High on the Hog (The Band album)
# High on the Hog (The Band album)

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High on the Hog is the ninth studio album by Canadian-American rock group the Band, released in 1996. As with its predecessor, 1993's Jericho, it relies heavily on cover versions; only two tracks are original. Songs include Bob Dylan's "Forever Young" (which was intended as a tribute to Jerry Garcia), a live recording of Richard Manuel (who had died ten years prior) performing "She Knows", and the closer "Ramble Jungle" (which features vocals by Champion Jack Dupree).

## Track listing

The European and Japanese pressings of the album included a bonus track, "Young Blood", which only appeared in the US on a tribute album to Doc Pomus and which is the only release by the group to include vocals by multi-instrumentalist Garth Hudson. A 2006 CD release on the U.S. label Titan/Pyramid Records includes two bonus tracks, the first of which is "Young Blood"; the other is the Sam Cooke cover "Chain Gang", which was previously unreleased.

## Personnel

### The Band

* Rick Danko – acoustic and electric bass, acoustic guitar, vocals
* Levon Helm – drums, bass guitar, harmonica, vocals
* Garth Hudson – keyboards, soprano, alto, tenor, baritone and bass saxophone, accordion, organ, trumpet, vocals on bonus track "Young Blood"
* Richard Manuel – piano and vocals on "She Knows"
* Jim Weider – guitars, bass guitar
* Randy Ciarlante – drums, percussion, vocals
* Richard Bell – piano, keyboards, keyboard bass, horns

### Additional personnel

* Tom Malone – trombone, trumpet and baritone saxophone on "Stand Up", "Free Your Mind" and "Ramble Jungle"
* Ron Finck – tenor saxophone and flute on "Stand Up", "Free Your Mind" and "Ramble Jungle"
* Howard Johnson – baritone saxophone on "Stand Up" and "Free Your Mind"
* Blondie Chaplin – acoustic guitar and vocals on "Crazy Mama" and "I Must Love You Too Much"
* Colin Linden – acoustic guitar on "Forever Young"
* Larry Packer – violin and viola on "She Knows"
* Frank Luther – string bass on "She Knows"
* Jason Myles – harp emulation and programming on "She Knows"
* Champion Jack Dupree – vocals on "Ramble Jungle"
* Kenn Lending – guitar on "Ramble Jungle"
* Rob Leon – bass guitar on "Ramble Jungle"
* Maud Hudson – backing vocals on "I Must Love You Too Much"
* Marie Spinosa – backing vocals on "I Must Love You Too Much"
* Ian Kimmett – backing vocals on "I Must Love You Too Much"
* Horns arranged by Garth Hudson, Richard Bell, Levon Helm, Aaron Hurwitz and Tom Malone
* Co-produced and engineered by Aaron "Professor Louie" Hurwitz
