The Band had every right to this song, after what happened on that ill-fated night of April 17, 1969 at Bill Graham’s Winterland in San Francisco.

The days of hiding out in Big Pink, or even in the cocoon of Sammy Davis’ pool house, were long gone. The Band belonged to the world now.

While “It’s Makes No Difference” is commonly understood to be Rick Danko’s career peak as a vocalist, “The Unfaithful Servant” is maybe more interesting.

Not much, thus far into the Band’s official discography, had hinted at the lip-busting brawn of their early work with Ronnie Hawkins and Bob Dylan – until this.

A triumph of narrative balance, the Band’s “When You Awake” perhaps could only work within a performance by Rick Danko.

“This Wheel’s On Fire” recalls, more than any other track on ‘Music from Big Pink,’ the collaborative setting between the Band and Bob Dylan.

“Long Black Veil” featured a darkly gothic storyline that meshed so well you’d never know it was a cover song for the Band.

The Band’s “Caledonia Mission” showcases Rick Danko as both a mournful and country-inflected singer, and as a rapturously melodic bass player.

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.