Acadian Driftwood - Blackie & The Rodeo Kings w/Kathleen Edwards
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- Опубликовано: 16 сен 2024
- Blackie & The Rodeo Kings with Kathleen Edwards on fiddle and backing vocals. This was part of a CBC Radio presentation entitled We Shall Be Released celebrating The Band's "Last Waltz" on it's 30 anniversary in Nov/06. Unfortunately CBC has never made the music from this magical night available. Although the audio quality on this recording isn't great hopefully it gives a sense of the evening. At this particular point the band and Kathleen had stepped off the stage and played this number from the floor of the Glenn Gould Studio (mere feet from me :-)
Traveling through the States back in the late 70's in my mobile home schoolbus, this song became an Anthem for me as at times I needed the strength to carry on in the land of the strange we were definitely strangers and folk's don't always want strangers peeking around, so yes, no gas keep moving. Hopefully you can make the county line without trouble.
Or running out of petro.
These notes and lyrics take me back in a down beat. Feel it moving my people in my blood.
Thanks for sharing.
✌❤🌹🙏
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Rick Danko & Richard Manuel 2 great Canadians who will always be missed
That is so true.
Along with Willie P. Bennett and Peterborough's, Mr. Soul, Buzz Thompson.
Number One Soul Brother. A Hawk for 25 years with
Ronnie Hawkins, as a lead guitar, harmonica and back up vocals. Has a place on the Peterborough Walk of Fame.
They All will be missed!
Richard Manuel's death in 1986 was tragic, because he hanged himself.
I actually saw Danko play this live-only once-on Sunday eve of the first observance of the MLK Holiday (so that was the yr.) at the Towne Crier Pawling NY. It came very early in set (maybe second song). Colin Linden (one of the Rodeo Kings) was actually in backup band that night. It was amazing and kept me singing it almost daily for months.
This is a beautiful moment....
I'm glad you captured it for us...
Thanks
>>>tom
beautiful cover. the fiddle covers nicely for Garth's rollin organ sound.
The other more interesting instruments left out of this rendition included the accordion, piccolo and Scottish chanter, all also played by Garth. The organ and clavinet were both actually played by Richard Manuel.
Holeeeeee, this is fabulous.
hey - great listening pleasure! beauteous!
Great tune, one of the best ever recorded by a deceased Canadian artist, or other. Richard was gifted, and life just moved in on him, and could not be counter-balanced. Happens constantly. May we all be released, but when it is a propos..
Great song about Canadian, Acadian History!
My favorite history in Rock n Roll: 1849 - Lighthouse, Monster - Steppenwolf, Cortez the Killer - Neil Young!
Hey Weazel Jaguar - saw your comment on another video of the song. The historical narrative in the song is wrong.
Cool, Point me in the correct direction, which is the best book to read about this piece of history?
@@WeazelJaguar
Here are a few.
- The Contexts of Acadian History, 1686-1784
By Naomi E.S. Griffith
- From Migrant to Acadian
A North American Border People, 1604-1755
By Naomi E.S. Griffith
- A Great and Noble Scheme: The Tragic Story of the Expulsion of the French Acadians from Their American Homeland
By John Mack Faragher
- The 'Conquest' of Acadia, 1710: Imperial, Colonial, and Aboriginal Constructions
by John G. Reid, Maurice Basque, et al.
Kathleen E. Rocks the fiddle
JUST AMAZING!!
I was at this gig. Although Richard wasn't there in person, I believe some performers were able to get him on the phone backstage. I think he was in the hospital at the time. I've the entire night captured in photographs, and the final radio edit on disc(s). If you search the CBC archives on line you might find a podcast version (Radio 2). The discs were never released, but that's not to say they don't exist. ;-D Fennian Films from Hamilton made a video of the night(s) as well.
Nicely done
If you were disappointed in there being no associated video of this, let me say The Band's live performance of the song during their 1976 tour, which was known as The Last Waltz, was not included in the 1978 Martin Scorsese-directed film of the same name or the original release of its associated soundtrack.
Just criminal!
It"s all good man
are you saying Richard was the only Canadian in The Band? Or that Richard wrote the song? Levon was the only American in The Band. Richard , Rick and Levon sang Acadian Driftwood and the entire "Northern Lights - Southern Cross" album was written by Robbie.......RIP Rick, Levon and Richard!
Yes, Levon (who died in 2012 at age 71, one month short of his 72nd birthday) was the only American member of the group, and the song was written by Robbie. On the original cut, Garth played accordion, piccolo and even a Scottish chanter (for bagpipes), while Richard Manuel played the clavinet and organ. The fiddle part was played by Byron Berline, who died this past July 10th, just four days after his 77th birthday.
Richard was not there my friend. Where did you get this recording?
Totaly canadian content. A certain flag with a yellow star If you aint up with the driftwood you anit canada