High on the Hog

{{ Album infobox |

  Name        = High on the Hog |

Type = Album | Artist = The Band |

  Cover       = BandHog.jpg |
  Background  = Orange |

Released = February 27, 1996 |

  Recorded    = 1995 |

Genre = Rock |

  Length      = 46:57 |

Label = Rhino | Producer = Aaron Hurwitz, Garth Hudson | Reviews =
* All Music Guide (2/5) link | Last album = Jericho
(1993) | This album = High on the Hog
(1996) | Next album = Jubilation
(1998) |High On The Hog was the eleventh album by Canadian-American rockers The Band, and arguably the weakest of their career. As with its predecessor, 1993's Jericho, it relies heavily on covers (just two tracks are original), but the result was quite different the second time around- the material, for the most part, simply does not suit the group, though they try to make it do just that.

Highlights, though, are still plenty. They include a cover of Bob Dylan's "Forever Young" (a song they originally backed Dylan on), done as a tribute to Jerry Garcia of The Grateful Dead, Blondie Chaplin's "Where I Should Always Be", a song in the tradition of "Whispering Pines" (from the 1969 eponymous album), the cover of Johnnie Johnson and The Kentucky Headhunters' "Back to Memphis", which soars with layers of horns by Garth Hudson and the strange, strange album closer "Ramble Jungle", featuring an ancient Champion Jack Dupree growling out the barely intelligible vocals on a pastiche of African music.

The British and Japanese pressings of the album closed with a different track, "Young Blood", which only appeared in the United States on a tribute album to Doc Pomus.

Track listing

#"Stand Up" (B. Channel-R. Rector) - 3:07#"Back To Memphis" (J. Johnson-A. Kenney-M. Orr-G. Martin-F. Young-R. Young) - 5:10#"Where I Should Always Be" (B. Chaplin) - 4:27#"Free Your Mind" (D. Foster-T. McElroy) - 5:05#"Forever Young" (B. Dylan) - 6:30#"The High Price of Love" (J. Shear-S. Szelest-The Band) - 5:58#"Crazy Mama" (J. J. Cale) - 4:48#"I Must Love You Too Much" (B. Dylan-H. Springs) - 3:32#"She Knows" (J. Griffin-R. Royer) - 3:21#"Ramble Jungle" (R. Ciarlante-J. Dupree-L. Helm-G. Hudson-R. Leon-J. Weider) - 4:59

Group members and other participants

*Rick Danko - acoustic and electric basses, acoustic guitar and vocals
*Levon Helm - drums, bass, harmonica and vocals
*Garth Hudson - keyboards, soprano, alto, tenor, baritone and bass saxophones, accordion, organ and trumpet
*Jim Weider - guitars and bass
*Randy Ciarlante - drums, percussion and vocals
*Richard Bell - piano, keyboards, keyboard bass and horns
*Richard Manuel - piano and vocal on "She Knows"
*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 vocal 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 on "Ramble Jungle"
*Maud Hudson - backing vocal on "I Must Love You Too Much"
*Marie Spinosa - backing vocal on "I Must Love You Too Much"
*Ian Kimmett - backing vocal on "I Must Love You Too Much"
*Horns arranged by Garth Hudson, Richard Bell, Levon Helm, Aaron Hurwitz and Tom Malone