Moondog Matinee

{{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 | |Template:Short description|noreplace}}}}{{#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=Rock of Ages1972Planet Waves1974Cover AlbumMoondog MatineeMoondog Matinee, The Band, original cover.jpgthe BandOctober 15, 1973March–June 1973Template:HlistRock35:09CapitolThe Bandx|2=</?t[drh][ >]|nomatch=}}|Template:Main other}}Template:Main other}} Template:Album reviews Moondog Matinee is the fifth studio album by Canadian/American rock group the Band, released in 1973. It consists entirely of cover material reflecting the group's love of R&B and blues music, with one exception in their interpretation of the theme from the film The Third Man.

In a 2002 interview, Levon Helm described the reasoning for recording an album of covers: "That was all we could do at the time. We couldn't get along—we all knew that fairness was a bunch of shit. We all knew we were getting screwed, so we couldn't sit down and create no more music. 'Up on Cripple Creek' and all that stuff was over—all that collaboration was over, and that type of song was all we could do."<ref>Lopate, Mitch. "He Shall Be Levon...: The Band's Levon Helm Is Rocking Harder Than Ever With The Barnburners", GRITZ magazine, Fall 2002.</ref>

The original idea had been to replicate the group's setlists of the mid-'60s when they had been known as Levon and the Hawks, playing clubs throughout Canada and the US. Of the ten tracks, only one, "Share Your Love (With Me)" had been performed by the group in the mid-'60s. The rest were merely tracks the group admired, two of them, "Holy Cow" and "A Change Is Gonna Come", chronologically coming after the group's club days.

Rhapsody praised the album, calling it one of its favorite cover albums.<ref>Rhapsody’s Favorite Covers Albums retrieved 01-08-10 Template:Webarchive.</ref> John Bauldie in Q Magazine called the re-issued album 'funny, affectionate and immaculately polished' in 1991.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite magazine</ref>

Track listing

Side two

• Sides one and two were combined as tracks 1–10 on CD reissues.

Personnel

The Band

• Rick Danko – bass guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals
• Levon Helm – drums, electric guitar, bass guitar, double bass, vocals
• Garth Hudson – organ, piano, clavinet, synthesizer, saxophones
• Richard Manuel – acoustic and electric piano, drums, vocals
• Robbie Robertson – electric and acoustic guitars

Additional personnel

• Billy Mundi – drums on "Ain't Got No Home" and "Promised Land"<ref>Bowman, Rob. (liner notes) Moondog Matinee, (remastered edition), 2001</ref>
• Ben Keith – steel guitar on "Promised Land"

Technical

• Mark Harman – engineer
• Jay Ranellucci – engineer
• John Wilson – engineer
• Edward Kasper – artwork