My mom asked me to see if I could find anything on a band titled The Band... particularly with a song having to do something with Crinkle Creek... This is so vague, I know. She said it was popular about 20 years ago. I'm only 26 so I have NO CLUE what she could be referring too. Any one have a clue? please? lol
2006-12-20 13:24:26 · 16 answers · asked by Sweet 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
the song is called up on cripple creek by the band ....merry christmas
2006-12-20 13:27:25 · answer #1 · answered by keiser soze 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The band rose to fame as the backing group to bob dylan and became a very good band in their own right. I believe they were canadian. They, along with bob dylan, produced the famous basement tapes, where they wrote and recorded almost 200 songs in a period of a couple of months. I think Robbie Robertson was the main songwriter, although drummer Levon Helm also wrote a few. Their first album, which i think was called "music from big pink" or something along those lines, was their biggest album. They were mainly a country/country rock band, some hits are The Weight, Stage Fright, The Night They Drove Old DIxie Down, When You Awake, along with the song you're after, Up On Cripple Creek. They are actually quite a well known band, so finding information on the shouldn't be too hard. This was just stuff of the top of my head, it's not much but i guess it's a start.
Your mum has good taste! Good luck with it
2006-12-20 21:36:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cripple Creek
Robbie Robertson was the lead singer, the name of the group is "The Band". You should be able to find this group everywhere (online, in actual music stores similar to Tower, not like a Musicland or Wherehouse).
They also sang a very popular song called "The Weight".
2006-12-20 21:29:42 · answer #3 · answered by ledsled52 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Up on Cripple Creek by the Band. They used to be Bob Dylan's backup band and were called the Hawks. Robbie Robertson wrote most of their hits. The Last Waltz is on DVD. It is their last concert and was directed by Martin Scorcese.
2006-12-20 21:32:36 · answer #4 · answered by ROBERT L O 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The song is Cripple Creek. If your mom is a fan of The Band, rent the video "The Last Waltz" - it was their last concert, Thanksgiving, about 1975. The Band started out with Ronnie Hawkins and The Hawks, but they changed their name when "hawk" became synonomous with war monger. They backed up Bob Dylan and everyone referred to them as "The Band". They were great! They were all fabulous musicians and three of them took turns as lead singers. Richard Manuel and Rick Danko are dead and Levon Helm had cancer - he still plays drums, but lost his singing voice. They were Canadian, except for Levon Helm who was from Arkansas.
2006-12-20 21:34:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I get off of this mountain,
you know where I want to go...
Straight down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico..
It's by The Band and it's called Up on Cripple Creek.
2006-12-20 21:31:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There should be tons of stuff about them on the Internet - this was, after all, the band Bob Dylan worked with, and Martin Scorcese did a movie about them called "The Last Waltz". Do a little net surfing, I'm sure you will find plenty.
2006-12-20 21:33:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The lead singer is Robbie Robertson. Great band. Up on crickle creek was one of their big hits. The did a concert called the last waltz.
2006-12-20 21:29:08 · answer #8 · answered by Grumpy 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the group is called The Band,and the song is UpOn Cripple Creek..look them up on winkepedia or google
2006-12-20 21:28:10 · answer #9 · answered by charmel5496 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, I've heard of them - they were popular in the 70's - you might have heard some of their songs today on the radio...I don't know what Crinkle Creek is, though...
2006-12-20 21:28:41 · answer #10 · answered by Renee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋