The Band, “Jemima Surrender” from ‘The Band’ (1969): Across the Great Divide
A lip-smacking, knuckle-dragging hoot, The Band’s “Jemima Surrender” won’t win any awards for cosmopolitan thinking, but it couldn’t be more fun.
Post Tagged with: "Richard Manuel"
The Band, “Whispering Pines” from ‘The Band’ (1969): Across the Great Divide
The Band’s Richard Manuel doesn’t sing this as if telling the story of a man walled off by loneliness; he lives and breathes every bruising syllable.
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.”
The Band, “I Shall Be Released” from ‘Music from Big Pink’ (1968): Across the Great Divide
Conveyed with breakable beauty by Richard Manuel, “I Shall Be Released” concludes the Band’s Music from Big Pink like a moment in miniature.
The Band, “Lonesome Suzie” from ‘Music from Big Pink’ (1968): Across the Great Divide
The Band’s “Lonesome Suzie” is a searcher’s tale about trying to find love, and then finally settling with what you’ve got.
The Band, “We Can Talk” from ‘Music from Big Pink’ (1968): Across the Great Divide
In some ways, “We Can Talk” is also another perfect distillation of what made – what makes – the Band such an endlessly fascinating study.
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, “Tears of Rage” from ‘Music from Big Pink’ (1968): Across the Great Divide
“Tears of Rage” quickly established the Band as something entirely different, even before Richard Manuel’s devastating vocal began.
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, “Orange Juice Blues” from ‘The Basement Tapes’ (1968): Across the Great Divide
You hear the Band taking the first step in what would become an endlessly intriguing journey.
