I’ve been listening to The Band a lot lately. I always seem to listen to them quite a bit in the summer.

Nothing says Americana roots rock & roll to me more than The Band. What a phenomenal group of musicians! I absolutely love the sound of Levon Helm’s voice, the greatest singing drummer of all time.

Several of The Band’s albums are on my list of Desert Island Discs: Rock of Ages, Music From Big Pink, Live at Watkins Glen and, of course, The Last Waltz.

If you haven’t heard it yet, Levon Helm’s new record, Electric Dirt, is fabulous. It opens with a spankin’ version of The Dead’s “Tennessee Jed” and picks up where last year’s Dirt Farmer left off.

If you’d like to learn more, check out this fantastic web site devoted to all things The Band.

Also, one of my favorite blogs is Plochmann Lane, in part because they regularly feature a ton of Band-related stuff…and they are really cool folks.