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re: Robbie Robertson, Guitarist and Songwriter of The Band, Dies at 80
Posted on 8/9/23 at 5:47 pm to Richard Grayson
Posted on 8/9/23 at 5:47 pm to Richard Grayson
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The Weight is a deathbed playlist song for me. This is a bummer.
I stumbled across this a few months ago and really enjoy watching it:
The Weight - Emmylou Harris, Old Crow Medicine Show, Gillian Welch, Steve Earle and more
Jimmie Dale Gilmore is one of the "more". What a great group of musicians having a lot of fun. Emmylou Harris in 2021, what an amazing career she's had.
This post was edited on 8/9/23 at 5:50 pm
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Posted on 8/9/23 at 5:50 pm to Tigris
I have that one saved! I'm usually not a big fan of live collaborations, but that is one I do really like.
Posted on 8/9/23 at 5:56 pm to Ghost of Colby
quote:
That’s awesome. I had Levon high on the list of names I wanted, but the wife nixed it.
Thanks. He's a good Levon. Very sweet natured kid. Just started watching drumming videos the other day and I thought maybe he will take after his namesake one day.
Posted on 8/9/23 at 5:59 pm to drunkenpunkin
quote:thank heavens
He's a good Levon
bad Levons are scary, even dangerous
Posted on 8/9/23 at 6:00 pm to Kafka
You know what I mean. It suits him.
Posted on 8/9/23 at 6:03 pm to Btrtigerfan
quote:
Who would have thought a Canadian would pen the best Civil War song I can think of?
Cool story on how he wrote it. He had visited Levon Helm's childhood home in Arkansas and met his parents, and Levon's dad was the inspiration for the song.
Posted on 8/9/23 at 6:05 pm to danilo
quote:
Only Garth is still with us
Ironically, the oldest guy in the band too
Posted on 8/9/23 at 6:28 pm to BR92
damn...RIP Robbie...
Posted on 8/9/23 at 6:32 pm to 777Tiger
quote:
He was a dick to the rest the band… but still a hell of a talent.
this, he was quite the dick, but that group had some fricking talent
He was a "dick" because he was a consummate professional and had moved on from the degeneracy stage of rock stardom, had a family, etc. The rest of the band were still living the rockstar life and they just didn't jive at that point.
Posted on 8/9/23 at 7:03 pm to rintintin
It was basically Robbie, three degenerates and Garth by the time of LW.
The other guys were pretty butt hurt but even in later years never took responsibility for their actions that got them into the mess.
I love Levon as an artist but guy was never the saint some hold him up to be.
The other guys were pretty butt hurt but even in later years never took responsibility for their actions that got them into the mess.
I love Levon as an artist but guy was never the saint some hold him up to be.
Posted on 8/9/23 at 7:09 pm to Bench McElroy
I guess I will watch the Last Waltz tonight.
Posted on 8/9/23 at 7:10 pm to SingleMalt1973
SingleMalt1973
Close…… it’s Take a load off Fanny
quote:
“Take a Load off Annie”
Close…… it’s Take a load off Fanny
Posted on 8/9/23 at 7:11 pm to SingleMalt1973
Double post
This post was edited on 8/9/23 at 7:12 pm
Posted on 8/9/23 at 7:11 pm to Bench McElroy
But they blew up the chicken man.
Posted on 8/9/23 at 7:11 pm to rintintin
meh, depends on whose viewpoint you want to take, Helm said the same thing earlier, Robertson was a dick throughout that whole presentation, start to finish
Posted on 8/9/23 at 7:17 pm to Bench McElroy
Damn, love The Band. RIP
Posted on 8/9/23 at 7:18 pm to rintintin
quote:RR was as much of a cokehead as the others. He was coke buddies w/Scorcese, who convinced him he had movie star potential.
He was a "dick" because he was a consummate professional and had moved on from the degeneracy stage of rock stardom, had a family, etc.
That's the reason LW was made in the first place -- as a glorified screen test for RR.
The others only wanted to take a hiatus, but RR insisted LW be billed as "the last Band show ever", in order to maximize publicity (for himself)
Levon & the others were hardly saints, but don't swallow the RR propaganda
Posted on 8/9/23 at 7:19 pm to Kafka
thank you sir, you dreamy mofo
Posted on 8/9/23 at 7:21 pm to 777Tiger
it just hit me that 8/9 is also the day Jerry Garcia passed away. 
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