The Band - The Band (1969)

[DudeAsInCool]

The Band - The Band (1969)

The Band was four-fifths Canadian -- drummer Levon Helm was from Arkansas -- but its second album was all American. Guitarist Robbie Robertson's songs vividly evoke the country's pioneer age -- "Across the Great Divide," "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" -- while pointedly reflecting the state of the nation in the 1960s. The Band's long life on the road resonates in the brawn of Garth Hudson's keyboards and Helm's juke-joint attack. But Robertson's stories truly come to life in Helm's man-of-the-soil growl, Rick Danko's high tenor and Richard Manuel's spectral croon. "Somebody once said he had a tear in his voice," Helm said of Manuel. "Richard had one of the richest, textured voices I'd ever heard."

Total album sales: 1 million

Peak chart position: 9

http://www.rollingstone.com/features/cover...en.asp?pid=2145

[DudeAsInCool]

Here's a link to their website - plenty of information and music to download :)

http://www.beatking.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=5048

[nate]

one of the best, most underrated albums ever

one of the few things vh1 got right, when they did a special on it (the other was the special on nick drake)