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Richard Manuel: His Life and Music, from the Hawks and Bob Dylan to The Band

— written by rock scholar Stephen T. Lewis — The first full-scale biography of the soul-haunted voice behind The Band, tracing his roots in Stratford, his pivotal role with Dylan and The Hawks, and his enduring impact on rock history.

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Now Playing: Gene Clark – The Deep Cuts and Lost Tracks

by talkfromtherockroom | Nov 6, 2022 | Now Playing, Reviews

Gene Clark, a founding member of the Byrds and one of rock ‘n’ roll’s most intriguing troubadours, has often been suspended in the rock and roll gray area between obscurity and popularity. Throughout a long musical career that concluded with his untimely death...

Now Playing: The Kinks – The Forgotten Sides

by talkfromtherockroom | Feb 19, 2020 | Now Playing, Reviews

Positively the most underrated of the major 1960s British rock bands, the Kinks catalog continues to reveal inspiring melodies, revolutionary lyrics and clandestine musical magic. Unfortunately, the Kinks’ deep wealth of compositional genius was often missed...

Now Playing: The Worst Songs of the Grateful Dead

by talkfromtherockroom | Feb 16, 2020 | Now Playing, Reviews

Today’s edition of Talk from the Rock Room, may cause a bit of a stir. Over the course of 30 years, 13 studio albums, and countless live releases and compilations, the Grateful Dead curated an impressive and deep collection of original...

Now Playing – The Grateful Dead – April 3, 1982 Scarlet Begonias->Fire On the Mountain

by talkfromtherockroom | Nov 18, 2019 | Now Playing, Reviews

Now playing in the ‘rock room’ is the second set opener from the Grateful Dead’s April 3, 1982 concert at the Scope in Norfolk, Virginia. The Grateful Dead’s 1982 spring tour had begun with a rough and rockin’ show the evening before in Durham, NC, but this...

Now Playing: Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young – The Deep Cuts

by talkfromtherockroom | Feb 10, 2019 | Now Playing, Reviews

Throughout their various tumults , whether it be over creative or personal differences, drugs or missed musical opportunities: Crosby Stills Nash and Young have still managed to develop a discography of impressive songs, even if they’ve only erratically come together...

Now Playing: Humble Pie – Beat Club 1970

by talkfromtherockroom | May 16, 2018 | Now Playing, Reviews

For today’s Now Playing feature I have broken out of the ‘rock room’ vaults a clip of ‘Humble Pie’ on the famed German music broadcast Beat Club filmed in 1970. Decades ahead of schedule and the future popularity of MTV’s Unplugged this extended clip...

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Richard Manuel: His Life and Music, from the Hawks and Bob Dylan to The Band

Now Playing: Gene Clark – The Deep Cuts and Lost Tracks

Now Playing: The Kinks – The Forgotten Sides

Now Playing: The Worst Songs of the Grateful Dead

Now Playing – The Grateful Dead – April 3, 1982 Scarlet Begonias->Fire On the Mountain

Now Playing: Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young – The Deep Cuts

Now Playing: Humble Pie – Beat Club 1970

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