One of my favorite groups of all time. They were all excellent musicians. As a keyboard player I think Garth Hudson often gets overlooked because he wasn't a vocalist, but he could probably make music with an antique typewriter. If you listen to Up On Cripple Creek, Hudson is playing a clavinet through a way-wah pedal and it sounds like a mouth harp. It was the first time anyone had done that. Stevie Wonder used the same sound later. Hudson was a genius.
Absolutely correct - Garth's innovation with the clavinet sound came well before Stevie used it in his intro to Superstition - I think it made Up On Cripple Creek a huge hit and was used thereafter by numerous musicians especially in the realm of funk music
Clapton wanted to quit Cream and join the Band - at Watkins Glen the Dead had last approval on any groups and would only allow the Band and the Allman Bros.
I saw Jesse Colin Young, Santana, the Band and CSNY in 1974 in Cleveland Ohio. It was a 13 hour concert and the tickets were $10. It was the best concert I've ever been to.😁✌️🎸🎵
Say what you will , the music of the band speaks for itself and nothing can ever dilute The Band's place in history of Rock and Roll..Creative friction is what drove them and I for one am happy to be around for his period of great music!!!
Just what I love when truly accomplished musicians get together to play. No egos, just respectful musicianship, where less is more & overcrowding doesn't even come into it. A masterclass by masters. ❤🎉😊
God Bless Garth . A truly unique musician and person! You never heard Robbie's voice come through in the group but I do think it gives another dimension , albeit under utilized . With they had taken better care of themselves like so many in this line of work.
It was cool that Clapton was there, as, early on , it was his dream to be the sixth member of The Band. But this rang hollow for me without Levon being there. He was the heart of The Band. Garth is a freaking musical genius. I've read that his health is not the best. And he has that spine issue where he is bent over at the waist, almost parallel to the ground. I've said this on many sites on here, but The Band was the best I ever saw and there isn't a close second. Excellent musicians who all played multiple instruments. Three-part harmony with Richard, Levon and Rick. Richard had an unparalleled voice for so many years, until he didn't. Robbie, regardless of what you might think about him, was an incredibly gifted songwriter and a guitar player nonpareil. They were truly Rock royalty, although they would have none of that. It was about the music for them. I consider myself very fortunate to have seen them multiple times live. And I saw every iteration of them after the Last Waltz. Those versions weren't bad either. Their music will certainly outlive me.
A lot of music critics consider the holy trinity of rock n roll to be The Beatles, Dylan and The Band in terms of influence. That may surprise the casual music fan, so from the limited perspective of the casual music fan, I guess you could say they are underrated.
I absolutely love Rick and Levon's unique voices, what they could do with them and how they made The Band's music as amazing as it was but don't overlook Richard Manuel. If you really love The Band, search youtube for some solo performances of The Band's music as sung by Richard and you'll be amazed by how soulfull he was. It explains why in Canada he was known as "the Canadian Ray Charles".
Okay yes... I AM a relative, but I will just say The Band in their heyday played better stoned than most bands these days could ever perform at anytime. There were personality conflicts to be sure, and they might not have achieved the level of respect that they did had it not been for Garth's tutelage, or Robbie's innate talent as a composer, and for sure Levon's southern perspectives and his syncopated (yeah, YOU try that sometime!!) rhythm skills added that certain dimension to the whole performance. The drugs, the unfair criticsms when they backed Dylan, the years on the road all took their toll, but in the end, who do we have today that stands the test of time...maybe the Beatles, the Stones, and some remarkable blues performers... the rest were, or still are just showmen/women with some talent and great PR!And yes, the music is still alive and well in the Danko families.....
+grampa brian You are so right about the Band. There were just a few bands that stood the test of time; you mentioned two along with the Band, and I'd add the Allman Bros., but it's a very short list of true MUSICIANS whose music was like an evergreen; never getting dated or stale. As a survivor of the 60's, I remember all the music; much of it was junk and what we called 'bubblegum' back then, but a few are as relevant today as they were 50 years ago. The Band is in my Top 5 all-time groups, and Levon was my favorite from day 1.
+grampa brian i don't know how you fit into the family but boy are you lucky to have known these guys. they are always the best and above the beatles in my mind. a follower born in 1940 and still listening to 2 or 3 hours of only great music. not much time left to waste on anything new. the mid 20th century was blessed with great music and remains unmatched to now.
So sad to think I lived through a time where there were many at home calling The Band the best band in America and even some suggesting they were better than the Beatles and then seeing them piss all that potential away in a few short years. Hearing that unique blend of voices that Manuel, Danko & Helm bought to the table can still bring a tear to my eye and send a shiver down my spine. If only they'd managed to avoid the pitfalls of drugs, alcohol and the petty jealousies so common in the rock business, who knows what they might have achieved? Plenty as it was, but you can't help wondering how much more there might have been in a perfect world.
They might have been thought by some to be the best Band in America but except for Levon they were all Canadians!! So lets just say they were the best Band in North America!!
Robbie saw it happening and admitted he was no angel but he didn’t become a heroin addict like Levon. Robbie tried to keep the Band together but on at least one occasion where they were to all rehearse, they were all no shows except Robbie. His hands were tied.
@@MareShoopso Garth didn't even show up? Or are you referring to Levon, Rick, and Richard all being M.I.A., and Robbie/Garth were the only ones committed to showing up?
I will be the odd man out and say that Robbie Robertson is a great singer and is able to pour soul, emotion, and grit into his masterpiece. It is sad that Levon isn’t singing on this version but Robbie certainly did his own penmanship justice.
The Band was the soul of my musical youth, Just mystical. Still are. All the rest is just a function of being just people. Wont matter in the long run. The Band will live on
+FatherCoughlin Have to agree, all the backbiting all the people for or against Robbie has not nor never will diminish the music of The Band... They gave us a lasting catalog of pure and honest music that we can always revisit when ever we want . And for that I am truly grateful..
The Band were much more than their music....they spoke to a way of life....the importance of the simpler things. This group and their music influenced my life more than anything else. I will always be grateful for the feelings
I'm 39 years young. The love of my life introduced me to Bruce Springsteen. Where the heck was I thinking and what the hell? Late bloomer here but as always , better late than never. Bruce , thank you sir.....😊
This song is one of those "greater than the sum of its parts" deals (kind of like The Band itself). Levon Helm's vocal was a big part of what made this song what it is, and it is greatly missed here. In fact, Levon is the ONLY one who's ever been able to make this song believable for me (with Rick Danko of course on the fourth verse).
Sad to hear that as we had Aretha do this & King Curtis with Duane Allman & the great Staple singers who did this with Robbie & The Band on the Last Waltz along with many others. Perhaps you've just not heard those versions but they are as good as any. I loved Levons vocals as well & all these are great tracks & one fine old tune. Believe it !!!!
@@paullevine1813 Oh yeah I've heard em and they're good. But the essence of this song doesn't really come out unless Levon sings it. His voice puts it over the edge from just a good song to a great song.
When there is one member missing it depletes the powerful essence of The Band. When Richard died it took something away from that essence, watching this video without Levon's incredible voice further dilutes the power of The Band as a unit even with the addition of Clapton (also can someone tell me, who is the knob poncing about with the tambourine?) RIP Richard, Rick and Levon - the beauty of your music lives on forever.
Too many folks forget these guys are human and suffer the same nerves as everyone else. Kudos to them and I hope they stay frosty be it clapton or any of the other guys.
I was working with Mitch Ryder when Big Pink came out. We were working out of New York City and had a gig in Philly opening for Sly and his family. Mitch had an 8 member band at that time and we had two limos going from New York down to Philly. I was in the limo with Mitch in the front seat and Mitch pulls out an 8 track cassette set which was the thing at the time and it was the band's first album Big Pink which has just been released. We played that tape all the way down to Philadelphia and all the way back to New York in a smoke filled limo and it really put an imprint in my mind because their sound was so unique and from then on the Band was one of my favorite bands along with everybody else whoever heard them.
I could be remembering wrong, but Helm (who had little respect for awards, etc. to begin with) thought this was a sham since in his view, Robbie had cheated the other band members out of songwriting credits/dollars and committed other offenses. As he put it in "This Wheel's On Fire", talking about Rick, Danko died with his money in Robbie's pockets. Interestingly, I once spoke with a musician close to The Band about whether Levon's version of history or Robbie's was more accurate, and he said the truth is somewhere in the middle.
i hope robbie continues to make music as well, very underated player, the man can display incredible moments of virtuousity (i.e. last waltz duel with clapton) but his playing has always been about contributing to the overall song rather than showmanship, a true class act
Where is Levon? Jaimie Robbie never had a great voice, Eric and Rick made a good effort but this version lacks the spirit of americana that changed the course of music.
Yep & Levon was justified in not going & being in the same room with Robertson. There’s a lot of BS out there that tries to paint Robertson in a better light & that Levon was just broke & bitter. Levon’s main gripe with Robertson wasn’t over his own finances it was over how Robertson tricked the rest of the band members out of their shares of the Band & it’s revenue. It was NEVER about song writing royalties bc the issue there was only a handful of songs that likely didn’t make that much money anyways. Robertson flat out f***ed the rest of them and they had to tour 10 months out of the year to maintain their lifestyles which Levon blames for their early deaths. Levon wasn’t just bitterly spouting off theories on how & why he did it either he knew about how Robertson hired a couple top tier NYC attorneys recommended by Martin Scorsese and they pulled a bait & switch on the rest of them only when Levon was out of town. To add insult to injury he stole all the proceeds from the Last Waltz (bc they signed over ownership) and only paid Levon when he sued Robertson after the fact several years later. I’ve always loved the Band & Robbie Robertson himself but it’s hard to look past the way he did his supposed best friends -it particularly crushed Richard Manuel & Rick Danko bc the others could continue making a good living & weren’t as dependent. The Band members only ever did this Rock & Roll Hall of Fame gig & a few other occasions with Robertson out of hope they’d work together again & the possibility of making more money.
Levon WAS actually a picker...of sorts. He played a nice mandolin. I saw a Levon interview once where he said that the guys had a secondary musician lineup. Levon - mandolin, Richard - drums, Rick - violin, Garth - bass, Robbie - guitar.
I am listening Clapton solo again and again , every solo he play is like new hit song and worthy of in depth study ! I am sure that learning His solos by itself make you progress as guitarist much more than only studying scales and doing practices !
why do people think clapton a " great guitarist"? or he's "god" i think he's one of worst guitarist among his peers, id say jeff beck was a much better guitarist, so was peter green, albert lee, maybe even jimmy page, either way the lot of them couldn't tie rory gallaghers shoelaces, enough said, clapton pathetic
Gallagher was a master as was the others but again so is Eric ...and its comparing apples oranges and pineapples ...they are all great in their own way !!!
Clapton does one thing better than anybody else I've heard: He serves the SONG, not his ego. He plays a variety of styles amazingly well. Pick a style and you may (and I do say MAY) be able to find someone who can do it better. If you're looking for the whole package, though, NOBODY equals Clapton. Best of all, he's brought MANY of the "old masters" into the limelight and padded their bank accounts after they were ripped off badly by both imitators and record companies.
So sad to see robbie and levon never mended bridges thank god for utube that i can listen to these legends of life music and everything thats beautiful in humanity. i am so lucky to live in this world when these guys walked this earth. Some still with us, r i p levon, Rick and Richard.
From Robertson's facebook page back then: Last week I was shocked and so saddened to hear that my old band mate, Levon, was in the final stages of his battle with cancer. It hit me really hard because I thought he had beaten throat cancer and had no idea that he was this ill. I spoke with his family and made arrangements to go and see him. On Sunday I went to New York and visited him in the hospital. I sat with Levon for a good while, and thought of the incredible and beautiful times we had together. It was heart...warming to be greeted by his lovely daughter Amy, whom I have known since she was born. Amy’s mother, Libby Titus, and her husband, Donald Fagen, were so kind to help walk me through this terrible time of sadness. My thoughts and prayers are with his wife Sandy. Levon is one of the most extraordinary talented people I’ve ever known and very much like an older brother to me. I am so grateful I got to see him one last time and will miss him and love him forever. -Robbie Robertson
Imagine sitting in a boring history class learning about this migration of people. Just facts and figures. Then you go home to a new album and song...Acadian Driftwood. Reading the lyrics on the liners notes and hearing “But What Hurt The Most When The People There Said You Better Keep Movin' On” Storytelling at its best. This opened my eyes to the human condition in each and every history lesson I sat through after that. I love this song.
On every single video to do with the band there's just negative comments about Robbie. The band was great and always will be. He was a part of the band like everyone else. He was just as important as the other members. He did do most of the writing. I am aware of his greedy actions but he is beyond talented just like the rest of the members. The Band will always be the best band.
Michael hourihan The reason for the negativity is because so many people really do believe "He did most of the writing". A more accurate statement is that he took credit for most of the writing. I love The Band, and I think it just breaks the hearts of the fans to see the end results of Robbie's actions
Rick B The reporter asks Helm about “The Weight,” one of The Band’s best known songs, and Helm describes how each member of The Band contributed to the whole. “’The Weight’ is just like ‘Life is a Carnival,’ or ‘The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show’ and ‘Ophelia’ and all the rest of ‘em. It is a collaborative effort. Now you could say that Robertson was 60 percent responsible for the lyric, that Richard was 20 percent and maybe Rick got another 20, and I got 5 or 10, then you talk about the music. You could give Garth chord credits and all that stuff, but the people who handle that stuff don’t work for Garth. Or Richard or me. They work for Robbie and Albert.” Helm claims that Robertson’s deceit carried over to The Last Waltz, which Helms says clearly portrays Robertson as The Band’s leader. “Robbie’s up there doing all the singing and all the playing, and the camera’s on him all the time,” describes Helm. “He’s leading the band, he’s up their conducting. I mean, did you ever see a Band show?” @2012
I agree, they were all in rough shape, while Robbie was being mother hen. I never said the man couldn't write great music, but is was quite damn easy to leave other co-writers names off some songs due to their wretched states.
Regardless of all that we feel a fans, they are brothers through and through. They've been through hell and back. I don't think they really care about our opinions and judgments. In the end, I imagine they are together to create some of the greatest music ever!
Saw them in Austin, early fall 1965. Dylan came out, rushed through a short acoustic set. Went offstage for a VERY long time so the crowd, mostly college kids, including me, went downstairs where they served beer. That was in the days before they checked id's closely. Everybody got drunk. Dylan and the Band came on, opened up with "Baby let me follow you down" and the place went nuts. That was Dylan's and the Band's first performance together. Something which I will never forget. I just turned seventy-three. Don't have that many more in me.
I remember Robbie playing with Clapton,,, Claptons strap fell off his guitar, and Robbie jumped straight in with his guitar to cover,, the look on Robbie face and the pride he felt will stay with me for ever!😪😪
You fools who think you need to complain about who's better or where they're from make me laff. Believe me, the guys who do the playing don't care,, music, like a smile will get you further in this world than any whining possible could.
I saw The Band on TV with our dearest friends Vivian Cribbes and Mo Guerra at their home in San Diego...2013,i really don't understand how y spend my life without knowing them before....they are(Mo and Viv) outstanding friends!!!! Don guille and Amanda(Argentina).
The Band had a lot of signature sounds - instrumentation, vocal styles, musical genres etc, and while a lot of you are bemoaning the loss of Levon, can ANYONE imagine The Band without Garth???
@ChrisDutch I always love seeing Rick on stage, but I agree, just not the same without Levon OR Richard. In part, what makes The Band such a joy to listen to (and watch) was the heavy harmonizing and shared vocal duties of Levon, Rick, and Richard. All five were gifted multi-talented musicians and their sound was never better than when they were on that stage together.
To the person below saying Robbie is below average guitar player - you dont know shit. He is an excellent player and composer listen to 'kings harvest' - anyone who knows shit about the guitar will agree with me.
Robbie can play some very nice pinch harmonics. Songs like Ophelia were in very good taste. He knows not to overdo it into a blowing session. A great song writer. Good words in particular are not easy to write. The Band was a wonderful act. I got to see them perform after the Cahoots release.
Trollio Trollman He could've been if he had any inclination in that direction at all. He wasn't the shredder-egomaniac type..at least not when it came to the music. Btw, Robertson would probably tell you Roy Buchanan was better than Beck, Blackmore et al..Though, these days nobody seems to remember Roy..
Levon was a massive talent and The Band wouldn't have been The Band without him. Songwriting wasn't his thing - look at the number of songwriting credits he had on his solo albums and post Robbie albums by The Band. I'm not a big Robbie fan but he kept on writing songs after The Last Waltz and clearly was the main songwriter in The Band.
You don't know the inside workings of The Band. Robbie always had his head on straight. He is extremely talented. He also is a great guy who had values. You don't know him. I do!
Eric clapton is the king of the guitar hands down his freting and scales are untouchable there mite be faster players but his smooth playing sound like he been in the band for years any band he plays with
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One can't help but yearn for the soulful presence of Richard Manuel and Levon Helm . .
Too bad Levon had a stick up his butt and didn't bother to show up.
{crickets}
I'm with ya, just not the same without Levon's voice and presence!
Levon was still alive in 1994.
@@marks.3303he still wasn’t rocking with robbie though so he didn’t go
R.I.P. Robbie! Iconic storyteller, songwriter, musician and proud Canadian! You will be missed but never, ever forgotten!
INDEED
And bullxxxxxer!
Lot spoken about Robbie, Rick and Levon when people discuss the band but let's not forget Garth , one of the most underrated musicians of all time .
Richard Manuel is one of the top singers ever
Amen brother 👍✌️😎
Gareth’s saxophone playing on “The Last Waltz” is all that needs to be shown of hi virtuosity on multiple instruments.
All 5 of these amazing wonderful cats are severely underrated.
@@johnathancross7465 Garth is one of the very best musicians EVER a to musician, an underrated genius
From what he has said about 'The Band' in the past, you know Eric is in heaven here. Musicians are fans like the rest of us...
Man I'm so happy we were blessed with music like this.
Growing up in Pennsylvania and going to a million polka beer tents, as a child and as an adult, I can honestly say that accordion solo was amazing!
One of my favorite groups of all time. They were all excellent musicians. As a keyboard player I think Garth Hudson often gets overlooked because he wasn't a vocalist, but he could probably make music with an antique typewriter. If you listen to Up On Cripple Creek, Hudson is playing a clavinet through a way-wah pedal and it sounds like a mouth harp. It was the first time anyone had done that. Stevie Wonder used the same sound later. Hudson was a genius.
Absolutely correct - Garth's innovation with the clavinet sound came well before Stevie used it in his intro to Superstition - I think it made Up On Cripple Creek a huge hit and was used thereafter by numerous musicians especially in the realm of funk music
Absolutely, he was a music Maestro A real genius
He's Still Alive...He IS Great...Not WAS.
Levon was my neighbor. I'm honored to share his music when he didnt know I could hear him at night. Peace Brotha.
The Band were monumental in their impact on music. Big Pink was a seminal album.
Clapton wanted to quit Cream and join the Band - at Watkins Glen the Dead had last approval on any groups and would only allow the Band and the Allman Bros.
Clapton got to finally be in The Band!!!!
He did back in 76 and it was better lol
@@ninjavigilante5311 and briefly in 1974!
Like when Clapton's strap broke in the middle of a solo and Robbie just stepped right in to save the day!
@@Mr.56Goldtop yep!..I've seen that moment many times, it's awesome!
@@Mr.56Goldtop what performance is this
I saw Jesse Colin Young, Santana, the Band and CSNY in 1974 in Cleveland Ohio. It was a 13 hour concert and the tickets were $10. It was the best concert I've ever been to.😁✌️🎸🎵
9 year old video and still no comment on Garth's solo, old man killed it
..When a man on an accordion cud still b in a band listened to by millions.. Now...half naked autotuners
Bit like Zen, once mentioned the point's been missed.
Party on Garth
Garth is a genius.
Sadly the only one left
Say what you will , the music of the band speaks for itself and nothing can ever dilute The Band's place in history of Rock and Roll..Creative friction is what drove them and I for one am happy to be around for his period of great music!!!
God bless Rick Danko....a gentleman and a great guy to hang out with. God bless Richard Manuel and Levon.
I'll always enjoy listening to and watching Rick Danko sing and play. There was something very special about that man. Dang, I miss him!
His LastWaltz version of 'It Makes No Difference' simply kills..!!!
Just what I love when truly accomplished musicians get together to play. No egos, just respectful musicianship, where less is more & overcrowding doesn't even come into it. A masterclass by masters. ❤🎉😊
God Bless Garth . A truly unique musician and person! You never heard Robbie's voice come through in the group but I do think it gives another dimension , albeit under utilized . With they had taken better care of themselves like so many in this line of work.
Robertson's voice was like a fog horn, they turned his mic down so that it couldn't be heard.
Is there any instrument that Garth Hudson can’t play!? So underrated.
It was cool that Clapton was there, as, early on , it was his dream to be the sixth member of The Band. But this rang hollow for me without Levon being there. He was the heart of The Band. Garth is a freaking musical genius. I've read that his health is not the best. And he has that spine issue where he is bent over at the waist, almost parallel to the ground. I've said this on many sites on here, but The Band was the best I ever saw and there isn't a close second. Excellent musicians who all played multiple instruments. Three-part harmony with Richard, Levon and Rick. Richard had an unparalleled voice for so many years, until he didn't. Robbie, regardless of what you might think about him, was an incredibly gifted songwriter and a guitar player nonpareil. They were truly Rock royalty, although they would have none of that. It was about the music for them. I consider myself very fortunate to have seen them multiple times live. And I saw every iteration of them after the Last Waltz. Those versions weren't bad either. Their music will certainly outlive me.
I absolutely love the band...add Eric Clapton and I'm in heaven!! 😍😘😍💞💞💞
wow !!! the Band was so good. 3 of them are gone so sad..... rest in peace men. your music was the best!!!!!!
Only one left now
A never forgotten song with so much heart and meaning!
Garth... the musical genius...The Band , The Greatest ever...🎸🎶🎼🎙️👏👏👍😎
I love you Rick Danko!!! Have since I was a young girl.. now I am sixty.. and it just gets better!!!! LOVE "THE BAND "✌️✌️
clapton always said the band wrote songs he wish he wrote. cool to see him actually playing with them.
Here on Clapton's birthday! Glad to have enjoyed his and the Band's artistry so long! Hope he has many happy returns of the day.
Clapton and Robertson guitars are great! Well done!
The Band most underrated rock band! Great lyrics!
what's under rated about being legendary !
They are in the HOF so how can they be underrated?
You need to look up the meaning of underrated. The Band is hardly underrated 🤭
A lot of music critics consider the holy trinity of rock n roll to be The Beatles, Dylan and The Band in terms of influence. That may surprise the casual music fan, so from the limited perspective of the casual music fan, I guess you could say they are underrated.
@@howie9751Lately it seems that the HOF will let anybody in.
Awesome!! Wish Levon was there. Miss you Rick & Richard. Eric & Robbie awesome. Garth is great. ♥️
Great song, great harmonies, glorious accordion solo and impeccable Clapton's guitar solo...this performance is the bomb!
I absolutely love Rick and Levon's unique voices, what they could do with them and how they made The Band's music as amazing as it was but don't overlook Richard Manuel. If you really love The Band, search youtube for some solo performances of The Band's music as sung by Richard and you'll be amazed by how soulfull he was. It explains why in Canada he was known as "the Canadian Ray Charles".
His backing and harmony vocals really helped a lot.
Okay yes... I AM a relative, but I will just say The Band in their heyday played better stoned than most bands these days could ever perform at anytime. There were personality conflicts to be sure, and they might not have achieved the level of respect that they did had it not been for Garth's tutelage, or Robbie's innate talent as a composer, and for sure Levon's southern perspectives and his syncopated (yeah, YOU try that sometime!!) rhythm skills added that certain dimension to the whole performance. The drugs, the unfair criticsms when they backed Dylan, the years on the road all took their toll, but in the end, who do we have today that stands the test of time...maybe the Beatles, the Stones, and some remarkable blues performers... the rest were, or still are just showmen/women with some talent and great PR!And yes, the music is still alive and well in the Danko families.....
+grampa brian You are so right about the Band. There were just a few bands that stood the test of time; you mentioned two along with the Band, and I'd add the Allman Bros., but it's a very short list of true MUSICIANS whose music was like an evergreen; never getting dated or stale. As a survivor of the 60's, I remember all the music; much of it was junk and what we called 'bubblegum' back then, but a few are as relevant today as they were 50 years ago. The Band is in my Top 5 all-time groups, and Levon was my favorite from day 1.
+grampa brian i don't know how you fit into the family but boy are you lucky to have known these guys. they are always the best and above the beatles in my mind. a follower born in 1940 and still listening to 2 or 3 hours of only great music. not much time left to waste on anything new. the mid 20th century was blessed with great music and remains unmatched to now.
+buckfan1969 45 years now, they're probably still close to half of all the music I play. Top 5? They're my #1
I have the bands greatest hits cd
grampa brian God bless
I miss Levon so much on this but man, does Clapton add something special.
i love love love Rick Danko, RIP sir.
jarac1357 what is it you love so much?
He ain't dead cheif
AngryRussian Rick Danko died in 1999
@@AlkibiadesKleiniou
*Chief*
Me too😓
So sad to think I lived through a time where there were many at home calling The Band the best band in America and even some suggesting they were better than the Beatles and then seeing them piss all that potential away in a few short years. Hearing that unique blend of voices that Manuel, Danko & Helm bought to the table can still bring a tear to my eye and send a shiver down my spine. If only they'd managed to avoid the pitfalls of drugs, alcohol and the petty jealousies so common in the rock business, who knows what they might have achieved? Plenty as it was, but you can't help wondering how much more there might have been in a perfect world.
They might have been thought by some to be the best Band in America but except for Levon they were all Canadians!! So lets just say they were the best Band in North America!!
Robbie saw it happening and admitted he was no angel but he didn’t become a heroin addict like Levon.
Robbie tried to keep the Band together but on at least one occasion where they were to all rehearse, they were all no shows except Robbie. His hands were tied.
@@MareShoopso Garth didn't even show up? Or are you referring to Levon, Rick, and Richard all being M.I.A., and Robbie/Garth were the only ones committed to showing up?
I will be the odd man out and say that Robbie Robertson is a great singer and is able to pour soul, emotion, and grit into his masterpiece.
It is sad that Levon isn’t singing on this version but Robbie certainly did his own penmanship justice.
The Band was the soul of my musical youth, Just mystical. Still are. All the rest is just a function of being just people. Wont matter in the long run. The Band will live on
+FatherCoughlin Have to agree, all the backbiting all the people for or against Robbie has not nor never will diminish the music of The Band... They gave us a lasting catalog of pure and honest music that we can always revisit when ever we want . And for that I am truly grateful..
+Donnie Maxwell amen brother, amen
+Lee Ross Peace and love
i love you
Levon at the Helm is terribly missed right here.
Is he in this video? I can't find him if he is.
Allie Young Levon refused to come to the induction of The Band into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame because of his dispute with Robbie
Derek Diggler Levon was still sore over song writing royalties. You can probably read Levon’s interviews on the topic online.
The Band were much more than their music....they spoke to a way of life....the importance of the simpler things. This group and their music influenced my life more than anything else. I will always be grateful for the feelings
WOW, what a classic production. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
I'm 39 years young. The love of my life introduced me to Bruce Springsteen. Where the heck was I thinking and what the hell? Late bloomer here but as always , better late than never. Bruce , thank you sir.....😊
They are still pumping it out for us we have music value from them life is beautiful
Nothing can compare to the Weight from The Last Waltz!!
This song is one of those "greater than the sum of its parts" deals (kind of like The Band itself). Levon Helm's vocal was a big part of what made this song what it is, and it is greatly missed here. In fact, Levon is the ONLY one who's ever been able to make this song believable for me (with Rick Danko of course on the fourth verse).
I agree. A glaring omission in this version of the song. Clapton can't make up for Levon's absence, I'm sorry.
Sad to hear that as we had Aretha do this & King Curtis with Duane Allman & the great Staple singers who did this with Robbie & The Band on the Last Waltz along with many others. Perhaps you've just not heard those versions but they are as good as any. I loved Levons vocals as well & all these are great tracks & one fine old tune. Believe it !!!!
@@paullevine1813 Oh yeah I've heard em and they're good. But the essence of this song doesn't really come out unless Levon sings it. His voice puts it over the edge from just a good song to a great song.
Agreed, as much as I like the rest of the band and Eric it really does reach the greatness without Levon and Rick on the forth verse.
It's an honor and a privilege to see this! Awesome!!
man that crazy chester verse can only be done by danko. not the same without levon for sure, but at least danko was on that verse
where was Levon?
Yeah, where was Levon Helm?
Yes, not the same at all.
@@larryn2682 he didn’t go because he and Robbie had some differences
When there is one member missing it depletes the powerful essence of The Band. When Richard died it took something away from that essence, watching this video without Levon's incredible voice further dilutes the power of The Band as a unit even with the addition of Clapton (also can someone tell me, who is the knob poncing about with the tambourine?)
RIP Richard, Rick and Levon - the beauty of your music lives on forever.
I was wondering who the tambourine guy was too. Sorta looked like Will Lee from Letterman. Paul Schaeffer and Anton Fig were there so...
the night that the accordion was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame !!
The Weight is music and lyrics rolled into One Big adventure into the world of magic, no
words can describe it!!!!
Too many folks forget these guys are human and suffer the same nerves as everyone else.
Kudos to them and I hope they stay frosty be it clapton or any of the other guys.
I was working with Mitch Ryder when Big Pink came out. We were working out of New York City and had a gig in Philly opening for Sly and his family. Mitch had an 8 member band at that time and we had two limos going from New York down to Philly. I was in the limo with Mitch in the front seat and Mitch pulls out an 8 track cassette set which was the thing at the time and it was the band's first album Big Pink which has just been released. We played that tape all the way down to Philadelphia and all the way back to New York in a smoke filled limo and it really put an imprint in my mind because their sound was so unique and from then on the Band was one of my favorite bands along with everybody else whoever heard them.
This song sung by these people is transcendent. It is heartbreaking that Levon is not there. May God rest his soul.
Levon was not there for a reason, and it says a lot
@@aztiffwhat was the reason?
@@aztiff Yeah, what was the reason?
It's just Garth now... RIP Levon, Richard, Rick and Robbie.
I could be remembering wrong, but Helm (who had little respect for awards, etc. to begin with) thought this was a sham since in his view, Robbie had cheated the other band members out of songwriting credits/dollars and committed other offenses. As he put it in "This Wheel's On Fire", talking about Rick, Danko died with his money in Robbie's pockets. Interestingly, I once spoke with a musician close to The Band about whether Levon's version of history or Robbie's was more accurate, and he said the truth is somewhere in the middle.
Still looking young at 50. It's the last 30 years that gets you.
i hope robbie continues to make music as well, very underated player, the man can display incredible moments of virtuousity (i.e. last waltz duel with clapton) but his playing has always been about contributing to the overall song rather than showmanship, a true class act
I was expecting a walk down memory lane ~ It turned out to be a sad reminder of who's missing
Manuel & Levon 💔
NOBODY sang like Levon.
This was HIS song, and he OWNED it every time.
True that basically they fuck that song up now I have to hear Levon helms sing it to get that noise out of my ears
Could not agree more. This is Levon's song through and through, but Rick nails his part
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Where is Levon? Jaimie Robbie never had a great voice, Eric and Rick made a good effort but this version lacks the spirit of americana that changed the course of music.
For real though
Yep & Levon was justified in not going & being in the same room with Robertson. There’s a lot of BS out there that tries to paint Robertson in a better light & that Levon was just broke & bitter. Levon’s main gripe with Robertson wasn’t over his own finances it was over how Robertson tricked the rest of the band members out of their shares of the Band & it’s revenue. It was NEVER about song writing royalties bc the issue there was only a handful of songs that likely didn’t make that much money anyways. Robertson flat out f***ed the rest of them and they had to tour 10 months out of the year to maintain their lifestyles which Levon blames for their early deaths. Levon wasn’t just bitterly spouting off theories on how & why he did it either he knew about how Robertson hired a couple top tier NYC attorneys recommended by Martin Scorsese and they pulled a bait & switch on the rest of them only when Levon was out of town. To add insult to injury he stole all the proceeds from the Last Waltz (bc they signed over ownership) and only paid Levon when he sued Robertson after the fact several years later. I’ve always loved the Band & Robbie Robertson himself but it’s hard to look past the way he did his supposed best friends -it particularly crushed Richard Manuel & Rick Danko bc the others could continue making a good living & weren’t as dependent. The Band members only ever did this Rock & Roll Hall of Fame gig & a few other occasions with Robertson out of hope they’d work together again & the possibility of making more money.
The chemistry had me hooked I played it twice
Levon WAS actually a picker...of sorts. He played a nice mandolin. I saw a Levon interview once where he said that the guys had a secondary musician lineup. Levon - mandolin, Richard - drums, Rick - violin, Garth - bass, Robbie - guitar.
Levon also played bass well, including on stage with The Band. And harmonica. Huge talent.
Art Brennan - They all displayed this in The Last Waltz.
I believe that’s the lineup on Dylan’s forever young on planet waves.
Never came across this before today. They were *The Band!* Loved Clapton's presence too.
Seen these guys in '94! Great show for a small hall!
I am listening Clapton solo again and again , every solo he play is like new hit song and worthy of in depth study ! I am sure that learning His solos by itself make you progress as guitarist much more than only studying scales and doing practices !
better than taking lessons or music theory
why do people think clapton a " great guitarist"? or he's "god" i think he's one of worst guitarist among his peers, id say jeff beck was a much better guitarist, so was peter green, albert lee, maybe even jimmy page, either way the lot of them couldn't tie rory gallaghers shoelaces, enough said, clapton pathetic
u r a moron.
Gallagher was a master as was the others but again so is Eric ...and its comparing apples oranges and pineapples ...they are all great in their own way !!!
Clapton does one thing better than anybody else I've heard: He serves the SONG, not his ego. He plays a variety of styles amazingly well. Pick a style and you may (and I do say MAY) be able to find someone who can do it better. If you're looking for the whole package, though, NOBODY equals Clapton. Best of all, he's brought MANY of the "old masters" into the limelight and padded their bank accounts after they were ripped off badly by both imitators and record companies.
No one can sing like Rick Danko he was great.. he was the real thing.
Rick was the man!!
True dat, but this tune belonged to Levon Helm.
@@bill2527 Each of them were great in their own way!!!
RIP Robbie 💔 your spirit will never die ❤🎶🎸🥀🕊️🕯️🙏
Danko is an underrated vocalist. I think he does well.
Though it’s a huge bummer not having Levon up there with em, Danko sounded great! Such a unique voice
I don't care how pissed Levon was. He SHOULD HAVE showed up FOR THE FANS.
I heard he was stuck in traffic gettin' high with Jerry Garcia
@@songsmithy07 That's what they said at the end of the remarks. If he was, it was to avoid showing up.
incredible performance they were having a blast!! eric was incredible...those 80s strats were amazing
So sad to see robbie and levon never mended bridges thank god for utube that i can listen to these legends of life music and everything thats beautiful in humanity. i am so lucky to live in this world when these guys walked this earth. Some still with us, r i p levon, Rick and Richard.
+John Donegan Robbie did visit Levon before he passed. I do hope they mended bridges and embraced. Life is really too short.
From Robertson's facebook page back then: Last week I was shocked and so saddened to hear that my old band mate, Levon, was in the final stages of his battle with cancer. It hit me really hard because I thought he had beaten throat cancer and had no idea that he was this ill. I spoke with his family and made arrangements to go and see him. On Sunday I went to New York and visited him in the hospital. I sat with Levon for a good while, and thought of the incredible and beautiful times we had together. It was heart...warming to be greeted by his lovely daughter Amy, whom I have known since she was born. Amy’s mother, Libby Titus, and her husband, Donald Fagen, were so kind to help walk me through this terrible time of sadness. My thoughts and prayers are with his wife Sandy. Levon is one of the most extraordinary talented people I’ve ever known and very much like an older brother to me. I am so grateful I got to see him one last time and will miss him and love him forever. -Robbie Robertson
Amazing song.And I love Acadian Driftwood which hardly ever gets airtime.
Andrew......Acadian Driftwood is right up there with my favorite Band tunes
Imagine sitting in a boring history class learning about this migration of people. Just facts and figures. Then you go home to a new album and song...Acadian Driftwood. Reading the lyrics on the liners notes and hearing
“But What Hurt The Most
When The People There Said
You Better Keep Movin' On”
Storytelling at its best. This opened my eyes to the human condition in each and every history lesson I sat through after that. I love this song.
On every single video to do with the band there's just negative comments about Robbie. The band was great and always will be. He was a part of the band like everyone else. He was just as important as the other members. He did do most of the writing. I am aware of his greedy actions but he is beyond talented just like the rest of the members. The Band will always be the best band.
Michael hourihan The reason for the negativity is because so many people really do believe "He did most of the writing". A more accurate statement is that he took credit for most of the writing. I love The Band, and I think it just breaks the hearts of the fans to see the end results of Robbie's actions
Look at the albums, and look who gets the song writing credits. Everyone knows all the guys should've gotten credit, but that's not what happened
Rick B The reporter asks Helm about “The Weight,” one of The Band’s best known songs, and Helm describes how each member of The Band contributed to the whole. “’The Weight’ is just like ‘Life is a Carnival,’ or ‘The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show’ and ‘Ophelia’ and all the rest of ‘em. It is a collaborative effort. Now you could say that Robertson was 60 percent responsible for the lyric, that Richard was 20 percent and maybe Rick got another 20, and I got 5 or 10, then you talk about the music. You could give Garth chord credits and all that stuff, but the people who handle that stuff don’t work for Garth. Or Richard or me. They work for Robbie and Albert.”
Helm claims that Robertson’s deceit carried over to The Last Waltz, which Helms says clearly portrays Robertson as The Band’s leader. “Robbie’s up there doing all the singing and all the playing, and the camera’s on him all the time,” describes Helm. “He’s leading the band, he’s up their conducting. I mean, did you ever see a Band show?” @2012
I agree, they were all in rough shape, while Robbie was being mother hen. I never said the man couldn't write great music, but is was quite damn easy to leave other co-writers names off some songs due to their wretched states.
Regardless of all that we feel a fans, they are brothers through and through. They've been through hell and back. I don't think they really care about our opinions and judgments. In the end, I imagine they are together to create some of the greatest music ever!
I saw THE BAND back up BOB DYLAN in Cleveland on November 12, 1965. They were all 19 and 20 years old. It was at the Cleveland Music Hall.
Saw them in Austin, early fall 1965. Dylan came out, rushed through a short acoustic set. Went offstage for a VERY long time so the crowd, mostly college kids, including me, went downstairs where they served beer. That was in the days before they checked id's closely. Everybody got drunk. Dylan and the Band came on, opened up with "Baby let me follow you down" and the place went nuts. That was Dylan's and the Band's first performance together. Something which I will never forget. I just turned seventy-three. Don't have that many more in me.
I remember Robbie playing with Clapton,,, Claptons strap fell off his guitar, and Robbie jumped straight in with his guitar to cover,, the look on Robbie face and the pride he felt will stay with me for ever!😪😪
Absolutely. He stepped right in like a boss!
You fools who think you need to complain about who's better or where they're from make me laff. Believe me, the guys who do the playing don't care,, music, like a smile will get you further in this world than any whining possible could.
We miss Rick Danko my town is his home town.R.I.P Rick..
I saw The Band on TV with our dearest friends Vivian Cribbes and Mo Guerra at their home in San Diego...2013,i really don't understand how y spend my life without knowing them before....they are(Mo and Viv) outstanding friends!!!!
Don guille and Amanda(Argentina).
Great song Robbie wrote!! love you Robbie and Clapton amazing!!
Hello Elaine, How are you doing?
Why is Clapton there!.
Eric said he had always wanted to be part of the Band, so glad he got in on this.
The Band had a lot of signature sounds - instrumentation, vocal styles, musical genres etc, and while a lot of you are bemoaning the loss of Levon, can ANYONE imagine The Band without Garth???
prharrington I definitely agree with that. Robbie did write most of the songs, but Garth did the extra work and made them sound great
RIP Rick, Richard, Levon. You will be missed. I love your music and you'll live on through your legacy.
@ChrisDutch I always love seeing Rick on stage, but I agree, just not the same without Levon OR Richard. In part, what makes The Band such a joy to listen to (and watch) was the heavy harmonizing and shared vocal duties of Levon, Rick, and Richard. All five were gifted multi-talented musicians and their sound was never better than when they were on that stage together.
Robbie wrote (or said) Rick never sang or played a false note in his entire life. I can believe him!
To the person below saying Robbie is below average guitar player - you dont know shit. He is an excellent player and composer listen to 'kings harvest' - anyone who knows shit about the guitar will agree with me.
A "below average guitar player???" Hardly.
I know I couldn't play 1/10 as well as Robbie.
Robbie can play some very nice pinch harmonics. Songs like Ophelia were in very good taste. He knows not to overdo it into a blowing session. A great song writer. Good words in particular are not easy to write. The Band was a wonderful act. I got to see them perform after the Cahoots release.
He might not be a Clapton or a Beck or a Blackmore, but Robbie is certainly no hack. In fact Robbie was Duane Allman's favorite guitar player.
Trollio Trollman He could've been if he had any inclination in that direction at all. He wasn't the shredder-egomaniac type..at least not when it came to the music. Btw, Robertson would probably tell you Roy Buchanan was better than Beck, Blackmore et al..Though, these days nobody seems to remember Roy..
68-69 Heard the BAND at the CORRAL REEF in Middlehope, NY.. They were a great group. 👍
This is great, but nothing beats the version from The Last Waltz with the Staples.
This is The Band without its heart and soul - Levon Helm. R.I.P. Buddy
right?? how the hell is THAT The Band??!
Great songs from the band they were exceptional
The Band and the greatest days of music 🎵 🎼 🎶
Love Rick Danko on this - RIP Rick and Levon who I missed on this
Garth Hudson rocked this! Accordion music is back !
Levon was a massive talent and The Band wouldn't have been The Band without him. Songwriting wasn't his thing - look at the number of songwriting credits he had on his solo albums and post Robbie albums by The Band. I'm not a big Robbie fan but he kept on writing songs after The Last Waltz and clearly was the main songwriter in The Band.
Don't forget Manual. He wrote half of their first, and for my money, best album Music From Big Pink.
@@jeffersonlujin That's the saddest thing for me about The Band losing Richard's songwriting. I wish we were able to hear more of that genius.
Eric Clapton fit right in with the Band. Love!!!
Hello Cheryl, How are you doing?
@@kellyofuller4974 sup Kelly
totally awesome! Can't believe it has so few views.
The Band came over to England in 1984 to play Nostell Priory where i got to see them - god bless Rick Danko.
*We Love Rick Danko* never forgotton
Don't forget Levon Helm and the soulful Richard Manuel. RIP, brothers...
he got big, his voice aged, but his voice is still pretty good.
thus spake perfection personified?
a spitting spout warning against chronic belittling condescension!
My husband and I moved to NY right before Rick died...our newspaper covered Woodstock. Very sad...
Yeah Rick was my favorite of the Band, died way too young...RIP
Oh how I wish the "BAND AND ERIC CLAPTON COULD HAVE BEEN"
TOGETHER FOR A LONG TIME ". BEAUTIFUL MUSIC.
Jeri Whittaker
8/3/2022
Near Athens, Georgia
I am sure Eric would have liked to have had Levon and Richard there But he got his one wish to be a member of the Band if even for just one night.
Well he played with the band at the last waltz in 1976 when Richard and Levon were both still alive
Definitely suffers from Levon's absence.
Rob Walker i
He should have been the bigger man and showed up.
It was his choice not to attend.....
Man, do they need Levon. Song's not the same without him. Well, Levon's smiling down and none of my words matter now anyway. Time to take a load off.
He and Robbie were not on speaking terms during that time.
I'm digging Rick digging on this song.
I think they did achieve it all and we are so blessed to be listening to it now,❤😊
You don't know the inside workings of The Band. Robbie always had his head on straight. He is extremely talented. He also is a great guy who had values. You don't know him. I do!
+Gayle Thomson --- So he really is a good guy? That is good to hear. What an amazing talent.
+Gayle Thomson it isn't the Band without Levon; don't like Robbie at all
Robbie was the band. He was the only one who had his head on straight.
l knew them when they were with Ronnie. Robbie was always dedicated.
so you really think he wanted to call it quits.
Eric clapton is the king of the guitar hands down his freting and scales are untouchable there mite be faster players but his smooth playing sound like he been in the band for years any band he plays with