The Band, “Endless Highway” from Before the Flood (1974): Across the Great Divide
With the Band’s “Endless Highway,” there remains this profound sense of unfinished business.
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Robbie Robertson + Rick Danko, “Sonny Got Caught in the Moonlight” (1987): Across the Great Divide
This Robbie Robertson collaboration with Rick Danko is comfortably like, but also thrillingly unlike, everything that came before.
The Band, “Book Faded Brown” from Jubilation (1998): Across the Great Divide
Rick Danko’s voice, poignant now with aged wisdom, finds previously unknown depths on this song with the Band.
The Band, “It Makes No Difference” from Northern Lights-Southern Cross (1975): Across the Great Divide
“It Makes No Difference” was a moment like few others from the Band, and Rick Danko’s greatest vehicle.
The Band, “Thinking Out Loud” from ‘Cahoots’ (1971): Across the Great Divide
It’s utterly clear just what Robbie Robertson is lamenting on this song from the Band.
Rick Danko + Garth Hudson, “Blue River” from Danko/Fjeld/Andersen (1991): Across the Great Divide
Perhaps unsurprisingly, former Band vocalist Rick Danko found renewed vigor within another collaborative experience on ‘Danko/Fjeld/Andersen.’
The Band, “Get Up Jake” from ‘Rock of Ages’ (1972): Across the Great Divide
“Get Up Jake” initially got left off 1969’s ‘The Band,’ apparently because it sounded too much of a piece.
The Band, “Blind Willie McTell” from ‘Jericho’ (1993): Across the Great Divide
That this song, a legendary outtake from Bob Dylan’s ‘Infidels,’ heralded the Band’s long-hoped-for return to the studio was fitting.
Rick Danko + Garth Hudson, “New Mexicoe” from Rick Danko (1977): Across the Great Divide
Rick Danko sounds ready, finally, to pass over the threshold, to begin his journey away from the Band.
The Band, “The Rumor” from ‘Stage Fright’ (1970): Across the Great Divide
The Band’s ‘Stage Fright,’ it seems, could only have ended in one of two ways: Damnation or salvation. “The Rumor” seems to represent the latter.
