B-side "The Moon Struck One" Format 7" Genre Roots rock, Americana | Released 1971 Recorded Early 1971 Length 3:50 | |
"Life is a Carnival" is the opening track of The Band's fourth album, Cahoots. Written by Rick Danko, Levon Helm, and Robbie Robertson, the song features horn arrangements by New Orleans musician Allen Toussaint. The song is the only track from the Cahoots album included on the original releases of Rock of Ages and The Last Waltz. The song was featured in the Bill Murray movie Larger Than Life.
Musical notation for this song is printed on a wall behind Levon Helm's grave in Woodstock, New York.
Personnel
Horn players uncredited; horn arrangements by Allen Toussaint.
References
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