The Band : The Band
Genre: Rock and Roll	Dates: 1968

In the midst of psychedelic fever and the Summer of Love, four Canadian journeymen and their ace Arkansas drummer lit out for the territory on an album Harry Smith (see The Anthology of American Folk Music, below) would have appreciated. Singing good times ("Up on Cripple Creek"), bad times ("The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"), and, especially, uncertain times ("Look Out, Cleveland," "King Harvest Has Surely Come"), they described an America whose surface has disappeared, but whose soul contradictions are our present burden.

Playlist: 1. Across The Great Divide 2. Rag Mama Rag 3. Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, The 4. When You Awake 5. Up On Cripple Creek 6. Whispering Pines 7. Jemima Surrender 8. Rockin' Chair 9. Look Out Cleveland 10. Jawbone 11. Unfaithful Servant, The 12. King Harvest (Has Surely Come)

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