Album Lounge: The Band
The Band
Released: 1996 19 tracksPosts about > The Band
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Each of us, I'm sure, has a list of songs that we feel just cannot be surpassed as far as performance is concerned. I know, by nature such lists are very subjective but come on, after Ray Charles' America The Beautiful, why would anyone bother to record another? I feel the same way about a dozen or two songs. Don't bother. I don't think anyone should bother with Mystery Train, after The Band's version. Well this song, By The Band, is not one thats often covere... MORE
Live from the Greyfox Bluegrass Festival in New York, Pat Flynn and some friends jam out to Up on Cripple Creek. And thus my bluegrass trilogy is concluded.
I could wake up in the morning dead.
What more does anyone need to know. Love this song. There's a certain sweetness about The Band.
I watched Martin Scorsese's film The Last Waltz last night and fell in love with him and with The Band all over again. The 4 CD box set of music from the film is on the way. In the meantime I'm listening to The Band, the one with the bonus tracks and thought I'd post this gorgeous gorgeous song. If you find me in a gloom, or catch me in a dreamInside my lonely room, there is no in betweenWhispering pines, rising of the tideIf only one star shinesThat's just enough to get... MORE
Other than the unoriginality of the bandname, I love this cd. I'd seen parts of The Last Waltz a couple times and decided to check these guys out. Got there second album because it had the highest rating on allmusic.com (I defer to that sometimes when deciding if I should buy something or not), and it is great and solid all the way around. It sounds like it's from the 70s, 'cause it is, but it has a certain uniqueness to it compared to similar artists at the time. It's ver... MORE







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