Daniel and the Sacred Harp, by The Band.
I hadn’t thought about this song in at least a decade, maybe two, but the great thing about looking at long lists of songs by your favorite bands is finding gems like this. A story song, biblical references, moral lessons, your basic monkey’s paw / cursed musical instrument situation.
And btw, I no longer have any idea what the canonical version of this song is, since there have been multiple rounds of remasters of this album.
Did my best to slightly vary my voice between Levon and Richard, but I don’t have the stamina tonight to, well, play a harp solo, or to do anything that sounds like an accordion or whatever else the heck is in play on this number.
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