'Remedy' opens Jericho and this song reminds me of the flavour Dylan & The Band attained on The Basement Tapes; that being a bit of that country swing. Dylan's 'Blind Willie McTell' is up next, and it is a heartfelt document of racial injustice. You can hear saddess in this song. Mick Taylor has also recently revived this song on his A Stone's Throw. Another melancholy ballad is 'The Caves Of Jericho' from which this album takes its title. This is the tale of a tragic mining disaster. Bruce Springsteen's 'Atlantic City' opens with a social comment on the mafia, and 'Atlantic City' is a delightful folksy type ballad with an almost Celtic flavour. This features one time Band member the late Stan Szelest (d. 1991) on electric piano. 'Too Gone Soon' has now been turned into a tribute to Richard Manuel and Stan Szelest; 'Too Gone Soon' was written by Stan. 'Country Boy' is a beautiful ballad that features Richard Manuel, recorded a year before he died. 'Move To Japan' shows the diversity of The Band, and has a honky tonking oriental sound. A special friend of The Band is acoustic guitarist Artie Traum and here he performs with The Band his 'Amazon (River Of Dreams)', that is complete with jungle atmospherics, and is a social comment on what is happening there. Muddy Waters' 'Stuff You Gotta Watch' gets a country face lift. Next up is Willie Dixon's 'Same Thing' that get's the same thing...oops same treatment. 'Shine A Light' is almost Southern gospel. 'Blues Stay Away From Me' is a song that Clapton would love, and it should have been recorded by Emile Ford as well as The Band.