Jon-Rae and the River - "Roll"

Upon first listening:

0:00 - 0:25 - Bob Seger, dubiousness.

0:26 - 0:30 - Motor sounds, continued dubiousness.

0:31 - 1:25 - The Band's a good band. Did you guys ever notice that Rick Danko looked exactly like a jellyfish when he played bass? Can this music really hold my interest for the next four minutes?

1:26 - 1:27 - Someone tell the man in the back of the studio that, though we understand that this music excites him, it's impolite to yell while the recording's in progress.

1:28 - 1:52 - Hello, frenetic duelling guitar/keys solos. What a pleasant surprise. Oh, you can only stay for fifteen seconds? That's too bad. Do come back any time.

1:53 - 1:54 - Drum fill.

1:55 - 2:54 - Nothing against Levon Helm, but I never really understood the concept of profundity until I heard Rick Danko take that verse in "The Weight" ("Crazy Chester..."). Dubiousness has melted away, enthusiasm grown up in its place. How much of my dubiousness had to do with the fact that I was reading In Dubious Battle up until this verse, we'll never know. My enthusiasm, on the other hand, was almost certainly caught from Jon-Rae and the River - all of whom should be quarantined, so infectious is their own enthusiasm.

2:55 - 3:35 - Jon-Rae's lyrics betray an unhealthy fixation on rolling. But to where?

3:36 - end - To a party at Tina Turner's house. Bob Seger's there, The Band, a Stax horn section, a hippie with a bongo - everyone's dancing their brains out.

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