''Ramble at the Ryman'' (2011), ''Austin City Limits'' (2012), and ''Quick Hits'' (2012), describes it as "a masterpiece of Biblical allusions, enigmatic lines and iconic characters" and notes its enduring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Shape I'm In (The Band Song)
"The Shape I'm In" is a song by The Band, first released on their 1970 album ''Stage Fright''. It was written by Robbie Robertson, who did little to disguise the fact that the song's sense of dread and dissolution was about Richard Manuel, the song's principal singer. It became a regular feature in their concert repertoire, appearing on their live albums ''Rock of Ages'', '' Before the Flood'', and ''The Last Waltz''. Author Neil Minturn described the song as "straightforward rock." Along with "The Weight," it is one of the Band's songs most performed by other artists. It has been recorded or performed by Bo Diddley, The Good Brothers, The Mekons, The Pointer Sisters, She & Him, Marty Stuart and Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats. It was also released as the B-side to their single " Time to Kill," and proved more popular than the hit side, recognized by Capitol Records in its promotion kit for the single. The mix used for the single is disputed, as the Band had second thought ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Up On Cripple Creek
"Up on Cripple Creek" is the fifth song on the Band's eponymous second album, '' The Band''. It was released as an (edited) single on Capitol 2635 in November 1969 and reached No. 25 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. "Up on Cripple Creek" was written by Band guitarist Robbie Robertson, with drummer Levon Helm singing lead vocal. A 1976 live performance of "Up on Cripple Creek" appears in the Band's concert film ''The Last Waltz'', as well as on the accompanying soundtrack album. In addition, live performances of the song appear on '' Before the Flood'', which records the Band's 1974 tour with Bob Dylan, as well as on the 2001 expanded edition of ''Rock of Ages'', originally released in 1972. The Band performed the song on ''The Ed Sullivan Show'' in November 1969. Writing and recording Robertson said of writing the song: I had some ideas for ‘Up On Cripple Creek’ when we were still based in Woodstock making Music From Big Pink. Then after Woodstock, I went to Montreal and my da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
