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The Band

Up On Cripple Creek

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“Up on Cripple Creek” is the fifth song on The Band’s eponymous second album, The Band. It was released as a (edited) single on Capitol 2635 in November 1969 and reached #25 on the Billboard Hot 100. “Up on Cripple Creek” was written by Band guitarist and principal songwriter Robbie Robertson, with drummer Levon Helm singing lead vocal. A live performance of “Up on Cripple Creek” appears in The Band’s live concert film The Last Waltz, as well as on the accompanying soundtrack album. In addition, a live version of the song appears on Before the Flood; a live album of The Band’s various concerts and shows with Bob Dylan while touring together in 1974. “Up on Cripple Creek” is notable as it is one of the first instances of a Hohner Clavinet being played with a... Read on...

Song lines: ♪ A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one ... I don't have to speak, as she defends me ... If I spring a leak, as she mends me ♫

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