The Band is the eponymous second
studio album by
the Band, released on September 22, 1969. It is also known as
The Brown Album. According to
Rob Bowman's liner notes for the 2000 reissue,
The Band has been viewed as a concept album, with the songs focusing on people, places and traditions associated with an older version of Americana. Thus, the songs on this album draw from historic themes for "
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down", "
King Harvest (Has Surely Come)" and Richard Manuel's "Jawbone" (which was composed in the unusual 6/4
time signature.)