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Robbie Robertson, “He Don’t Live Here No More” from How to Become Clairvoyant (2011): Across the Great Divide

Robbie Robertson, “He Don’t Live Here No More” from How to Become Clairvoyant (2011): Across the Great Divide

A rebuke of the demons that stole too many pals, “He Don’t Live Here No More” heralded Robbie Robertson’s first solo release in more than a decade.

Robbie Robertson + Rick Danko, “Sonny Got Caught in the Moonlight” (1987): Across the Great Divide

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, “Rags and Bones” from Northern Lights-Southern Cross (1975): Across the Great Divide

The Band, “Rags and Bones” from Northern Lights-Southern Cross (1975): Across the Great Divide

The Band’s reflective ‘Northern Lights-Southern Cross’ ends, so full of promises.

The Band, “Jupiter Hollow” from Northern Lights-Southern Cross (1975): Across the Great Divide

The Band, “Jupiter Hollow” from Northern Lights-Southern Cross (1975): Across the Great Divide

An odyssey toward imagination’s outer limits, with the Band’s Garth Hudson as rocket fuel.

The Band, “It Makes No Difference” from Northern Lights-Southern Cross (1975): Across the Great Divide

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, “Ring Your Bell” from Northern Lights-Southern Cross (1975): Across the Great Divide

The Band, “Ring Your Bell” from Northern Lights-Southern Cross (1975): Across the Great Divide

Here’s a greasy, funk-focused triumph from the Band that must have made Gamble and Huff turn green.

The Band, “Acadian Driftwood” from Northern Lights-Southern Cross (1975): Across the Great Divide

The Band, “Acadian Driftwood” from Northern Lights-Southern Cross (1975): Across the Great Divide

One of the Band’s final aggregate triumphs traces a tale of alienation and redemption.

The Band, “Ophelia” from Northern Lights-Southern Cross (1975): Across the Great Divide

The Band, “Ophelia” from Northern Lights-Southern Cross (1975): Across the Great Divide

This song from the Band is Garth Hudson’s triumph, his musical testament, his masterpiece.

The Band, “Hobo Jungle” from Northern Lights-Southern Cross (1975): Across the Great Divide

The Band, “Hobo Jungle” from Northern Lights-Southern Cross (1975): Across the Great Divide

Each word, as conveyed by a transcendent the Band’s Richard Manuel, arrives like a gut punch.

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Robbie Robertson, Jim McCarty remember the legend of Sonny Boy Williamson II: ‘He was good fun’

The bluesman found fame with a new generation of blues-loving rockers just before his death.