The Heroes of Dixie Wardens

Deep in the upper reaches of the Amazon Basin live many remarkable characters, whose daily lives in the modern 90s resemble that of ficticious story book characters from days of old. This film captures the true essence of the Amazon, its legendary wild jungles, and its superb array of wildlife, seen through the eyes of some outstanding personalities.

With this album, Capitol Records began the inevitable process of repackaging the music of The Band, which the company would do at increasing length without solving the fundamental problem that The Band, despite the quality of their individual songs, was not a singles act and was hard to summarize in a compilation. That said, for the real neophyte, this single-disc, 11-song album may be as good as anything. It contains The Band's two most famous songs, "The Weight" and "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down," as well as the group's only Top 30 hit, "Up On Cripple Creek," and such songs as "Tears Of Rage" and "Stage Fright" that they probably played at nearly every show they performed. It's true that if you really want to understand The Band, you have to hear all of "Music From Big Pink" and "The Band."

This is a nice 2-CD compilation of modern and traditional jazz. The sound quality varies from very moderate to very good.