The Band - After the Waltz [6 CD, 2003]

 


After the Waltz is a 6-CD monster compilation spanning 15 years, concentrating on the period from 1982 to 1996, during which members of The Band performed solo, in various combinations with others, and as The Band. Many songs rarely performed are included as well as some very interesting versions of the great standards. The sound quality is average to excellent, with most of it being very good .

 

Disc 1

  1. Voodoo Music
  2. Goin' Back To Memphis
  3. The Girl I Left Behind
  4. Long Black Veil
  5. Rag Mama Rag
  6. Sick & Tired
  7. A Letter To Tom
  8. Milk Cow Boogie
  9. Short Fat Fanny
  10. Every Night And Every Day
  11. Willie And The Hand Jive
  12. The World Is Mad
  13. Blaze Of Glory
  14. My Love
  15. Georgia
  16. Rocking Chair
  17. When I Get My Rewards
  18. Sip The Wine
  19. 15 Years Ago
  20. Steppin' Out

Notes:
1: Tokyo, 1 September 1983
2: Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver BC, 18 July 1983
3-13: Danko/Helm, Starry Night, Portland OR, 28 January 1983
14-16: Danko/Manuel, Lone Star Café, NYC, 2 January 1984
17: 1985 Danko/Manuel, Lone Star Café, NYC, 28 January 1985
18-20: Danko/Helm Wax Museum, Washington DC, 20 December 1982

Disc 2

  1. King Harvest
  2. Just Another Whistle Stop
  3. Honest I Do
  4. Blaze Of Glory
  5. Before I Grow Too Old
  6. Country Boy
  7. Miss Otis Regrets
  8. Unfaithful Servant
  9. She Knows
  10. CC Rider
  11. Evangeline
  12. Ain't Got No Home
  13. Wish You Were Here
  14. Across The Great Divide
  15. People Would Think
  16. Ws Walcott
  17. You Don't Know Me
  18. Share Your Love
  19. I Shall Be Released
  20. Rivers Of Babylon

Notes:
1-4: Danko/Manuel with Paul Butterfield, Folk City, 14 June 1985 (late show)
5-7: Richard Manuel, The Getaway Club 1985, Saugerties NY, 12 July 1985
8: Danko/Manuel/Hudson, Lone Star NYC, with Daniel Brubeck and Dave Mason, 3 May 1985
9-10: Lone Star NYC, 19 January 1986
11: Danko/Manuel with Emmylou Harris, Lone Star Café NYC, 28 January 1985
12-16: Fast & Cool Club, Dallas TX, 20 January 1986
17-19: Richard Manuel, Lone Star Café, NYC, 8 February 1986 (late show, Richard's last concert)
20: Dylan's Café, Washington DC, 1987

Disc 3

  1. Rhumba Man
  2. Why Are People Like That
  3. Watermelon Time In Georgia
  4. Next Time You See Me
  5. Kingfish
  6. Down South In New Orleans
  7. Freedom For The Stallion
  8. The Rumour
  9. Hard Times
  10. When You Awake
  11. Brainwash
  12. My Baby Left Me
  13. Once Upon A Time
  14. What A Town
  15. Missing In Action
  16. Small Town Talk
  17. Blue Tail Fly
  18. Mystery Train
  19. Must Be Tonight
  20. Can't Find My Way Home
  21. Sail On Sailor
  22. Kansas City
  23. Twilight

Notes:
1-4: Levon & The Woodstock All Stars, Lone Star Café, NYC, 29 January 1985
5-7: Tipitina's, New Orleans LA, 3 January 1987
8: Danko/Manuel, O'Tooles Tavern, 1 December 1986
9: Richard Manuel, The Getaway, Saugerties, NY, 11 October 1985
10-19: Rick Danko, Dylan's Café, Washington, DC 1987, late show
20-22: Danko/Hudson Kuranda Amphitheatre, Qld, Australia 5 Hune 1988 with Shredni Vollmer, Buddy Cage, Blondie Chaplin & Terry Cagle
23: Rick Danko, Miami FL, 1992

Disc 4

  1. Sitting On Top of The World
  2. Sweet Peach Georgia Wine
  3. Uncle Pen
  4. Good Feeling (instrumental)
  5. Rag Top (Boogie On The Radio)
  6. Buffalo Boogie
  7. Hotel Buick
  8. Home Sweet Home
  9. What Would They Think
  10. Watching The River Flow
  11. Cold Soup
  12. Milk Cow Boogie
  13. Instrumental
  14. You Do Me God
  15. Take Me To The River
  16. China Girl

Notes:
1-3: ROTC Hall, UCONN, Storrs CT, 1 November 1984 with Larry Packer on fiddle
4-8: Palomino Club, Hollywood, CA, 21 January 1988 with the Woodstock All Stars
9-13: The 9:30 Club, Washington DC, 22 July 1988 with the Woodstock All Stars (Levon Helm, Stan Szelest, Jim Weider, Randy Ciarlante, Paul Brazen and Frank Campbell)
14-16: Levon Helm, The Change, Poughkeepsie NY 31 July 1987

Disc 5

  1. Tombstone Tombstone
  2. River Of Honey
  3. All Creation
  4. Baby Don't Cry
  5. Long Ways To Tennessee
  6. Too Soon Gone
  7. Money Whipped
  8. Never Again Forever
  9. Battle Is Over
  10. What Good Is Love
  11. Keep On The Sunny Side
  12. Deep Feeling (Instrumental)
  13. Blue River
  14. My Friend
  15. Arcadian Driftwood
  16. Chain Gang
  17. When I Paint My Masterpiece
  18. Endless Highway
  19. When You Awake
  20. Bartender Blues

Notes:
1-8: from the unreleased CBS album with Jules Shear, 1990
9-10: with Louis Perez and David Hidalgo of Los Lobos, 1990 or 1991
11: Mountain Stage, 3 March 1989
12: Arrowhead Ranch, Sullivan County, NY, 4 August 1991
13: The Sting, New Britain, 15 February 1992
14: Miami Beach FL, 19 November 1992
15-20: Rick Danko, Wetlands, NY, 13 February 1993

Disc 6

  1. Drifting Away
  2. Blues Stay Away From Me
  3. Soul Deep
  4. Nobody Sings Them Like Ray
  5. The Tide Will Rise
  6. Night On The Town
  7. Circle Of Time
  8. Sweet Home Chicago
  9. One More Shot
  10. Stuff You Gotta Watch
  11. Upon Cripple Creek
  12. Life Is A Carnival
  13. Rock & Roll Shoes
  14. The High Price Of Love
  15. Stand Up
  16. Young Blood
  17. Free Your Mind
  18. Don't You Tell Henry

Notes:
1: Manta Eastern Sound, Toronto, 12 July 1993, with Colin Linden
2: Country Mountain Stage, Charleston WV, 27 February 1994
3-7: Jericho Outtakes, 1993
8-13: Central Park NYC, 8 August 1995
14-17: The Joint, Las Vegas, 16 May 1996
18: Greater London Radio, 21 June 1996; Silent track: Arrowhead Ranch, Sullivan County NY, 4 August 1991     

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