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Take a load off
Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2023 11:27 pm
by Long Run
Robbie Robertson, Master Storyteller Who Led the Band, Dead at 80
The Band's guitarist and primary songwriter collaborated with Bob Dylan and penned "The Weight," "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down," and "Up on Cripple Creek," among other classics
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/musi ... 234803234/
Re: Take a load off
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2023 1:11 am
by Sue U
Oh, the end of an era. The Last Waltz may be my all-time favorite concert film, in close contention with Gimme Shelter.
Re: Take a load off
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2023 2:17 am
by MajGenl.Meade
Sad one. Who else could have put Stoneman's cavalry in a brilliant song? Thumbs up for Last Waltz too
Back to the basement tapes for me this week.
It's just not the same when some kid named Da Def Toiletseat 42 nods off.
Re: Take a load off
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2023 12:58 pm
by Big RR
And Keith Richards still goes on...
Seriously, the era Sue mentioned is rapidly drawing to a close. I pulled out some of my vinyl albums of the Band last night--I forgot how good they were. Rest in Peace.