Hey strangers-- Turns out another Thanksgiving just rolled by, didja know, and now has only receded further into the past as I've dawdled? But before every last good intention slid into history, I wanted to post a couple cover songs. This is partly brought on my a pre-holiday trip to see the great Chris Robinson Brotherhood down at the Capitol Theater back in my NY metro homeland. It was as good as hoped, but I was sad to have to miss the upcoming 2016 version of their Thanksgiving-time celebration of the Band's "Last Waltz". So I had the Band on the brain, and it turns out they were on quite a few other folks' minds as well, so I figured I'd go back out to the well.
Though most of the famed West Saugerties, NY "Basement Tapes" sessions were actually in the spring and summer of 1967, the vibe of the audio record is so autmnal and I've been spinning the beautiful recent completist vinyl box set a lot, as is typical this time of year. Maybe the autumn association is cemented in my mind because of the full-on band recordings made after Levon' arrived in October, and I have no doubt it's partly because of the dusty, wistful, timeless quality to the songs. Certainly that their Thanksgiving farewell celebration became cultural semi-touchstone "The Last Waltz" don't hurt.
So here are a few songs for you: First is a group electric, sloppy and semi-raucus version of "Odds and Ends" from the 2011 Harpswell Hootenanny. That one's got the Pauls Bonanos and Cardillo on guitars, Roadkill on drums and me on bass and overdubbed keys. Also you've got here some more austere lonely home studio versions of their beautiful late-era (1975) final masterpiece "It Makes No Difference" and another Saugerties tune, "Katie's Been Gone". Hope you enjoy.
Link to the original post, with some background, discussion, etc is here:
http://roadkillbuttsteak.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-band-covered-acoustically.html
Songs are here:
Odds and Ends (Band cover):
https://app.box.com/s/jfz4nmqhfmm20tyoyog2
It Makes No Difference (Band cover):
https://app.box.com/s/jwn3nd9ztf731mw9uxuahxp9oth68tvh
Katie's Been Gone (Band cover):
https://app.box.com/s/iz6mhsz6ee0yqgwe1ebuyldkejo7ikok
