Why the Band’s Overlooked ‘Moondog Matinee’ Has Become So Revealing
Released 50 years ago this week, the Band’s ‘Moondog Matinee’ was unfairly criticized at the time as a career retrenchment.
Released 50 years ago this week, the Band’s ‘Moondog Matinee’ was unfairly criticized at the time as a career retrenchment.
Released 55 years ago this month, ‘Music From Big Pink’ included several songs that defined the Band’s legacy. Let’s dig into some lesser-known moments.
The Band’s original incarnation exited 45 years ago today with a pieced-together, yet still occasionally resonant final studio project.
The Band, then known as Levon and the Hawks, released a few forgotten songs before heading to that basement with Bob Dylan. Here’s one of the best.
Released on Sept. 15, 1971, ‘Cahoots’ has always felt like a breakup album. Still, there were notable moments when the Band recaptured the magic.
‘Stage Fright,’ issued on August 17, 1970, was the Band’s highest-charting LP. But there’s still much to discover inside these overlooked moments.
The Band’s Garth Hudson joined Nick DeRiso to discuss lost friends, the sounds that inspire, and his love affair with the Lowry.
The Band’s ‘Moondog Matinee,’ critics always say, was no ‘Big Pink.’ As Richard Manuel gleefully crows through ‘Saved,’ you realize it wasn’t meant to be.
In this moment, the Band’s Richard Manuel sounds whole again, entirely present, a world away from the fading figure depicted in ‘The Last Waltz.’
The Band appeared to be turning toward a kind of modernity that might clear the way for new explorations. But night was, indeed, falling.