what type of music you like. I defy anyone to deny or argue the brilliance of The Band.

Classical organ flourishes meshed with a big (yet lean), raw rock & roll sound and the whole was so far removed from the self-indulgent virtuosity and political and cultural posturing going on around them that the Band seemed to be operating in a different reality than any other group of their time.

The music is timeless and holds up as well as any from all eras of rock music.

Who, Ritchie Potsie and Ralph from Happy Days? They only did covers

I was just kidding, I know to whom you refer It's just that's what they called themselves on Happy Days, they could never come up with a name

Ok, bad joke

I figured you were kidding.

I know they used it on Happy Days and I would like to kick the crap out of the writer that did it. When anyone can associate possibly the best ever U.S. band with a retarded sitcom band it can be considered quite insulting, don't you think?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIpfhEwlw5c

That's what I'm talking about. That's the sh!t... Pure...

Who else was making music like that back in 1970? Most bands were doing self-indulgent showboating crap.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJXc0NRCmRQ&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ore6K3ESTLc&feature=related

Rest in peace Richard.

nice pun in the thread title,....


and yea,...the band is great,....i watch the last waltz about twice a month when i'm cleanin house and such,....


levon helms solo stuff is also worth listenin to,.....much more so than robbie robertson's IMO

Robertson took all the credit and look at what he's done since the Band split up... Not a helluva lot.

Robbie will never admit it, but more so than any other group The Band's song writing was a collaborative effort.



Poor Dirt Farmer is excellent. I've been to Levon's Midnight Ramble. Very cool.

all my band favs,....

ophela
dixie
rag momma rag
acaidan drift wood
ect.

are mainly levon songs

and youre right dirt farmer is great

I loved all of it. Richard Manuel's stuff has always floored me. You know that Clapton broke up Cream and formed Blind Faith after hearing Music From Big Pink. It's no coincidence that he chose a singer that is similar to Richard Manuel.

i did know that.....and am reminded of that, as i sit here lookin at my claption/winwood tickets that just came in the mail

Wow, lucky you!

Agreed. Think most that don't know, would guess that this (Chest Fever) is Winwood...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9No63MHrjYc&feature=PlayList&p=4ADCA5D76DB98642&index=38&playnext=2&playnext_from=PL

The intro to the song, played on an organ by Band multi-instrumentalist Garth Hudson, was the result of a very long improvisation. Eventually the improvisation quoted Bach's "Fugue in D Minor" and followed into the song's main riff. Only part of the improvisation was included on the actual album cut (the part beginning with the Bach quote). In live shows, the song became a Hudson showcase, with him improvising wildly on organ (and later, on synthesizer) before cutting into the song. This improvisation came to be known as "The Genetic Method."


Robertson, drummer Levon Helm, and pianist Richard Manuel improvised lyrics over the course of the song. Those lyrics remain unchanged on the track, although they loosely tell a story of a man thrown aside by a hard-drinking, fast-talking woman who subsequently literally becomes sick with love for her.

This was the opening song for the Band's set at the Woodstock Festival in 1969.

Whispering Pines

If you find me in a gloom, or catch me in a dream

Inside my lonely room, there is no in between

Whispering pines, rising of the tide

If only one star shines

That's just enough to get inside

I will wait until it all goes 'round

With you in sight, the lost are found

Foghorn through the night, calling out to sea

Protect my only light, for she once belonged to me

Let the waves rush in, let the seagulls cry

For IF I live AGAIN, these hopes will NEVER die

I can feel you standing there

But I dont see you anywhere

Standing by the well, wishing for the rains

Reaching for the clouds, for nothing else remains

Drifting in a daze, when evening will be done

Try looking through a haze

At an empty house, in the cold, cold sun

I will wait until it ALL goes round

With you in sight, the lost are found

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLr0aRU8Wwk&feature=related

Tribute to the great Richard Manuel, about whom Eric Clapton said: "For me he was the true light of The Band. There was something of the holy madman about Richard. He was raw. When he sang in that high falsetto the hair on my neck would stand on end. Not many people can do that."