Genre: Album
Grade: B+
Notable People: THE Band-and guests
Title: Jubilation
Review: Some days are better than others….last week was reading the most recent issue of Rolling Stone, and came across a spread on the Band’s full music catalog with blurbs abut each album. Lo, and behold, I discovered (incredibly) an album I did not have or even had heard of. On to Amazon. What a treat…the last of the original group on the last of its original studio recordings in 1998. Richard Manual was long dead, and Robby Robertson was hanging in LA snorting coke with Martin Scorsese….but Levon, Rick and Garth were carrying on with the almost-Robby, Jim Wieder on guitar and several other Woodstock mainstays. Adam Hurwitz of the Beastie boys produced the album and got Eric Clapton and John Hiatt to come along. It’s nothing ground breaking, but Levon’s drumming and singing don’t miss a beat, Rick’s
voice is a bit frayed , but still heartbreaking and Garth is really out front on accordion, keyboards and horns. This made me tremble -felt like a very old friend has returned form far away. Too good to be true for any real fan.