“A Train Robbery” is track 9 on The Levon Helm Band’s critically acclaimed 2007 album, Dirt Farmer. The album was Helm’s first studio album since 1982. The album contains covers of songs by Steve Earle and J. B. Lenoir, and features his daughter Amy, as well as ex-Bob Dylan sideman Larry Campbell. It won the …
“Baby Don’t You Do It” is a 1964 single by American singer Marvin Gaye, and was written by Holland–Dozier–Holland. The Band recorded the song numerous times under the title “Don’t Do It”; the different versions, both studio and live, appear on several of their albums and box sets. “Don’t Do It” was the encore performed …
“Long Black Veil” is a 1959 country ballad, written by Danny Dill and Marijohn Wilkin and originally recorded by Lefty Frizzell. The song has become a standard and has been covered by a variety of artists in country, folk and rock styles. In 1968, it appeared on The Band’s debut album, Music from Big Pink. …
“The Weight” was released by The Band as Capitol Records single 2269 in 1968, and appeared one week later on the group’s debut album Music from Big Pink. The song is listed as #41 on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time published in 2004, and Pitchfork Media named it the thirteenth best song …