Band, The - Orange Juice Blues (Blues For Breakfast) Lyrics

Yeah I know s*** Bob if you're doing this f*** off you got enough money. Let the basement tapes play this is a week compilation of these songs

I seem to be stood down

Great cLassic.

this Richard Manuel on vocal. No Question. Danko's voice is far more nasal

Danko is the man !

what's that fucking mess???? half of the songs deleted...!! and the best ones of course! how is it possible????

Where is it possible to hear "tears of rage" original????? sung by Bob..Shit!!

Great classic,just bought the Basement Ta;pes,am gonna have me a good listen or two to that major classic.Peace Y'All.

Of course Richard Manuel is singing this. How can you not hear that? Richard sounds like Ray Charles. Rick Danko does not. I love Garth's organ on this. But I always love Garth's organ.

i was wondering if it was rick or rich, but that's richards style of singing.......rick dankos a bit more out front with his delivery...ay

Now that's jammin'.

Is this an actual LP or a bootleg? I love the Band, but have never heard this... :/

From the Wipipedia article on "Basement Tapes Songs," though it only takes a pair of ears to know it's Richard Manuel singing:

"Orange Juice Blues (Blues for Breakfast)"[edit]
Manuel – vocal, piano; Danko – bass. Recorded in Woodstock, 1967. Overdubbed 1975: Robertson – guitar; Hudson – organ, saxophone; Helm – drums.

Manuel and Danko laid down the basic track in Woodstock in 1967, according to Griffin, and the contributions of the rest of the Band were overdubbed eight years later.[5] Critic Dave Hopkins notes that the demo version included as a bonus track on the 2000 Music From Big Pink reissue is the same performance, without overdubbing.[6] Griffin calls the song "charming in its own right", but says it would not have fit in on the original Music From Big Pink because it was all too obviously from their past: "an up-tempo bluesy number that the Hawks might have played" in rural Ontario in 1964.[7] Barney Hoskyns describes the song as one of the Band's early recordings that revealed "the breathtaking scope" of their musical range; he praises "the rollicking bar-room R&B style" of the performance.[8]

Robbie bustin out those blues licks in 1967?

Follow up: Oh yeeeaaah, don't let the sweet falsetto fool ya...Rich..NOT Rick..he was dank though

rockin*

Can't believe there's even a debate..Rocking chair( with Helm), Across the great divide heh..Richard. all the way..not long of this world sadly..the breaking up of the band was far too much for him to bear..great beard

A lot of deleted songs (videos). What a drag.

The Music Vault has them...I am not part of MV or the Band,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,just loving great music

Gol darn, could that band jam .Love and god bless those guys for that wonderful music & career they shared with us .

like butter.....

Written and sang by Richard Manuel.

what a melody. the way richard swings his voice around is very creative

This is Richard Manuel singing without a doubt.  He wrote it, he sang it.  I do know that it took me years of listening to the Band to distinguish between Rick and Richard and if you listen to Moondog Matinee, specifically "A Change is Gonna Come" I always thought it was Richard (as Richard used to do all the soul material) but it is in fact Rick.  But in this Case it is 100% Richard Manuel.  Gotta love him.

Richard Manuel on vocals here. Early on, Rick and Richard could sound somewhat similar in the higher registers. Richard uses Ray Charles type phrasing a lot; Rick is a bit more country influenced.

Manuel has a unique kind of vibrato in his falsetto

Betcha Levon could do this too , any old time

Seeing that Richard Manuel wrote this song himself he's allowed to sing it can't he?  What's with this Levon cult of personality stuff?

Levon would've been right for any of The Band's tunes. His voice just fit what they were doing.

Great song! This Rickard M. Danko vocal, just brilliant! Love his nervous, nasal qualities, so smooth and strident! Great.
Maybe i would enjoy it even more if was a nerd who knew everything about The Band?

that's rick not Richard their voices are very distinct and different

Wow, it's hard to believe there's an argument about this, but it is Richard Manuel. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Basement_Tapes_songs_(1975)#.22Orange_Juice_Blues_.28Blues_for_Breakfast.29.22

There's surely other documentation confirming it, but also the tonal qualities of the two singers (Rick and Richard) are very distinct. Rick has a slightly more strident and nervous quality to his voice, where as Richard's is generally smoother (and also fuller in his low range).

Sorry, just saw this. I just reposted the same information.

Unmistakably Richard Manuel

if you cant tell that its Rick Danko singing this song, then you really dont know much about the band

+Brooks Kenna so Richard...any true Band can tell.

Disagree all you want Paul, you're 100% incorrect.

that is clearly Rich Danko!

Paul Samuels Easy does it Paul... Rick wouldn’t have wanted this argument breaking out among the fan base, it makes us all look bad...

This is Danko

Doesn't sound right without Garth's magnificent sax solo.

Obviously Richard.  

+Kellogs you are so wrong.

@ Johnny Thunder; yer an eejit! Richard Manuel wrote and sang 'Orange Juice Blues'.

It's Richard Manuel singing.

Ha ha,That's hilarious

C'mon, of course it's Richard singing...maybe the talent overload is confusing your hearing?

Agreed. :'(

I thought it was Danko singing, now I'm leaning towards Manuel

ME: "I wonder who is singing this sweet ass band jam, sounds like a piano and funky ass bass and that's it!"
INTERNET: this page. "enjoy, your welcome."

no its definitely danko.... havent you heard the basement tapes? Danko hits those notes like its nothing.., he even hits a couple of the same notes in it makes no difference....

sorry mate, it's Richard Manuel. Danko has an almost 'asthmatic' quality in his voice...

Ah, come on mate. This is Mr. Manuel singing. Rick has got a completely different accentuation to his way of spitting out words.

@johnnythunder6565 this must be pretty embarrassing for you then buddy. you're an idiot

Rick's and Richard's upper register voices had certain similarities early-on with The Band, but less so as Richard's voice coarsened over the years. This song is an example of that similarity, and this one happens to feature Richard on lead vocals. Rick would have sung it well.

@aguineapig -absolutely.....

Love this version!

I prefer the Basement Tapes version, this is too fast & the circus organ sounds silly

This is Richard Manuel I bet my balls!!

with no doubt what so ever this is rick singing, there is no two ways abut it dont be an idiot and claim other wise ok?why do people claim to know things that they do not. if you know the band than you know who is singing

with no doubt what so ever this is rick singing, there is no two ways abut it dont be an idiot and claim other wise ok?

with no doubt what so ever this is rick singing, there is no two ways abut it dont be an idiot and claim otherwishe ok?

This is inferior to the Basement Tapes version...

Thats richard singin100%

@212cowhand \thank you sire

Is Richard Manuel singing? Or Danko?

Thanks for posting!