The Band, “In a Station” from ‘Music from Big Pink’ (1968): Across the Great Divide
If the Band’s “Tears of Rage” showed how desperately lonesome he could be, “In a Station” finds Richard Manuel opening up his whole heart.
If the Band’s “Tears of Rage” showed how desperately lonesome he could be, “In a Station” finds Richard Manuel opening up his whole heart.
After reaching across generations on the solemn and startling “Tears of Rage,” the Band leapt into a rambling groove on “To Kingdom Come.”
“Tears of Rage” quickly established the Band as something entirely different, even before Richard Manuel’s devastating vocal began.
As with everything surrounding The Band’s ‘Basement Tapes,’ there remains a lasting discourse on when “Don’t Ya Tell Henry” was recorded.
Arriving in official form so many years later, the Band’s fabled late-1960s ‘Basement Tapes’ project was almost destined to disappoint.
“Katie’s Been Gone” was the first in what would become a series of forlorn triumphs from the Band’s Richard Manuel.
The carnal, harrowing “Yazoo Street Scandal” points directly to subsequent triumphs for Levon Helm and the Band like “The Weight” and “Ophelia.”
You hear the Band taking the first step in what would become an endlessly intriguing journey.