Another track off that great 1969 album, The Band, and another track with the gritty, powerful lead vocals of the late, great Levon Helm, is “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”. According to Rob Bowman’s liner notes to the 2000 reissue of The Band’s second album, The Band, it has been viewed as a …
Levon Helm sang lead vocals and played drums on this iconic song recorded for 1969’s eponymous second album from The Band. A live performance of “Up on Cripple Creek” also appears in The Band’s live concert film The Last Waltz and it’s accompanying soundtrack. In addition, a live version of the song appears on Before …
SONG OF THE DAY “This Land Is Your Land” by Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings (Naturally, Daptone Records, 2005). Written by Woody Guthrie. VIDEO OF THE DAY
SONG OF THE DAY “Dharma Lady” by Geronimo Jackson (Magna Carta, ABC, 2009) WHERE I HEARD IT This is the faux band from ABC’s Lost, and, so, yeah, I heard it on Lost. Nowhere else to hear it, right? Wrong! ABC actually released this song as a single on iTunes, so it exists in the real world! Only …
SONG OF THE DAY “How I Feel” by Wax Taylor (Tales of the Forgotten Melodies, Lab’oratoire/Undercover Records, 2005). VIDEO OF THE DAY
SONG OF THE DAY “Kicks” by Paul Revere & The Raiders (Midnight Ride, Columbia Records, 1966). Written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil. VIDEO OF THE DAY
SONG OF THE DAY “Sunny Afternoon” by The Kinks (Face To Face, Pye — UK/ Reprise — US, 1966). Written by Ray Davies. VIDEO OF THE DAY
I thought it would be interesting to make a playlist so that I can listen to one of my favorite artists chronologically through the four decades he had as a recording artist. I learned so much from listening to John Denver in order for the first time ever: he stayed so true to his voice …
SONG OF THE DAY “Hear Me Lord” by Bonnie Raitt (Silver Lining, Capitol Records, 2002). Written by Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi. VIDEO OF THE DAY
SONG OF THE DAY “Hello Bonjour” by Michael Franti & Spearhead (Yell Fire!, ANTI-/ Liberation, 2006). Written by Michael Franti. VIDEO OF THE DAY