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Across The Great Divide (album)
''Across the Great Divide'' is a box set by Canadian-American rock group The Band. Released in 1994, it consists of two discs of songs from the Band's first seven albums, and a third disc of rarities taken from various studio sessions and live performances. The set is now out of print, having been replaced by the five-Compact disc, CD/one-DVD box set ''A Musical History'' which was released in September 2005. Track listing All songs written by Robbie Robertson, unless otherwise noted. Disc one Tracks 1–7 from ''Music from Big Pink'' (1968). Tracks 8–15 from ''The Band (album), The Band'' (1969). Tracks 16–19 from ''Stage Fright (album), Stage Fright'' (1970). # "Tears of Rage" (Bob Dylan, Richard Manuel) – 5:19 # "The Weight" – 4:35 # "I Shall Be Released" (Dylan) – 3:12 # "Chest Fever" – 5:13 # "In a Station" (Manuel) – 3:30 # "To Kingdom Come" – 3:19 # "Lonesome Suzie" (Manuel) – 4:01 # "Rag Mama Rag" – 3:03 # "The N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Band
The Band was a Canadian-American rock music, rock band formed in Toronto, Ontario, in 1957. It consisted of the Canadians Rick Danko (bass, guitar, vocals, fiddle), Garth Hudson (organ, keyboards, accordion, saxophone), Richard Manuel (piano, drums, vocals) and Robbie Robertson (guitar, piano, percussion) and the American Levon Helm (drums, vocals, mandolin, guitar, bass). The Band's music combined elements of Americana (music), Americana, Folk music, folk, rock, R&B, jazz and country music, country, which influenced artists including George Harrison, Elton John, the Grateful Dead, Eric Clapton, and Wilco. Between 1958 and 1963, the group was known as the Hawks and were the backing band for rockabilly singer Ronnie Hawkins. In the mid-1960s, they gained recognition for backing Bob Dylan on his Bob Dylan World Tour 1966, 1966 concert tour as Dylan's first electric band. After leaving Dylan and changing their name to The Band, they released their 1968 debut ''Music from Big Pink'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan; born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Described as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture over his nearly 70-year career. With an estimated more than 125 million records sold worldwide, he is one of the List of best-selling music artists, best-selling musicians of all time. Dylan added increasingly sophisticated lyrical techniques to the folk music of the early 1960s, infusing it "with the intellectualism of classic literature and poetry". His lyrics incorporated political, social, and philosophical influences, defying pop music conventions and appealing to the burgeoning Counterculture of the 1960s, counterculture. Dylan was born in St. Louis County, Minnesota. He moved to New York City in 1961 to pursue a career in music. Following his 1962 debut album, ''Bob Dylan (album), Bob Dylan'', featuring traditional folk and blues material, he released his ... [...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 LP album, album ''Stage Fright (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 (The Band album), Rock of Ages'', ''Before the Flood (album), Before the Flood'', and ''The Last Waltz (1978 album), The Last Waltz''. Author Neil Minturn described the song as "straightforward rock 'n' roll, 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 A-side and B-side, B-side to their single (music), single "Time to Kill (song), Time to Ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Unfaithful Servant
"The Unfaithful Servant" or "Unfaithful Servant" is a song written by Robbie Robertson that was first released by The Band on their 1969 album ''The Band''. It was also released as the B-side of the group's " Rag Mama Rag" single. It has also appeared on several of the Band's live and compilation albums. Lyrics and music The lyrics of "The Unfaithful Servant" concern a servant who offended the mistress of the house and is being sent away. The singer offers sympathy to the servant. The identity of the singer is ambiguous. According to Jason Schneider, the singer is a "conscientious friend coming to the aid" of the former servant but according to Nick DeRiso it could be a "master bidding goodbye to his hand maiden after an embarrassing affair is revealed." As with other songs on ''The Band'', the characters seems to be from the Southern United States. Music critic Barney Hoskyns described the setting as a Southern household from a Tennessee Williams play. David Hatch and Step ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Across The Great Divide (song)
"Across the Great Divide" is a song written by Robbie Robertson. It was first released by The Band on their 1969 album ''The Band'' and was subsequently released on several live and compilation albums. According to music critic Barney Hoskyns, it was one of several songs that contributed to ''The Band'' being something of a concept album about the American South. Lyrics and music The lyrics begin with the singer asking his wife Molly to put down the gun she is waving at him. The singer then recalls his earlier struggles when all he wanted was a home, and thinks that if Molly does not put the gun down he will have to leave that home. According to ''Rolling Stone Magazine'' critic Greil Marcus, the fight ends when the song ends, although the singer still wants to know where Molly hid the gun. According to Hoskyns, the song then achieves "a blithely good-humoured groove, with the unrepentant heel bragging tipsily over some Fats Domino-style piano triplets." Similarly, Allmusic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whispering Pines (The Band Song)
"Whispering Pines" is a song written by Richard Manuel and Robbie Robertson that was first released by The Band on their self-titled 1969 album ''The Band''. It was released as a single in France, backed by " Lonesome Suzie". Lyrics and music "Whispering Pines" is a ballad on the theme of loneliness. Manuel wrote the melody and vocal line but could not come up with the lyrics, so Robertson wrote the lyrics. According to Robertson, "Richard always had this very plaintive attitude in his voice, and sometimes just in his sensitivity as a person. I tried to follow that, to go with it and find it musically. We both felt very good about this song." The lyrics are filled with images of loneliness such as a lonely foghorn, crashing waves and the titular whispering pines. Allmusic critic Bill Janovitz notes that pines are prevalent in Woodstock, New York, where the Band was living, and in Canada, where most of the group is originally from. According to music critic Barney Hoskyns, "th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Harvest (Has Surely Come)
"King Harvest (Has Surely Come)" is a song by the Band, which originally appeared as the final track on their second album, ''The Band''. The song is credited solely to guitarist Robbie Robertson, although drummer/singer Levon Helm claimed that "King Harvest" was a group effort. It is sung in the first person from the point of view of a poverty-stricken farmer who, with increasing desperation, details the misfortune which has befallen him: there was no rain and his crops died, his barn burned down, he has ended up on skid row. A labor union organizer appears, promising to improve things, and the narrator tells his new associates, "I'm a union man, now, all the way", but, perhaps ashamed of his homelessness begs them to "just don't judge me by my shoes." Some sources speculate the events depicted in the song are a reference to the organizing drives of the communist-affiliated Trade Union Unity League, which created share-cropper unions from 1928 to 1935, throughout the American So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" is a song written by Robbie Robertson. It was originally recorded by his Canadian-American roots rock group The Band in 1969 and released on their eponymous second album. Levon Helm provided the lead vocals. The song is a first-person narrative relating the economic and social distress experienced by the protagonist, a poor white Southerner, during the last year of the American Civil War, when George Stoneman was raiding southwest Virginia. Joan Baez's version peaked at No. 3 on the Hot 100 on October 2, 1971; it did likewise on the ''Cashbox'' Top 100 chart. However, on the ''Record World'' Top Singles chart for the week of September 25, 1971, the Baez single hit No. 1 for one week. Creation and recordings The song was written by Robbie Robertson, who spent about eight months working on it. Robertson said he had the music to the song in his head and would play the chords over and over on the piano but had no idea what the song was t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rag Mama Rag
"Rag Mama Rag" is a song by The Band which was first released on their 1969 album ''The Band''. It was also released as a single, reaching number 16 on the UK Singles Chart, the highest position for any single by the group. The single was less successful in the US, reaching only number 57 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Music and lyrics "Rag Mama Rag" is credited solely to Robbie Robertson. However, drummer Levon Helm claimed years later that the song was a group effort. The song has an improvised feel. The Band initially attempted to record the song in a straightforward manner, but it did not sound right to Robertson. So, drummer Helm moved to play mandolin, pianist Richard Manuel played drums, bassist Rick Danko played fiddle and producer John Simon played tuba, while organist Garth Hudson played upright acoustic piano in a ragtime fashion. Helm also sang the lead vocals. Although a favorite with fans, the band did not originally think that highly of the song, recording it al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lonesome Suzie
"Lonesome Suzie" is a 1968 song by The Band written and sung by Richard Manuel originally appearing on their influential debut album ''Music From Big Pink''. It was also released on Across The Great Divide, a compilation box set from 1994. Drummer Levon Helm has said that "...Lonesome Suzie was Richard's failed attempt to write a hit record." It never charted and is one of the few songs on which Manuel contributed writing, but is also recognized as one of Manuel's signature pieces. In 1970 it was released as the B-side of the French single release of " Whispering Pines". Recording "Lonesome Suzie" was recorded at Capitol Studios and Gold Star Studios. Lyrics and music The song is about a lonely spinster. The woman is described as "always losing" and we are told that she "sits and cries and shakes". The singer is left not knowing what to do for her. He feels that the woman can use a friend and although he isn't willing to be that friend, he suggests that maybe he can lend her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chest Fever
"Chest Fever" is a song recorded by the Band on its 1968 debut, ''Music from Big Pink''. It is, according to Peter Viney, a historian of the group, the album track that has appeared on the most subsequent live albums and compilations, second only to "The Weight". The music for the piece was written by guitarist Robbie Robertson. Total authorship is typically credited solely to Robertson, although the lyrics, according to Levon Helm, were originally improvised by Helm and Richard Manuel, telling the story of a man who becomes sick when he is spurned by the woman he loves. Robertson has since said the lyrics were nonsensical, used only while the instrumental tracks were recorded. "I'm not sure that I know the words to 'Chest Fever'; I'm not even so sure there are words to 'Chest Fever'." He has also stated the entirety of the song does not make sense. At the Woodstock Festival in 1969, the Band performed on the final day, between Ten Years After and Blood, Sweat, and Tears. They o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
