![]() ![]() A budget re-release on CD was also issued in 1990 named The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down: The Best of the Band Live in Concert. The first edition for compact disc in 1987 was released as an "abridged version" "The Genetic Method" (Garth Hudson's instrumental solo/introduction to "Chest Fever") was omitted, but later re-instated on the unedited two-disc version released in 1990. Originally released in 1972 as a double album, it was reissued in 1980 as two separate LPs, titled Rock of Ages, Vol. These recordings have been released many times, with significant changes to the track list, running order, and mix. The horn section added spontaneous flourishes to " Down in the Flood" and " Rolling Stone". īob Dylan, their old employer, made a surprise visit on the New Year's Eve show, playing the final four songs with the group in the early morning hours of January 1, 1972. The group played the 1964 Motown hit single " Baby Don't You Do It" by Marvin Gaye, another Motown song, the 1966 hit single " Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever" by the Four Tops, and "(I Don't Want To) Hang Up My Rock and Roll Shoes", the b-side of Chuck Willis' final single. The repertoire consisted of material from all four of the Band's studio albums up to that point, plus one new original song, "Get Up Jake", and three covers. Robertson selected eleven songs to receive horn charts (all of the original Rock of Ages album except for "Get Up Jake", " Stage Fright", " This Wheel's on Fire", " The Weight", " The Shape I'm In", and "The Genetic Method."). The initial charts written by Toussaint in New Orleans were in luggage lost at the airport, and a new set was composed in a cabin near Robertson's house in Woodstock. Robbie Robertson had commissioned New Orleans songwriter and arranger Allen Toussaint to compose horn charts for their recent single " Life Is a Carnival" from the album Cahoots, and decided to have Toussaint write special charts for a five-man horn section to augment the group at the upcoming concerts. Four nights were recorded, December 28 through 31. The Band booked a residency at the Academy of Music for the last week of 1971, culminating in a New Year's Eve performance. An expanded release of recordings taken from the same series of shows, called Live at the Academy of Music 1971, was released in 2013. ![]() 6 on the Billboard 200 chart, and was certified a gold record by the RIAA. It was compiled from recordings made during their series of shows at the Academy of Music in New York City, from December 28 through December 31, 1971. Plays this with guitars tuned down 1/2 step) *The Bass guitar walks on the "Am" with A-B-C-D-G <- the "G" is on the "G" chord Intro: G D C Am G D C Am Rock of Ages I am tumblin' down with the roots of trees embrace you I do G Dm C Am Fall Apon my knees and ask you how you can just sit there and be G D C Am Rock of Ages I am crumblin' now In an Avalanche I'm reachin' for the G D Am C Rock of Ages, Rock of Ages (solo thingy: G D C Am) G D C Am Farther now I have stepped beyond my bounds Now the pack I wear weighs a G D Am thousand Pounds it drags me down makin' e'r'thing crazy Oh my G D C Am Rock of Ages I have gone astray, I heard my brother call, I turned the other G D Am Way now I'm ashamed to face him Oh my G D C Am Rock of Ages, Rock of Ages Oh my G D C Am Rock of Ages, Rock of Ages Reach for the G D C Am Rock of Ages, Rock of Ages In the Avalanche, in the Avalanche heavy G D C Am Rock and I reach for the Rock, And I reach for the rock, in the Avalanche falls I reach for the G D C Am Rock, I reach for the rock, and I reach for the rock, in the Avalanche, in the Avalanche heavy G D C Am Rock, such a heavy Rock.Rock of Ages: The Band in Concert is a live album by the Band, released in 1972. #-# Rock Of Ages -by Grant Lee Phillips - From: Erik Reinhardt Hersl|v (G.L.B. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #-PLEASE NOTE-#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #song. ![]()
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