High on the Hog (The Band album)

Template:Use mdy dates {{safesubst:#invoke:Unsubst-infobox||$params=italic_title,name,type,longtype,artist,cover,border,alt,caption,released,recorded,venue,studio,genre,length,language,label,director,producer,compiler,chronology,prev_title,prev_year,year,next_title,next_year,misc|$extra=italic_title,longtype,border,caption,language,director,compiler,chronology,year,misc|$aliases=italic title>italic_title,Italic title>italic_title,Name>name,Type>type,image>cover,Cover>cover,Border>border,Alt>alt,Caption>caption,Longtype>longtype,Artist>artist,Released>released,Recorded>recorded,Venue>venue,Studio>studio,Genre>genre,Length>length,Language>language,Label>label,Director>director,Producer>producer,Compiler>compiler,Chronology>chronology,Misc>misc|$flags=override|$B={{#ifeq:{{#invoke:Is infobox in lead|main|[Ii]nfobox [Aa]lbum}}|true|{{#if:Template:Has short description | |{{#if: February 27, 1996 | Template:Short description}}}}}}{{#invoke:Infobox|infobox}}Template:Template otherTemplate:Category handlerTemplate:Main other{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=Template:Main other|preview=Page using Template:Infobox album with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y|italic_title |type |name |image |cover |border |alt |caption |longtype |artist |released |recorded |venue |studio |genre |length |language |label |director |producer |compiler |prev_title|prev_year|next_title|next_year|chronology|year|misc}}{{#if:{{#invoke:String|match|error_category=Music infoboxes with Module:String errors|A|1=Live at Watkins Glen1995Jubilation1998studioHigh on the HogHigh on the Hog (The Band album - cover art).jpgthe BandFebruary 27, 19961995; except "Ramble Jungle", 1990/1991 and 1995, and "She Knows", January 19, 1986Rock46:57RhinoAaron Hurwitz, Garth Hudsonx|2=</?t[drh][ >]|nomatch=}}|Template:Main other}}Template:Main other}} Template:Album reviews High on the Hog is the ninth studio album by Canadian-American rock group the Band, released in 1996. As with its predecessor, 1993's Jericho, it relies heavily on cover versions; only two tracks are original. Songs include Bob Dylan's "Forever Young" (which was intended as a tribute to Jerry Garcia),<ref>The Band (1996). High on the Hog. The words "Dedicated to Jerry Garcia" are printed under the title 'Forever Young' (B.Dylan) in the booklet of the CD.</ref> a live recording of Richard Manuel (who had died ten years prior) performing "She Knows", and the closer "Ramble Jungle" (which features vocals by Champion Jack Dupree).

Track listing

The European and Japanese pressings of the album included a bonus track, "Young Blood", which only appeared in the US on a tribute album to Doc Pomus and which is the only release by the group to include vocals by multi-instrumentalist Garth Hudson. A 2006 CD release on the U.S. label Titan/Pyramid Records includes two bonus tracks, the first of which is "Young Blood"; the other is the Sam Cooke cover "Chain Gang", which was previously unreleased.

Personnel

The Band

• Rick Danko – acoustic and electric bass, acoustic guitar, vocals
• Levon Helm – drums, bass guitar, harmonica, vocals
• Garth Hudson – keyboards, soprano, alto, tenor, baritone and bass saxophone, accordion, organ, trumpet, vocals on bonus track "Young Blood"
• Richard Manuel – piano and vocals on "She Knows"
• Jim Weider – guitars, bass guitar
• Randy Ciarlante – drums, percussion, vocals
• Richard Bell – piano, keyboards, keyboard bass, horns

Additional personnel

• Tom Malone – trombone, trumpet and baritone saxophone on "Stand Up", "Free Your Mind" and "Ramble Jungle"
• Ron Finck – tenor saxophone and flute on "Stand Up", "Free Your Mind" and "Ramble Jungle"
• Howard Johnson – baritone saxophone on "Stand Up" and "Free Your Mind"
• Blondie Chaplin – acoustic guitar and vocals on "Crazy Mama" and "I Must Love You Too Much"
• Colin Linden – acoustic guitar on "Forever Young"
• Larry Packer – violin and viola on "She Knows"
• Frank Luther – string bass on "She Knows"
• Jason Myles – harp emulation and programming on "She Knows"
• Champion Jack Dupree – vocals on "Ramble Jungle"
• Kenn Lending – guitar on "Ramble Jungle"
• Rob Leon – bass guitar on "Ramble Jungle"
• Maud Hudson – backing vocals on "I Must Love You Too Much"
• Marie Spinosa – backing vocals on "I Must Love You Too Much"
• Ian Kimmett – backing vocals on "I Must Love You Too Much"
• Horns arranged by Garth Hudson, Richard Bell, Levon Helm, Aaron Hurwitz and Tom Malone
• Co-produced and engineered by Aaron "Professor Louie" Hurwitz