A Canadian fusion of country music, early rock and roll with the funkiness of Stax. Beautiful songs and voices. If you've never heard them check out the first two albums (Music From Big Pink and The Band) or the best of To Kingdom Come.
Best known as Dylan's backing band but so much more to them than that.
5. The Night they Drove Old Dixie Down - much covered but their version of the being on the losing side in the civil war is best
4. Tears of Rage - Beautiful song about parenthood
3. Acadian Driftwood - What happened to the French Canadians driven out of Canada after the British victory and who became the Cajuns
2. Rag Mama Rag - up tempo classic "We could be relaxing in my sleeping bag but all you want to do for me is rag mama rag"
1. Christmas Must Be Tonight - Best Christmas song EVER.
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Fact and a half.
Beat you at last : - )
Let me add 'Stage Fright' to your list, and 'It Makes No Difference'.
Mmm .... nice.
Guitarist, Robbie Robertson also made some fine solo albums with top tracks. 'Showdown at Big Sky' takes the biscuit for me.
There was a box set (A Musical History of The Band) released about three years ago that I'm saving up for. Are you listening, Santa?
Hi Dave,
Admin allow a few musical things to slip thru but you have to time it carefully or they are on you like a ton of bricks : - )
Stage Fright and It Makes no Difference are excellent tracks. Could have chosen a top 50 easy.
Never listened to much of Robbie solo work but do like Levon Helm's solo stuff.
2. The Weight
3. King Harvest
4. I Shall Be Released (yes I know and it might be sacrilege to say so but better than Dylan's own version in my opinion)
5. It Makes No Difference
Rip Robbie Robertson
saw "Once were Brothers" recently on TV. Possibly BBC, cant remember. Good documentary. They used this song near the end which is one of my favourites
the night they drove old dixie down.
if you cant see that documentary then just watch the last waltz. Scorsese directed. You can tell by how good the footage is below. (no stupid crowd shots and focused on the band instead.) edit: 10 to 15 seconds in for Robert just orchestrating.
took me years to appreciate how good these guys were. fucking love em now.