Davy's on the Road Again

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"Davy's on the Road Again"
Single by Manfred Mann's Earth Band
from the album Watch
B-side"Bouillabaisse"
ReleasedApril 1978 (UK)
September 1978 (US)[1]
Songwriter(s)John Simon/Robbie Robertson

"Davy's on the Road Again" is a 1970 song by John Simon and written by Simon and Robbie Robertson. First released on John Simon's Album, the song charted at No. 6 on the UK Singles Chart when covered by Manfred Mann's Earth Band.

Background and original

John Simon produced the Band's first solo album, 1968's Music from Big Pink,[2] which had charted at No. 30 on the Billboard Hot 100.[3] They worked together again for the Band's second album, 1969's The Band; the band's Robbie Robertson wrote The Band's songs very quickly, which gave him free time between sessions, during which he co-wrote "Davey's on the Road Again".[4] The song ended up on Simon's debut album John Simon's Album, which featured many of the musicians he had been working with over the last couple of years. AllMusic wrote that the song "could be a lost Band track in its playing and texture", and complimented Merry Clayton's "soaring backing vocal" for adding "a special wrinkle" and for evoking Leonard Cohen's Songs of Leonard Cohen.[5]

Manfred Mann's Earth Band version

References

  1. "Great Rock Discography". p. 514.
  2. Runtagh, Jordan (2018-07-01). "The Band's 'Music From Big Pink': 10 Things You Didn't Know". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
  3. "The Band Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  4. Hoskyns, Barney (2003). Across the Great Divide: The Band and America. Pimlico. ISBN 978-0-7126-0540-3.
  5. John Simon - John Simon's Album Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic, retrieved 2023-10-12