Grupo canadiense, formado a principios de los años 60, en sus comienzos usaron el nombre de "The Hawks", ya que fueron el grupo de acompañamiento del rockero Ronnie Hawkins, conocido como "the Hawk" (El Halcón).
Sus miembros eran:
Robbie Robertson (1942) guitarrista Levon Helm (1941-2012) bateria y voz Rick Danko (1942-1999) bajo y voz Richard Manuel (1943-1986) Teclados y voz Garth Hudson (1940) multinstrumentista
Empezaron a hacerse un nombre tras la electrificación de Bob Dylan
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
AC#mDA I pulled into Nazareth I was feelin' about half past dead C#mDA I just need some place where I can lay my head C#mDA Hey mister can you tell me where a man might find a bed C#mDA He just grinned and shook my hand and No was all he said
Chorus:
AEDAED Take a load off Fanny take a load for free AEDAD Take a load off Fanny And you put the load right on me
AEDAD
I picked up my bag I went lookin' for a place to hide When I saw Carmen and the Devil walkin' side by side I said Hey Carmen come on let's go downtown She said I gotta go but my friend can stick around
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Go down Miss Moses there's nothin' you can say It's just ol' Luke and Luke's waitin' on the Judgement Day Well Luke my friend what about young Anna Lee He said Do me a favor son won't you stay and keep Anna Lee company?"
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Crazy Chester followed me and he caught me in the fog He said I will fix your rack if you'll take Jack my dog I said Wait a minute Chester you know I'm a peaceful man He said That's okay boy won't you feed him when you can
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Catch a Cannonball now to take me down the line My bag is sinkin' low and I do believe it's time To get back to Miss Fanny you know she's the only one Who sent me here with her regards for everyone