The Band, “Across the Great Divide” from ‘The Band’ (1969): Across the Great Divide
“‘Big Pink’ was Sunday morning,” as Robbie Robertson once adroitly put it, “and ‘The Band’ Saturday night.”
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The Band, “Chest Fever” from ‘Music from Big Pink’ (1968): Across the Great Divide
The Band’s “Chest Fever” starts out as Bach, then it becomes midnight funky – and that’s all before anybody but Garth Hudson does a thing.
The Band, “The Weight” from ‘Music from Big Pink’ (1968): Across the Great Divide
A cinematic, fever dream of a song, “The Weight” remains both an enigma and an emblem for its singer Levon Helm and the Band.
The Band, “Caledonia Mission” from ‘Music from Big Pink’ (1968): Across the Great Divide
The Band’s “Caledonia Mission” showcases Rick Danko as both a mournful and country-inflected singer, and as a rapturously melodic bass player.
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.
The Band, “To Kingdom Come” from ‘Music from Big Pink’ (1968): Across the Great Divide
After reaching across generations on the solemn and startling “Tears of Rage,” the Band leapt into a rambling groove on “To Kingdom Come.”
The Band, “Don’t Ya Tell Henry” from ‘The Basement Tapes’ (1967): Across the Great Divide
As with everything surrounding The Band’s ‘Basement Tapes,’ there remains a lasting discourse on when “Don’t Ya Tell Henry” was recorded.
The Band, “Bessie Smith” from ‘The Basement Tapes’ (1968): Across the Great Divide
Arriving in official form so many years later, the Band’s fabled late-1960s ‘Basement Tapes’ project was almost destined to disappoint.
The Band, “Katie’s Been Gone” from ‘The Basement Tapes’ (1967): Across the Great Divide
“Katie’s Been Gone” was the first in what would become a series of forlorn triumphs from the Band’s Richard Manuel.
The Band, “Yazoo Street Scandal” from ‘The Basement Tapes’ (1968): Across the Great Divide
The carnal, harrowing “Yazoo Street Scandal” points directly to subsequent triumphs for Levon Helm and the Band like “The Weight” and “Ophelia.”
