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Across the Great Divide : the Band and America

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    Running Time: 16:36 hrs
    Narrator: Raghu Lokanathan
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    BC Libraries Cooperative, 2024
    Note: This book was produced with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.
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    Certified Accessible By: National Network for Equitable Library Service
    Running Time: 16:36 hrs
    Narrator: Raghu Lokanathan
    Publisher:
    BC Libraries Cooperative, 2024

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  • Author: Hoskyns, Barney
    Edition: Rev. ed.
    Date:
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    2006
    Summary:

    Starting out as a backing band for rockabilly renegade Ronnie Hawkins before being propelled on to the world stage by no less than Bob Dylan, The Band literally changed the course of music with their first two albums. Retreating from the psychedelic circus of '60s rock, these four Canadians and one Arkansas boy hid away in upstate New York and steered rock 'n' roll back to its funky rural roots. Today The Band's soulful fusion of country, soul, gospel, jazz and vaudeville is more revered than ever, exerting a huge influence on everyone from Wilco to Ryan Adams.

    Contents:
    • I. Nighthawking (1957-65) : Promised lands
    • Endless highway
    • The divide
    • II. Harvesting (1965-9) : A scrounge band for Judas
    • Big Pink
    • Caviar and Harveyburgers
    • III. Spotlight (1969-74) : Taking fright
    • "Where do we go from here?"
    • Before and after the flood
    • IV. Twilight (1974-92) : On the beach
    • End of 'the road'
    • After the waltz
    • Coda
    • Postscript : The weight of Levon Helm
    • Appendices : 1. Rick Danko, R.I.P.
    • 2. Musical history : a review and an interview with Robbie Robertson (2005)
    • 3. Million-dollar bash : the band behind Bob Dylan
    • 4. The night they put The band to rest : the last waltz revisited
    • Notes
    • Acknowledgements and sources
    • Discography
    • The very best of The Band
    • Index.
    Genre:
    Biographies and autobiographies
    Subject(s): Biographies | Biography | Canada | États-Unis | Musiciens rock | Rock musicians | United States
    Original Publisher: Milwaukee, WI, Hal Leonard
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9781423414421