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Sep 22, 2026
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The album itself functions as a loose concept piece.
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It captured the vivid portrait of traditional Americana historical lore and chief lyricist on it, Robbie Robertson, crafted a whole lot of vignettes of the American past.
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They were brought to life by lead vocals from Levon Helm, Rick Danko, and Richard Manuel.
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Musically, it is one of the pillars of roots rock and the Americana genres.
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The track listing for it was Across the Great Divide, Rag Mama Rag, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, When You Awake, which was written by Richard Manuel and Robbie Robertson, Up on Cripple Creek, Whispering Pine, which was written by Richard Manuel and Robbie Robertson, Jemima Surrender, or Jemima Surrender, written by Levon Helm and Robbie Robertson, Rockin' Chair, Look Out Cleveland, Jawbone, which was written by Richard Manuel and Robbie Robertson, The Unfaithful Servant, and King Harvest Has Surely Come.
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All the songs that I didn't say and written by were all written by Robbie Robertson by himself.
BJ BarhamGUEST
And I was like, oh.
BJ BarhamGUEST
And so in 2005, I'm the only, I'm one of the only people trying to play, I guess what we would call Americana music now.
BJ BarhamGUEST
Everybody was in punk bands.
BJ BarhamGUEST
Everybody was in hardcore bands, especially my age, 20 year old kids.
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BJ BarhamGUEST
He doesn't need to book anything else.
BJ BarhamGUEST
He's got a lot of people that work for him that book everybody else.
BJ BarhamGUEST
John is the president of the Americana Wing at William Morris, the biggest booking agency in the country.
BJ BarhamGUEST
He is the president.
DudeHOST
Despite their connections to glam and hard rock, they went in a very different direction.
DudeHOST
More 70s folk, Americana, roots rock, classic pop rock, lots of harmony.
DudeHOST
The album, Dancing While the World is Ending, is coming out in a few weeks, I think.
DudeHOST
13 tracks built around an intentionally retro blend of folk, Americana, and rock.
DudeHOST
Why don't we listen to a little bit of Body Dance.
DudeHOST
I'm digging.
Mason AdamsGUEST
Right.
Mason AdamsGUEST
So a lot of those things that came out initially, very country, very red dirt, three chord songs, you know, And so while I'm wanting us to strive to be this maybe rockier version or jammier version or whatever, we were playing these songs and it was very much Red Dirt, Country, Americana, bluegrass vibes because we had the full-time mandolin player.
Mason AdamsGUEST
And so all of these influences and things, you know, from my life and growing up, you know, my parents, red dirt, country music scene, very heavy classic rock, you know, blues, ZZ Top and Clapton, and then Jimi Hendrix and, you know, all the greats, everything.
Mason AdamsGUEST
Yeah.
Mason AdamsGUEST
And we are definitely adding a lot more of those jam influences in which we're jamming improv stuff at the beginning of the song, sometimes in the middle, and then at the end of the tune.
Mason AdamsGUEST
So Hillbilly Hippie Funk, it's a little bit of something for everybody.
Mason AdamsGUEST
It is this red dirt country Americana jam style.
Mason AdamsGUEST
rock and roll, reggae, hip hop, blues, you know, that's kind of all of the flavors that you're going to get at a map show.
Mike KearHOST
Five weeks ago it arrived at the very top and it's still holding on inside the top ten.
Mike KearHOST
We'll leave the countdown here to take a quick look at what's happening on the Bluegrass Today weekly Grasacana chart, the place where bluegrass starts rubbing shoulders with Americana and a few other things besides.
Mike KearHOST
We'll start at number five and work our way up to number two.
Mike KearHOST
At number five, it's the infamous Stringdusters with Looking for Something Good from their album 2020.
Warren HaynesGUEST
The last song that knocked me out.
Warren HaynesGUEST
I was watching the Americana awards the other night, a couple of nights ago, the highlights and, There was this female trio called I'm With Her.
Warren HaynesGUEST
I've had them on
Dean FieldsHOST
the show.
Jason VerlindeGUEST
We're definitely not the magazine if you just want to be into high-gain amps.
Jason VerlindeGUEST
But if you are into Americana or jazz or rock or what's played on KEXP or WFMU back east, we have you covered, whether it's indie rock or folk singer-songwriter music.
Jason VerlindeGUEST
Bluegrass, you name it.
Jason VerlindeGUEST
But yeah, so I would not be able to do this event at all, let alone at the scale if I didn't have a great partnership with the Old Town School of Folk Music.
PaulaHOST
And this week, we've got a real good mix.
PaulaHOST
We've got country, Americana, folk, rock, pop, singer-songwriters, and a couple of albums that go in completely different directions.
DonnaHOST
Which is what makes it interesting, really.
DonnaHOST
We don't want eight records that all sound exactly the same.
DonnaHOST
Agreed.
DonnaHOST
Put the album on, leave it alone and let it tell you what it wants to tell you.
PaulaHOST
So if you like Americana, folk, roots, or just really thoughtful music ship, Rihanna and Giddens definitely belongs on your release radar this week.
PaulaHOST
Sweet,
TylerHOST
You
Justin RossHOST
know, because it was, I mean, Red Dirt kind of came in on the Americana side of things.
Justin RossHOST
Still
Kerry DeanGUEST
there.
Justin RossHOST
Right.
Justin RossHOST
It kind of took over.
Justin RossHOST
But bands that were Americana, double trouble.
Justin RossHOST
ZZ Top, Bonnie Raitt.
Jason FallsHOST
Yeah, it's a strange marketplace.
Jason FallsHOST
But the independent, especially the Americana country, alt-country folk, that kind of folk rock world has kind of blown up.
Jason FallsHOST
uh, in an underground way, but it's kind of blown up in the last five to 10 years.
Jason FallsHOST
And I love it because these are the kind of festivals I want to go to.
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