Richard Manuel Archives

127: The Band, ‘Tears of Rage’ (“Music from Big Pink”)

As intimate as lovers, as self-effacing as monks, as synchronized as guys who have been on the road together for six years.

June 6, 2024 by jeff Rock Song Of the week 7

126: Bob Dylan, ‘Tears of Rage’ (The Basement Tapes)

Dylan’s “King Lear”–a daughter’s love denied.

May 30, 2024 by jeff Rock Song Of the week 6

196: Ray Charles, ‘You Don’t Know Me’

Ray pretty much invented soul and then cornered the market. Instead of leaving well enough alone, he went and invaded Nashville, dressing a string of Country and Western classics in his jazz/pop/soul style, but with fiercely personal interpretations. Something new under the sun. Something indelibly beautiful.

January 15, 2020 by jeff Rock Rock and Roll Song Of the week 0