- Did you ever see them live? - LWR 18:50:13 05/03/09
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- In Reply to: RE: Great... posted by musetap on May 03, 2009 at 18:39:03
Just sheer magic in the interplay and telepathy levels going on. If ever 5 musicians (magicians) played with one mind it was these guys.They hand off leads, vocals, instruments, like they were a man with one mind and 10 hands. In the top 2 or 3 concerts that I have seen, The Last Waltz was maybe the most musically perfect and the guests were all so happy to have been invited and so honored to stand and deliver on a stage with The Band.
Backstage the various artists were exchanging stories about Band songs and shows they had seen and how Dylan surely stood on the shoulders of giants when they backed him and they barricaded themselves in the belly of Big Pink.
There is no one band in the world today who effects me to the extent that these fellows do to this moment. Thanks for the words.....
- RE: Did you ever see them live? - MylesJ 16:02:39 05/05/09
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- In Reply to: RE: Did you ever see them live? posted by LWR on May 03, 2009 at 18:50:13
Three times; after the release of Big Pink at Woodstock, in the mid/late 80s when they were really loaded and got the Paul DeLay band so loaded those guys were close to blind, and again a couple of years ago. The first and the last shows were great. I consider the first four Band albums some of the best music of the 20th century.
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- RE: Did you ever see them live? - musetap 21:28:46 05/03/09
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- In Reply to: RE: Did you ever see them live? posted by LWR on May 03, 2009 at 18:50:13
Sadly, I never saw them live. Saw most of 'em (minus RR) at the SNACK concert backing up Neil Young and Dylan in 1975.
Saw Danko and Helm when they were doing shows in the mid 80's and they were fantastic.
I completely fucked up not going to The Last Waltz - tickets were available for quite a while (maybe a couple weeks?) but I didn't get any (unlike today where shows sell out in 39.75 seconds). Ended up seeing the Scorsese film three times during its nearly year long run at the Vogue Theatre.
I love their recordings, and all the various video footage I've seen of them. Dylan has had some mighty fine bands through the years (hell, the cats on "Together Through Life" are great - by the way I keep waiting for a bone chilling Little Walter harp solo during "My Wife's Home Town") but he never had another Band. But that's OK.
They were and still are just incredible (magicians indeed!), and they are one of the very few bands I regret (and one of the very, very few regrets I have in general) never having seen live.
Thank goodness for all the great recordings they gave us!
Thank YOU for your words... and the pix!
"...You're all welcome to stay for the next set...we're going to play all the same tunes, but in different keys..." -Count Basie
- The only time I managed to see them live... - dave c 15:58:45 05/04/09
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- In Reply to: RE: Did you ever see them live? posted by musetap on May 03, 2009 at 21:28:46
... was at Wembley Stadium probably about 1974 on a bill with Joni Mitchell and CSNY.
They immediately gave the impression of never playing a bad show.
- The only time I managed to see them live... - dave c 15:58:45 05/04/09
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- RE: Did you ever see them live? - MylesJ 16:02:39 05/05/09
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