Item #328 Typed Manuscript Lyrics for "Lonesome Susie" The Band.

Typed Manuscript Lyrics for "Lonesome Susie"

West Saugerties (NY): 1968. Richard Manuel’s original, typed, working manuscript (not a fair copy) of Lonesome Suzie (she’s still Susie in our manuscript, respelled after recording), with his 5 final handwritten changes, in ink, amending the lyrics from the song he wrote to the one The Band recorded as the 9th track on their 1968 debut album, Music from Big Pink. The complete lyrics, 19 lines, 159 words, all on one side of an 8 1/2” X 11” sheet of paper. Some wear, stains, a pencil scribble, and a few unrelated words, else very good. A surreal song about a sad young woman who got no breaks and cried a lot, but I heard she was weird (for one thing she insisted on sleeping in a derby hat). This is the only authentic manuscript, of any song on Music from Big Pink, we have seen for sale, and it’s cooler than sending somebody else to pick up your laziest person award. Ex–Monty Diamond, ex–Bonnie Diamond, an unbroken chain of ownership provenance tracing back to 1968. Ex–Sotheby’s NY, Dec. 10, 2016 (bought by us through private treaty). Very good. Item #328

Starting in 1966, what would become The Band, played behind Dylan in his live concerts, continued to do so into 1969, also backed him on a few of the Blonde on Blonde takes and were his co–musicians on The Basement Tapes. Big Pink was the name personifying the house that 3 of them shared in West Saugerties, NY. Dylan wrote, or co–wrote, 3 songs on the record, painted the cover, and guided their introduction with élan. The album had a storied impact across rock & roll. Eric Clapton said its roots rock style convinced him to quit Cream, and Roger Waters said it affected Pink Floyd deeply, calling it “the second most influential record in the history of rock after Sgt. Pepper.” All 5 of The Band’s musicians played on Lonesome Suzie; Richard Manuel– piano (and the lead vocal), Robbie Robertson–electric guitar, Rick Danko–bass guitar, Garth Hudson–organ and soprano saxophone, and Levon Helm–drums.

Price: $20,000.00

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