The Shape I'm In (The Band song) The Shape I'm In (The Band song) "The Shape I'm In" is a song by The Band, first released on their 1970 album "Stage Fright". It was written by Robbie Robertson, who did little to disguise the fact that the song's sense of dread and dissolution was about Richard Manuel, the song's principal singer. It became a regular feature in their concert repertoire, appearing on their live albums "Rock of Ages", "Before the Flood", and "The Last Waltz". Author Neil Minturn described the song as "straightforward rock." Along with "The Weight," it is one of the Band's songs most performed
November Group (band) November Group (band) November Group were an alternative musical group, and a participant of the Boston new wave scene in the early 1980s. The group was formed primarily around two female musicians, vocalist and guitarist Ann Prim and keyboardist Kearney Kirby. Other members included Joel Beale and Alvan Long. The band took their name from a group of early twentieth-century German expressionist artists known as November Group. The group's musical style has been described as cold wave. November Group formed in Boston in the early 1980s by Ann Prim and Kearney Kirby, former members of the group Wunderkind. The group