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"Up on Cripple Creek" is the fifth song on #theBand's eponymous second album, The Band. It was released as an (edited) #single on Capitol 2635 in November 1969 and reached No. 25 on the #Billboard Hot 100. "Up on Cripple Creek" was written by Band guitarist #RobbieRobertson, with drummer #LevonHelm singing lead vocal. A 1976 live performance of "Up on Cripple Creek" appears in the Band's concert film #TheLastWaltz, as well as on the accompanying #soundtrack album.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBGSf9kViEY

Up On Cripple Creek (Remastered 2000)

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John Eckman Jan 13

Neil Young, Hawks & Doves, 1980 on Reprise

Eleventh studio album (following Rust Never Sleeps) from Neil Young, with one side collecting things recorded throughout the 70s and the second half from 1980 sessions specific to the album.

Young is joined by Levon Helm, Tim Drummond, and Tom Scribner on Side 1, and by Greg Thomas, Dennis Belfield, Ben Keith, and Rufus Thibodeux on Side 2, which was recorded at Gold Star in Hollywood.

My copy—via Crossroads Records in Portland OR—is a Los Angeles pressing with the custom star labels and inner sleeve.

#1980 #1980s #CrossroadsRecords #DennisBelfield #LevonHelm #NeilYoung #PortlandOR #Reprise #RufusThibodeux #TimDrummond #TomScribner #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds

Spooky Panda 🖤Jan 11

What a long strange trip it's been...

RIP to a hero. I just spent about fifteen minutes crying. We'll be missing you, Bobby. So glad that I got to see you and Phil on stage years ago. And you, earlier in the day, playing with Levon Helm of all things as well. 💔

#BobWeir #GratefulDead #LevonHelm #PhilLesh

50+ Music Jan 7

"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" is a song written by #RobbieRobertson. It was originally recorded by his Canadian-American #rootsRock group #theBand and released on their eponymous second album in 1969. #LevonHelm provided the lead vocals. The song is a first-person narrative relating the economic and social distress experienced by the protagonist, a poor white Southerner, during the last year of the #AmericanCivilWar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dDbnwQlCek

The Last Waltz (1978) - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down Scene (5/7) | Movieclips

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John Eckman Jan 2

Bob Dylan, Planet Waves, 1974 on Asylum

Dylan’s first album after leaving Columbia for Asylum Records, with The Band as the backing group, and his fourteenth overall. (The only other was Before the Flood – both were later reissued by Columbia).

Includes not one but two version of “Forever Young” – fast and slow – along with “Going, Going, Gone” and “On a Night Like This.” Recorded in LA at Village Recorder and produced by Rob Fraboni.

My copy—via Electric Fetus in Minneapolis MN—is a Speciality Records pressing with the textured sleeve on Asylum labels.

#1970s #1974 #Asylum #BobDylan #ElectricFetus #GarthHudson #LevonHelm #MinneapolisMN #RichardManuel #RickDanko #RobbieRobertson #SpecialtyRecordPressing #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds

50+ Music Dec 12

"Up on Cripple Creek" is the fifth song on #theBand's eponymous second album, The Band. It was released as an (edited) #single on Capitol 2635 in November 1969 and reached No. 25 on the #Billboard Hot 100. "Up on Cripple Creek" was written by Band guitarist #RobbieRobertson, with drummer #LevonHelm singing lead vocal. A 1976 live performance of "Up on Cripple Creek" appears in the Band's concert film #TheLastWaltz, as well as on the accompanying #soundtrack album.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBGSf9kViEY

Up On Cripple Creek (Remastered 2000)

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Robin Bannks Oct 1

October 1, 1965

Orpheus plays Carnegie Hall in New York City. He played a solo set and then introduced his new backup band – Rick Danko on bass; Robbie Robertson on guitar; Garth Hudson on the organ; Richard Manuel on piano and Levon Helm on drums. From then they would be known simply as – The Band. Listen to my playlist The Band on Amazon Music ... #bobdylan #theband #dylan #orpheus #garthhudson #richardmanuel #robbierobertson #levonhelm #rock #rockmusic #music…

http://robinbannks.com/2025/10/01/october-1-1965/

October 1, 1965

Orpheus plays Carnegie Hall in New York City. He played a solo set and then introduced his new backup band – Rick Danko on bass; Robbie Robertson on guitar; Garth Hudson on the organ; Richard Manue…

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Robin Bannks Sep 22

September 22, 1969 …

“The Band” is released. The album ended up in the National Recording Registry for being – among other things – ‘culturally, historically, or aesthetically important, and reflecting life in the United States.’ And, it's #57 on Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums of All Time." “nuff said. Listen to The Band on Amazon Music .... #theband #60srock #60smusic #americana #levonhelm #garthhudson #richardmanuel #RickDanko #robbierobertson #rock #rockmusic…

http://robinbannks.com/2025/09/22/september-22-1969/

September 22, 1969 …

“The Band” is released. The album ended up in the National Recording Registry for being – among other things – ‘culturally, historically, or aesthetically important, and reflecting life in the Unit…

You Can't Make This Stuff Up ...