According to the Chest Fever Songfacts guitarist Robbie Robertson, drummer Levon Helm, and pianist Richard Manuel improvised the lyrics over the course of the song. The intro to the song, played on an organ by Band multi-instrumentalist Garth Hudson was improvised as well.
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According to the Chest Fever Songfacts guitarist Robbie Robertson, drummer Levon Helm, and pianist Richard Manuel improvised the lyrics over the cour… read more
According to the Chest Fever Songfacts guitarist Robbie Robertson, drummer Levon Helm, and pianist Richard Manuel improvised the lyrics over the course of the song. The intro to the song… read more
The Band was an influential Canadian-American rock and roll group of the 1960s and '70s, formed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Band included Robbie Robertson (guitar, piano, drums, harmonica); Richard Manuel (1943-1986) (piano, harmonica, drums, saxophone, organ, slide guitar); Garth Hudson (organ, piano, clavinet, accordion, synthesizer, saxophone); Rick Danko (1943-1999) (bass guitar, violin, trombone, guitar), and Levon Helm (1940-2012) (drums, mandolin, guitar, bass guitar, harmonica). The members of The Band first worked together as The Hawks, the backing band of rockabi… read more
The Band was an influential Canadian-American rock and roll group of the 1960s and '70s, formed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Band included Robbie Robertson (guitar, piano, drums, h… read more
The Band was an influential Canadian-American rock and roll group of the 1960s and '70s, formed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Band included Robbie Robertson (guitar, piano, drums, harmonica); Richard Manuel (1943-1986) (piano, … read more