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PostPosted: Fri May 20, 2011 3:17 pm 
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For those of you who don't know me, I recently started a blog to document my re-discovery of certain artists' entire catalogs from my music collection, specifically artists I don't know as well as my favorites. I began with a big catalog, Van Morrison, and followed that up with a slightly smaller one, Talking Heads. Both were great experiences, and now my focus has moved on to THE BAND. I just posted my initial thoughts on them at:
http://kamertunesblog.wordpress.com/201 ... an-artist/

Over the next couple of weeks, as I spend some quality time with each album, I'll be posting my thoughts on a few at a time. Even though I have the expanded reissues from 2000, my plan is to just focus on the original album tracks (with the exception of the 4-CD box set of The Last Waltz, which will probably get its own post). I'm guessing there are some serious Band fans here, so if you think there are specific bonus tracks that are worth revisiting, please let me know.

I've mentioned this before, but I want to reiterate what a great community we have here at IMWAN. With no record stores to hang out at anymore (at least here in Westchester, NY), it's nice to have this forum to share our love of music. I've gotten some great feedback on the blog from people here, and I really appreciate it.

Have a great weekend, everyone.

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PostPosted: Tue May 31, 2011 11:48 pm 
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A tennis-related hand/wrist injury may have delayed my latest blog post (on The Band's amazing first two albums) for about a week, as typing was a bit of a chore, but it didn't stop me from spending lots of time listening to them. I also immersed myself in the two subsequent albums, but I had so much to talk (er, write) about on those first two that I'm saving the others for my next post, probably this weekend. For anyone who's interested, here's a direct link to the latest post, which I was finally able to complete today:
http://kamertunesblog.wordpress.com/201 ... s-on-fire/

Hand/wrist injuries are not fun, especially for someone who plays drums and works out every day. Nothing was broken, but I'm stuck in an immobilizer for over 2 weeks. Hopefully my recovery after that will be quick. Stay healthy, everyone.

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PostPosted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 12:13 am 
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Great reviews so far. I'll be interested in what you have to say about Stage Fright....I think it's on the same level as the first 2 albums and has some of my favorite Band songs....I'm Only Sleeping, Time To Kill, Shape In In, Stage Fright, The Rumor. etc.

Hope you feel better soon.

(I love Chest Fever however)

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PostPosted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 9:24 am 
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Charles wrote:
Great reviews so far. I'll be interested in what you have to say about Stage Fright....I think it's on the same level as the first 2 albums and has some of my favorite Band songs....I'm Only Sleeping, Time To Kill, Shape In In, Stage Fright, The Rumor. etc.

Hope you feel better soon.

(I love Chest Fever however)


Thanks Charles. Here's a sneak preview: I love Stage Fright. So many great songs. I was hoping to include that album & Cahoots in yesterday's post, but it was already too long.

I also think Chest Fever is great. I spoke with a couple of friends last week who hate that song, but even though it doesn't quite fit with the rest of the album, it's one of my favorite tracks.

Thanks again for checking out the blog, and for your get-well wishes.

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 Post subject: Shameless Self-Promotion...THE BAND
PostPosted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 12:12 pm 
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I now know that The Band didn't stop releasing excellent albums after their now-legendary first two. After listening to "Stage Fright," "Cahoots" and "Rock Of Ages" countless times recently, I just posted my comments about them at:
http://kamertunesblog.wordpress.com/201 ... -carnival/

I'll return early next week with the rest of the studio albums I have in my collection.

My hand/wrist injury is still healing, but I haven't been able to play drums for almost three weeks. Wish me luck at the doctor today. I'm hoping there's nothing that will require a cast, and maybe I can start rehabbing it soon. Small bones can be such a big problem.

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 11:25 pm 
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Before finishing off The Band's catalog next week with The Last Waltz and The Basement Tapes, I spent some quality time with the albums they released in the mid-70s (and a couple of later releases) and posted my comments at:
http://kamertunesblog.wordpress.com/201 ... nee-idols/

Is anyone else here blown away by Richard Manuel's voice? Before revisiting their catalog these past few weeks, I thought Rick Danko sang a lot of songs that were actually Manuel, and he's quickly become one of my favorite singers.

It turns out I did break a bone in my hand, so no drumming...or tennis...or upper-body exercise for at least another 3 weeks. Guess I'll have to make up for lost time later this summer.

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PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 9:16 am 
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Richard Manuel is one of my favorite rock singers.....one of the most soulful voices I ever heard (outside of soul singers). I confused him with Danko early on too.

Great reviews.

You might be interested in reading Levon Helm's autobiography - This Wheel's On Fire
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1556524056/?tag=imwan-20

I think it's a great read - very entertaining book.
Since you mention Robbie Robertson songwriting.....Levon's take on Robbie is very interesting: that he took credit for the songs when they were collaborative efforts to take control of the group....and all the stuff behind the Last Waltz (which puts the movie and all else in different perspective - I like it less). Levon hates Robbie to this day.

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PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 10:01 am 
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Hi Charles. Thanks for checking out the blog. I'm glad that I'm not the only one who gets confused between Danko & Manuel. I've gotten better at telling them apart these past few weeks, but there are still songs where I'm not sure who's doing what. At least it's always obvious when Helm is singing. I have a stack of music-related books I need to read, but I will definitely add Helm's book to my list of future purchases. I know how much he hates Robertson, and I don't doubt that there was a lot of collaboration on the songwriting, but how did he (and the rest of the group) allow Robertson to take all the credit? Did they speak to him about it at the time?

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PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 10:52 am 
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I'm a little fuzzy (haven't picked up the book in a long time).....but while they were suspicous, they were naive about what it would mean, until it was too late and Robbie had control.

It's what started leading to some of the tension/less cooperation in the group around Cahoots and so on.....(that, and the drugs/booze)

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So Robbie was a little smarter (and sneakier) than the others, and he got away with it. Record companies have taken advantage of artists for so long, and I guess Robbie decided he could do the same. Too bad there's such bad blood, because the music is so good. At least Levon's been doing well lately. I really like his last two albums.

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PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 11:27 am 
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To be fair, a Band biography came out shortly after the Levon book

Across the Great Divide: The Band and America
http://www.amazon.com/dp/142341442X/?tag=imwan-20

Also very good, but I would read the Levon one first.

The author refutes Levon's claims.....saying Robbie was the creative talent.....and it was the laziness/booze/drugs that stopped the others.

I'm sure the truth is somewhere inbetween, but I find Levon to be believable....especially about The Last Waltz. The whole concert/movie was more a Robbie ego trip than a farewell concert. (I still enjoy watching it, but....)

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I really appreciate the info, Charles. I've played in many bands (that never had much success), and songwriting is a grey area. One "songwriter" would present his songs to the band, and they all sounded the same (mid-tempo acoustic strumming) until the bass player & I would pick them apart, create different arrangements, rhythms, harmonies, etc. In the end, he was convinced that he "wrote" the songs and we just helped arrange them. If we had achieved any level of success we would've had to work out a deal with him for songwriting credits. I'm thinking the situation with The Band must have been similar, except they sold millions of records.

As part of revisiting The Last Waltz box set, I'll be re-watching the movie again next week. I don't recall Manuel being featured very much. Was that because of his physical state at the time, or was it because of Robbie?

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PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 12:21 pm 
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The film was mostly centered around Robbie. It was his idea, and he became buddies with Scorsese.

Robbie did the majority of the interviews....and Band performances feature many shots of Robbie (accoring to Levon) singing intensely into a turned off mic). The others were only interviewed once or twice...apparently caught late night/very early morning and that's why they (Levon, Garth, Richard) look tired and/or annoyed. I think Rick's only interview spot was when he was playing a track of his upcoming solo album.

In Richard's case, physical state played a part in it too.....he abused the substances alot more than the others at the time.

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Regarding the songwriting... there's no disputing Robbie came up with the melodies and chord structures, and wrote almost all of the lyrics. The other guys in the Band made occasional lyrical suggestions (like adding a line here or there), came up with arrangement ideas, and of course devised their own instrumental parts. Levon's contention is that they should receive some of the songwriting credit for those things. Now, I agree that Robbie comes across as an egotistical blowhard much of the time, but I think Levon is just plain wrong in thinking he and the others deserve songwriting credit for what they did. Arranging a song and contributing unique instrumental ideas or solos is not generally considered part of songwriting. If Levon and the other Band members deserve songwriting credit, then George and Ringo (and George Martin) deserve songwriting credit on a lot of Lennon/McCartney songs, Watts and Wyman deserve songwriting credit for all the Stones' songs, Entwistle and Moon for the Who's songs, etc. There are occasional bands (like REM) who evenly split all songwriting royalties regardless of who contributed what, but typically it's not how it's done. What Robertson did is no different than what virtually every other songwriter of his era did.

According to Robertson, the reason Richard Manuel gets so little screen time in the Last Waltz is that he was really messed up on drugs and alcohol during the filming. Scorcese deliberately limited his screen time so he did not embarass himself.


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Jason Czeskleba wrote:
Regarding the songwriting... there's no disputing Robbie came up with the melodies and chord structures, and wrote almost all of the lyrics. The other guys in the Band made occasional lyrical suggestions (like adding a line here or there), came up with arrangement ideas, and of course devised their own instrumental parts. Levon's contention is that they should receive some of the songwriting credit for those things. Now, I agree that Robbie comes across as an egotistical blowhard much of the time, but I think Levon is just plain wrong in thinking he and the others deserve songwriting credit for what they did. Arranging a song and contributing unique instrumental ideas or solos is not generally considered part of songwriting. If Levon and the other Band members deserve songwriting credit, then George and Ringo (and George Martin) deserve songwriting credit on a lot of Lennon/McCartney songs, Watts and Wyman deserve songwriting credit for all the Stones' songs, Entwistle and Moon for the Who's songs, etc. There are occasional bands (like REM) who evenly split all songwriting royalties regardless of who contributed what, but typically it's not how it's done. What Robertson did is no different than what virtually every other songwriter of his era did.

According to Robertson, the reason Richard Manuel gets so little screen time in the Last Waltz is that he was really messed up on drugs and alcohol during the filming. Scorcese deliberately limited his screen time so he did not embarass himself.


Jason, I still think the songwriting argument is a grey area. In The Who's case, the Townshend songs were usually fully formed, with demos provided by Pete where he played all the instruments. Each guy added his own twist, but the songs weren't significantly altered in any way by the other band members. Most of The Beatles' songs were pretty fully formed as well, and as much as I love Ringo's contributions I would never argue that his drum fills (as great as they were) should garner him any co-writing credits. In Led Zeppelin, however, occasionally Page would be inspired to play a riff by one of Bonham's drum patterns, and as a song came out of a jam they would all get songwriting credit (although I don't know how the publishing & writer royalties were split). In the rock era, arranging is something that has gotten overlooked. I think if a band member creates something that makes a song more listenable, that person should get at least a small portion of the songwriting. Each band has to determine how they do things in advance, and in the case of The Band no one challenged Robertson until it was too late.

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In the early days of the Who, Townshend's demos were not fully formed, and featured just him on a guitar. The demo for My Generation for example is just Townshend on an acoustic guitar, and has an almost bluesy feel. The Who completely changed it with their arrangement and instrumental performance, as well as Daltrey's stuttering. There's lots of other examples too. George Martin made significant arrangement contributions to several Beatles songs.

I agree that if a song arises out of a jam then songwriting credit should be split, but that's not what we're talking about here. Levon fully admits that Robertson brought in the melody and chords and most of the lyrics., and typically that is what gets songwriting credit, not arrangement. I don't think he's cited any examples where a song arose out of a jam. The best case he's made is that there were some instances where a Band member kicked in a line or two of lyrics, but that's a grey area. Sometimes adding a line gets you credit, but often it does not (there's lots of examples of Lennon/McCartney songs where people around them contributed a single line and got no credit). I think it's easy to sympathize with Levon because he seems like a nice guy and Robertson comes across as egotistical and self important, but I just don't see Levon has much of a case based on the precedent of how songwriting credit has been allocated, even in the pre-rock era. I mean, guys like Miles Davis and Charlie Parker totally rearranged the songs they performed, but they didn't get songwriting credit for that.


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Jason, you make some valid points, and I totally agree that Levon doesn't have much of a case, especially so many years after the fact. The same goes with Liberty DeVitto, Billy Joel's longtime drummer. I think he tried suing Billy a couple of years ago for writing & arranging he claimed to have done 20-30 years earlier. As far as I know it never went anywhere. If he had approached Billy at the time and requested a small percentage on certain songs that he felt he contributed to, maybe he would've gotten it.

I guess it depends on the musicians involved and the type of band. In Billy Joel's case, he was the artist with the recording (and, I assume, publishing) contract, and he paid the musicians in his band as employees. They were there to serve him as an artist, and if they didn't like that deal, I'm sure he would easily find someone to replace them (even though, as a big Billy Joel fan, I acknowledge how much his mid-70s thru mid-80s band brought to his sound). I've heard that he fired most of that band (with the exception of Liberty) in the late-80s because they were asking for too much of a cut, and he felt that they didn't deserve it (although my memory on this could be a bit hazy)

In the case of a band where all of the individual members are included in the recording contract, that can be a tricky situation. Even though there's often one person who does the bulk of the writing, and that person is usually the one who bears the burden of being the focal point & doing most of the promotion for the band, as an artist they're contractually equal. Once there's success, the songwriter is the one who gets the most money, and when album sales dry up the songwriter still gets money from other sources while the rest of the group struggles. Each artist has to decide how to address this so they can avoid animosity & hopefully extend the band's lifespan. From a legal perspective, I'm guessing the person who brings in the basic outline of the song, and lyrics, is considered the songwriter, but other members have the right to request a share. I'm not sure which parts Levon claims to have contributed, but he should have said something to Robbie 40 years ago.

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One I remember Levon challenging in the book is "Chest Fever." It's credited solely to Robbie (who I'm sure wrote the words)....but has always been known as Garth Hudson's showcase. When you think of the song, you most likely associate it with keyboards (esp. the intro) before the words.

Maybe Robbie envisioned the long opening and the song being dominated with trippy organ....but it should seem like Hudson should have received co-credit.

Definitely great points made by both of you though.

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If I recall from Levon's book, all the specifics he provides about his (or others') contributions are related to lyrics and arrangement. He talks about how several of the characters in The Weight are people he knew and told Robertson about. He talks about how Richard came up with the "two bits a shot" line in Life is a Carnival. Things like that. Or he talks about Garth rearranging a song substantially. But he never cites any examples of someone else coming in with a melody or a bunch of lyrics and Robertson taking all the credit. Indeed, the cowrites that are credited are things where Band members contributed to melody or lyrics notably. I'm pretty sure all the Robertson/Manuel cowrites are cases where Richard came up with a melody but was unable to write any lyrics, so Robertson did that for him. Levon even gets one cowrite on Strawberry Wine, so I presume on that one he contributed enough musically or lyrically to warrant it.

Levon seems to have an "all for one, one for all" mentality, and thinks the team spirit should have extended to the songwriting royalties. There are bands who did that, like REM and the Doors. He's certainly right that the Band brought those songs to life in a way that no one else could have. But what Robertson did was not unusual, and doesn't make him any more greedy or venal than dozens (if not hundreds) of songwriters of his generation who did the same thing. And you're right that if Levon had a problem with it he should have spoken up in 1969 when he first became aware he was not getting what he felt he deserved.


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Maybe Robbie envisioned the long opening and the song being dominated with trippy organ....but it should seem like Hudson should have received co-credit.


But that way lies madness. How do you determine if an instrumental solo is substantial enough to deserve songwriting credit? George Harrison contributed some great solos to many Lennon/McCartney songs, not to mention his sitar work on Norwegian Wood. George Martin's piano solo on "In My Life" adds a special dimension to that song. Townshend's "I Can See for Miles" would be nothing without Moon's amazing, innovative, dramatic drumming. Does Dave Davies deserve songwriting credit for the grungy guitar sound he invented for "You Really Got Me"?


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Jason Czeskleba wrote:
Charles wrote:
Maybe Robbie envisioned the long opening and the song being dominated with trippy organ....but it should seem like Hudson should have received co-credit.


But that way lies madness. How do you determine if an instrumental solo is substantial enough to deserve songwriting credit? George Harrison contributed some great solos to many Lennon/McCartney songs, not to mention his sitar work on Norwegian Wood. George Martin's piano solo on "In My Life" adds a special dimension to that song. Townshend's "I Can See for Miles" would be nothing without Moon's amazing, innovative, dramatic drumming. Does Dave Davies deserve songwriting credit for the grungy guitar sound he invented for "You Really Got Me"?


As I said before, it's such a grey area. I would advise any new bands to discuss this up front if they hope to avoid problems down the road. In the pre-rock 'n' roll days, an arranger would get a separate fee, but now that songs are arranged by band members, I think "arrangement" and "songwriting" are strongly linked, and the former shouldn't be discounted when deciding on the latter.

I have to say that none of the issues we've discussed re: Robbie/Levon/Garth. etc. has taken away from my reinvigorated appreciation of The Band.

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I finally finished my re-appraisal of The Band's catalog and posted my comments last night at my blog:
http://kamertunesblog.wordpress.com/201 ... onclusion/

I had an amazing time these past few weeks getting to know their music better than I ever did before. For any long-time fans of The Band here, let me know if I got anything wrong, or if I missed something worth noting. I'd love to know your thoughts.

For anyone who cares, that hand/wrist injury that delayed my blog posts last month turned out to be a fractured bone, so I've been stuck in an immobilizer for over 5 weeks (with two more to go). At least I can type, but there's a lot I can't do (including drumming :cry: ). And now I have a shoulder injury to deal with. I turned 45 and all the parts started breaking down. Although as long as my ears work & I can listen to music, I really can't complain.

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