I could listen to Richard Manual sing all day long and not get tired of him His voice was fresh and strong here and its a great soulful version..He was the heart & soul of The Band and is missed by many.....R.I.P.

oh my goodness. I'm in the thick of Levon's book now and this just illustrates so clearly his praise of Richard's "goodness" and soulfulness--it's all there in his singing. He was a shooting star, one of too many casualties of that wild era.

Best version of his. When his voice was still pure.

No one could sing this song like Richard Manuel. His is truly the definitive version.

Richard Manuel never, as far as I know, sang it better than here. The years take their toll, especially on somebody with quite that much soul.

Richard Manuel was the best R&B vocalist I've ever heard…certainly the best white one. His voice is up there with Ray and Marvin, IMHO. Thanks for posting.

@esposito185

5 жыл бұрын

I agree. He's up there with Marvin Gaye, John Lennon, The Gregg Allman and, Ray Charles. He has such a soulful voice. There is a lot of pain in his voice. All four of the singers I mentioned had had a lot of suffering in their lives. Marvin said that to sing from your soul you have to know suffering in your life. I don't know too much about Richard Manuel except he had a sad ending. I just hope most of his life he didn't suffer.

I need to second this. I read about it in Levon's book. Love to hear Richard in his prime...but' OH do I ever love his falsetto! IMO there was never a band better than The Band!

The genius of Hoagy Carmichael, made heavenly by Richard’s beautiful and soulful vocals. The arrangement doesn’t have all the changes right, but the pace and feeling is perfectly entrancing. ❤️❤️

One of the bests to ever sing this song for sure

Wow, what a find this one is. RIP, Beak.

Sing it Richard, RIP Richard.

His voice almost makes me cry.

What a rare gem indeed!!! Thank's so much for posting this. More, MORE....

what a wonderful version.!!!!!

What a voice! One of my favorite lines from Levon's book, This Wheels in Fire, is when Dylan told Keith Richards that they were rhe best band in the world and Keith says " What about us". MISS THE BOYS!

@bigdipper1346

8 жыл бұрын

+portvuelapsley Didn't he respond by saying something like the Stones are the greatest philosophers but these guys are the greatest band? I can't remember, read that book many years ago. It is a great one though, amazing how connected The Band was. Only thing that compared in terms of the Forrest Gump-ness within the music industry was the recent and awesome Rick James bio.

How could a 21 year old ever sing like this..?

So beautiful! Really, thanks so much for putting that up on KZread.

He's voice sounds so young here.

someone needs to upload 'levon and the hawks' doing 'will the circle be unbroken'.

Thank YOU❤❤❤❤❤😂

from this pre big pink era an awesome cd. is "ronnie hawkins and the hawks - the roulette years", 2 discs the majority is released stuff w/ ronnie doing all lead vocals, his stuff. But the most interesting tracks are from a day ronnie was off and the 5 did studio tracks that were much different and not meant for release called the sexy ways session. levon does the vocals.

Thank you for posting this!

The only version of Georgia I'd heard Richard doing was the SNL one...the way Levon raved about his singing voice in the book kept surprising me, but now I see where he was coming from...

@TheConneman -congrats on getting the show. I see your still loving Richard and the Bands' work. Just a pleasure for sure!!

thanks for posting. this is awesome!

7/12/64 some interesting dates. Ray C was turning 30 9/60 when he released his version. Richard was 21 the day of this recording and 33 in 1976.

Wonderful! Thank you. Please post more.

thank you for sharing this.

Just realized how much Richard's soul reminds me of Joe Cocker. And throw in some Ray Charles..

You're off by at least a decade.Whispering Pines and Rocking Chair are 2 of the best vocals ever done by anyone,anywhere,any time.No tricks.

@tdawg1294 Yes, I have all their albums, but Richard did a lot of "living" in those years before they ever recorded an album. I can only imagine what his voice was like in those early days, and luckily this 1964 recording is a glimpse. By the early 70s he was already using vocal tricks to cover up for his fading voice. The soul was still there even if the voice couldn't always make it work, no doubts about that.

@brian600lyle Yes it would be VERY WRONG not to share these amazing guys! Thanks sooo much! Look forward to more.

I would love to get this whole show if ya got it!!!!! This stuff is amazing!

@TheConneman Send it to me too! Am reading the book as I type, "This wheels on fire" by Levon! Very interesting. Starts with Ronnie Hawkins

amazing

here, here!

amazing. i wouldn`t mind a copy of the whole show as well.

@TheConneman I was probably at this show, Pop Ivey used to book them on Sunday nights, if I remember correctly! Any info you can pass along, or songs, I love to get. Thanks for posting this, Rick was a special talent and you were lucky if you got to hear him on stage. But then they were all true musicians, not just noise makers.

@HagbardCeline42 do you listen to the band? how on earth were you surprised by Levon saying he had a great voice? you can listen to any song even when he's just dping harmonies it's earsex. COME ON MAN!

Please if you it isn't any trouble could you send me the link. I am absolutely amazed by this... I'd only heard the SNL version and didn't think it got any better than that!

The Canadian Ray Charles.

@CodeOuch it wasnt a day off, at that time they had left Ronnie.

@donuntboy25 alright. thanks for the info.

this is awesome! where did you find a copy of it, I've been searching and searching

Read Richard Manuel and The Hawks. But actually it's Levon Helm and The Hawks and Richard Manuel is one of them. Can you fix it?

@brian600Iyle any chance I can get a copy of this show? Been looking for several years now. Please let me know. Your help is greatly appreciated.

@brian600lyle hey man, can i get a copy of this album? I can't find it anywhere!

i have never heard them called Levon Helm and the Hawks... only Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks. is that what thye called themselves if they did a show without Ronnie? or was it between being the hawks and the band?

@patriciajohnson3017

10 ай бұрын

Yes they outgrew Ronnie and this was the name before the band