I work in a seniors long term care home. A resident of mine, is the wife of one of the band members who has since passed. Due to confidentiality I can’t say the name. What I can say is I am a guitar player. I would sing songs to the seniors . One day she told me her story and asked if she could teach me to sing. She has dementia and we play her husbands old songs all day long and she smiles and laughs and shows me pictures like you wouldn’t believe. Pictures of all the years of touring. Watching them grow old in the photos. Her daughter told me if her husband was here today he would grab his instrument and sing right along side with me. Music is so powerful, incredible.
Levon Helm always made me feel like I was listening to someone from the 19th century singing, even though he was singing 'modern' music. No one else gave me this impression. It was so uncanny and unsettling. Honestly, I think he's channelling ghosts from the old South.
Not only was Levon Helm one of the most incredible groove drummers with some tasty fills and flams, but he really did have one of the best singing voices there ever was in music.. hands down.
I was fortunate enough to see him not long before he passed. He was touring with his daughter Amy. He was as phenomenal then as he was when I saw him as a young kid.
RIP Robbie Robertson (1943-2023). Richard gone 1986. Rick gone 1999. Levon gone 2012. Now Robbie. Only Garth is still with us; may he be for a long time.
Funny story: I loved these guys. My brother sent the album to me; while my little boys (three of them) were standing around me watching me open the package a joint fell out of the album. I picked it up and laughed. My oldest boy asked me, "Why did Uncle Joe send you a cigarette?"
I’m a drummer and I don’t think people realize how difficult it is to play the drums and sing like this at the same time .The Band is very talented and this performance shows that
It was funny to hear Levon say how easy it is to play and sing at the same time. I'm a drummer -- I was telling somebody some years back that playing a doing lead vocals is tough. My girlfriend, "Mike, Levon said it's easy, maybe you're not doing it right...". Me, "thanks, babe.".
I love The Band with all my heart. One of my all time favorite groups ever. R.I.P Richard Manuel, Rick Danko, Levon Helm, Robbie Robertson. They are amazing and will always be in my heart
Ed Sullivan did not listen to any of the bands on his show......he did not book them........he didn't even know the names of the bands or the song titles until his producer would tell it to him right before he would introduce the bands on the air.............
The hawk schooled them all, I thought? He had levon working for him and travelled with the hawk ( I thought anyway, ?)I mean he was the manager? Of the band
RIP to all those legends. It's surreal that Garth is still here while he was the oldest of them all and I hope he can stay a little longer. Music from far before my time, but it's timeless and amazes me to this day.
Yeah. I only discovered The Band aged 16 through Robbie’s music and U2. Standing in the audience waiting for U2 for the Rattle and Hum tour they played ‘Somewhere down the crazy river’ in the intro music and I knew instantly it was Manu Katche’ on drums. Bought the album the next day then began my discovery working backwards to rediscover The Band. Wow. Isn’t music amazing like that. An endless exploration of all the connections and inspired artists feeding off one another. Great stuff.
Saw The Band open up for the Dead at Syracuse Carrier Dome in 1983. This was the year The Band started touring again after years off. Just a phenomenal show all around.
Watched The Last Waltz while I was in labor. My son came into this world hearing the best band and music there is. 20 years later, he has the best appreciation for music and I thank The Band for that.
You cannot duplicate what this group did. There is a uniqueness to what was going on musically, lyrically, and sonically. May Richard Manuel, Rick Danko and Levon Helm rest in peace. Cheers!
He does that exact look in the videos of them playing it at the California studio you see in the documentary about the making of "the brown album" crazy.
This music saved my life. I was driving too tired but I had only 20 miles to go. No stereo in my car but I started singing a Band album from memory with the windows wide open. Made it.
@@jakollee It ain’t guaranteed but it’s worth trying. Up on Cripple Creek gets you about 8 miles. My ancestors were confederate war heroes so I like The night They Drove ol’ Dixie down. My aunt got into trouble for singing a song she’d learned in school. While We Were Marching Through Georgia isn’t a song to sing to great grandfather Henry Chapman, one of Mosby’s Rangers.
@@martinphilip8998 I saw The Band live once (in New Jersey, opening for the Grateful Dead). They did The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, with the audience singing along on the chorus. It was amazing!
I saw a Sullivan clip recently where he goes, "and now, singing his hit 'Delilah', WELSHMAN Tom Jones." Don't know why he felt compelled to throw in that "Welshman."
God sees how He/She/no explainable sees fit. I am a Southern boy from Kentucky..I am a late-bloomer to The Band, and I miss them. Time rolled and rolls on. Kent
@@michaelkentbaker6882 you know that is one time period and one band who a lot of people missed I mean you have to remember there was a barrage of music to listen to in those days and if you blinked it was over but I was just saying just a second ago to someone how I wished I would have paid more attention when I went to some of their shows because what they had to offer not to come around for let's say ever although I got a feeling someone's going to put a band together and pick apart some of their vibe and evolve the sound and I'll be honest with you I'm a guitar player who would be very tempted to start such a bad if I could hook up with the right people but the time she is a tickin
There really is so much God-given talent that was given to these fellows in this group. Just enjoy the music for those who hate the saying: "God-given talent". It's a saying for some; it's a belief for others. Don't get so excited about it. Just enjoy the Band. They sure were great in their day.
We all know how the Band came about and what forged their unique sound. It came from many days on the road and many days and nights playing in the big pink. The gods are irrelevant.
If you like The Band, you should check out Ursa and the Major Key. They have a song called Only The Sky Is Blue that sounds pretty similar to The Band, and their whole album is influenced by The Band, Floyd, Grateful Dead, Beatles, etc.
IT WAS A SWEET TIME in History 66 to 73 .Where you had all these Musicians ,playing and doing their thing , a new thing , with sounds we hadnt heard before , and they were doing it well , and although the excesses of fame caught up with a few of them ,they mostly stayed grounded and rooted in the beauty of making Good Music ,and didnt run off to hollywood with dollar signs in their eyes but stayed true to the craft of Good Music . which they were mostly paid handsomely for . And thats whats missing from music since then , And we are Still Listening to their MUSIC From SO Many Decades Ago . This cut was released in 1969 . peace .
1:41 Garth Hudson with one of the most adoringly shy moments about being on camera. So thankful he is still with us as his contributions to this recording made the difference for me. Love you Garth.
It really is going to be a dark day when Garth and Robbie are gone as well. Seeing the (relatively) recent footage of Garth walking around Big Pink made me a bit sad. A life well-lived, but he certainly is getting up there. Every single member of The Band was a treasure and a character. THESE are the types of artists and "content creators" the world needs and the world needs to know about and learn about and preserve. Not all these fake god and musicians and talents and stars shoved on us today, even if you do your best to turn on, tune in, drop out.
Levon Helm, and i say this a rock/house music fan, has one of the single most iconic voices of all time. Growing up in NY, I often heard him on the Imus show, and holy smokes, that voice is the kind of voice you feel in your bones.
I always like hearing when people have a different taste in music but there's a certain artist that just hits different for them despite not really being part of the genres they normally like to listen to.
So damn solid. Imagine being able to hold down the most solid drum groove and then, sing over it...just slightly behind the beat to make it right in the pocket.
Saw Rick Danko play a small outside gig. My wife and I helped him carry his gear to his car when the show was over. I got to talk to him as we walked. Truly an honor.
The GREAT Ricky! This wonderful singer and awesome bassist displays a variety of personalities in The Last Waltz," but was seen as "just a country boy" by those who knew him. Huge talent!
The Band is one of the greats. Robbie Robertson is a prosaic yet soulful guitar, Levon Helm not only plays the drums but sings as well in addition to playing the mandolin. Rick Danko has one of the most beautiful tenor voices in Rock and Roll, Garth Hudson plays the keys in so many iterations (Piano, organ, clavinet, etc.) that it's mind-boggling. Finally, there is Richard Manuel - The beautiful voice that can sing falsetto one moment, and the next be a beautiful baritone. These five men are geniuses and their basic and prosaic style set the bar for so many bands to follow. RIP - Levon, Rick, Richard, and Robbie. Thanks for enriching our lives.
You nailed it, they all contributed to make The Band the success they became. Some say Levon was the soul of The Band, other say Rick. Without Robbie to wiite songs and without Richard, Levon and Rick (my favorite) to sing them they would not be the same, and lets not forget Garth, whatever he did was perfection
This performance was shot as if an interview was being given, full of closeups. Amazing how routinely bad the camera work was for performances in the 60s. Not one single frame where they panned out to capture the artist AND their instrument or the whole band together playing.
Reminds me as young guy listening to this on an 8 track in the back of my ‘65 VW camper with my hippy girlfriend I know what Heaven looks like...I’ve been there
@@douglasminger2926 wow don't you wish you hang on to some of those vehicles I think I had every model Volkswagen that was made except for the scirocco and the rabbit but I had the square back the fast back many Vans many bugs but one of my favorite vehicles was the Volkswagen square back with a 1600 CC motor with dual Port heads and when I rebuilt that thing it ran like a Porsche
Ed Sullivan Show always did the wide shots, so it sticks out here. It's like they had three cameras on stage too close to the Band for anything but close-ups. Maybe they weren't playing to a live audience that day?
I am of the Bands first generation of fans. I watched this video with great enjoyment of the Band in all the glory of their early days. Having seen the Beatles in Ed Sullivan in 1964 at the age of 14 Sullivan’s “here’s something for the youngsters” didn’t seem condescending and dismissive. But when introducing the Band it does. These are men singing a song about an adult subject and the music transcends any age group. I realize now that at the time this performance was recorded Sullivan was out of touch with his market and the times. But he did present some great performers of my generation on his show.
When I first heard it I thought somebody just knew how to play a Jew's Harp really well like my father because that's the sound I heard. If you listen to Simon and Garfunkel's The Boxer you'll hear a similar sound but it's done with a fiddle bow on a guitar.
This fantastic clip is from 11/2/69. Other musical guests on Ed's show that night were Petula Clark andPearl Bailey. Rock pop, and Broadway all on the same show. We will never see variety like that again.
@@packingten You were close that I probably wasn't born yet--I was 18. I love how people judge and jump to conclusions on these threads. Tell me what is not G-rated about the deleted verse. Do you even know the song??
Ed Sullivan! The Kat was waaaay ahead of his time. Im sixtyfive years old. Mr. Sullivan was older than my grandparents.. America would have missed out on a lot of art if it was not for Ed, The Mammas and the Pappas, Donavon, the Smothers Brothers, Sonny and Cher, the Effing Stones. Topo Gigio (My favorite!) He was waaay cool!
How Cool Is This.. Funny that Ed called it a little treat for the youngsters when most All of their songs had roots that were deeper than the Mississippi River.. Watched this at the time, thinking that there would Never be another chance to see it again.. How often do you get to see Garth Hudsun smile, up close and personal.. Not often enough.. Thanks for the return trip to the days when Music was Real, and our Passion ran Deep... Lary
The first and last time I saw 'The Band' live was at Jahrhunderthalle Frankfurt, May 20,1971, almost 50 years ago, with my Army buddies. The 'Stage Fright' European Tour. The auditorium was 1/2 full, so we moved way up front. Good times.
Back then they called this rock, and today if a band played like this folks might call it country....but whatever you call it or category you try to sort it in.....it's damn fine music.
GOOD MUSIC - is GOOD MUSIC!! That's Just the way it is! THIS IS Some of the BEST MUSIC - ACROSS the BOARD - labels mean Little - It's What is Created that Counts & This is A GR8 Tune! You Can HELP But Groove to it - & THAT has held TRUE for over 50YEARS!! Thank the UNIVERSE 4Giving us - THE BAND!!
@@fordmustang3265 Wikipedia says "The Band was a Canadian-American rock group formed in Toronto, Ontario, in 1967"....and you know you can trust that site. ;)
@@skigdividerx4991 Yes, must not forget Tommy Lee Jones. The entire cast sparkles. I remember the pre-release publicity tour for Coal Miner's Daughter forty-one years ago. They rightly made a big deal out of Sissy Spacek and Beverley D'Angelo doing their own vocals in the film.
Levon was a good actor also. A very talented guy and the Band was a major influence during the early rock and roll years and beyond of rock and roll adding the southern influence to it. Robbie Robertson created and contributed a vast number of hits. Each member was vital to those years and vital to southern rock. They are truly missed.
Born and raised in Lake Charles, Louisiana and this was very cool to have my little home town in a national song. The race track they sing about is called Delta Downs and it’s still there today. It’s actually about 20 minutes away west in Vinton, Louisiana.
I love the The Last Waltz and it's how i first discovered The Band but i can't agree. Richard Manuel was a pivotal presence on those classic recordings and due to his severe substance problems during The Band's final days, he is all but absent from the film. The Last Waltz is great but it sadly offers an incomplete picture of what The Band really were about.
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Levon Helm, pulling triple duty, singing, drumming, and wearing a tweed jacket
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Wow.. what a pro!
On a southern boy, tweed is a hard thing to pull off.
@@klpittman1I tuck my "y'alls" up under my hat when I wear tweed!
@@klpittman1 It helps that they all look like civil war veterans.
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I work in a seniors long term care home. A resident of mine, is the wife of one of the band members who has since passed. Due to confidentiality I can’t say the name. What I can say is I am a guitar player. I would sing songs to the seniors . One day she told me her story and asked if she could teach me to sing. She has dementia and we play her husbands old songs all day long and she smiles and laughs and shows me pictures like you wouldn’t believe. Pictures of all the years of touring. Watching them grow old in the photos. Her daughter told me if her husband was here today he would grab his instrument and sing right along side with me. Music is so powerful, incredible.
That’s an awesome story!
This is amazing. Some of these story’s go by forever unknown!
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Wow, very cool! Thank you for caring for our Seniors! ❤
Levon Helm always made me feel like I was listening to someone from the 19th century singing, even though he was singing 'modern' music. No one else gave me this impression. It was so uncanny and unsettling. Honestly, I think he's channelling ghosts from the old South.
he was like ringo, when he sang it was real different from the rest of the music.
In the time of acid/psychedelic rock this was refreshing. Roots music.
You might enjoy the music of Gillian Welsh
One of the greatest bands to ever come out of Canada
You might listen to the soulful Van Morrison from Belfast.
Not only was Levon Helm one of the most incredible groove drummers with some tasty fills and flams, but he really did have one of the best singing voices there ever was in music.. hands down.
I was fortunate enough to see him not long before he passed. He was touring with his daughter Amy. He was as phenomenal then as he was when I saw him as a young kid.
He was amazing.
He was a good actor also. He was in a few movies.
@@donaldmartin5649 That one with Wahlberg as Mr. Rate. Of course "Coal Miners Daughter". Several others. Thank you for the reminder of the films. 🕉 ☮
@@kimberlydeeney5652 The Shooter
RIP Robbie Robertson (1943-2023). Richard gone 1986. Rick gone 1999. Levon gone 2012. Now Robbie. Only Garth is still with us; may he be for a long time.
Garth always looking like he could be any age between 30 and 60.
Funny story: I loved these guys. My brother sent the album to me; while my little boys (three of them) were standing around me watching me open the package a joint fell out of the album. I picked it up and laughed. My oldest boy asked me, "Why did Uncle Joe send you a cigarette?"
They were real, weren't they? I mean The Band.
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I’m a drummer and I don’t think people realize how difficult it is to play the drums and sing like this at the same time .The Band is very talented and this performance shows that
It was funny to hear Levon say how easy it is to play and sing at the same time. I'm a drummer -- I was telling somebody some years back that playing a doing lead vocals is tough. My girlfriend, "Mike, Levon said it's easy, maybe you're not doing it right...". Me, "thanks, babe.".
It's impossible for me to do it.
Yes...Iget it...hey now!!!
Don Henley ?
@@xavierfandre1626 Don Henley is one of the best singing drummers of all time
I love The Band with all my heart. One of my all time favorite groups ever. R.I.P Richard Manuel, Rick Danko, Levon Helm, Robbie Robertson. They are amazing and will always be in my heart
The world owes a big Appreciation still for Ed Sullivan
@King Doc and even Ed himself could carry a tune
@@dagnabbit6187 Really? Never heard him. Do you have a video Link?
Ed Sullivan did not listen to any of the bands on his show......he did not book them........he didn't even know the names of the bands or the song titles until his producer would tell it to him right before he would introduce the bands on the air.............
@@kingdoc3262 You Tube Ed Sullivan and Peter O’ Toole singing .
@@dagnabbit6187 you can't place the link friend?
The Band IS the greatest band of all-time! Who's with me??
Well, it seems' just us, *The Chosen Few!*
Don't know about being the greatest but the Band are right up there with the best
I have never seen a band where every band member is just confidently killing it and having fun…on a national big deal TV show. Holy sheeet just great.
Yes
I'm with you on that!
HOW did these CANADIAN musicians get so DEEP into the heart of AMERICA?
Levon!!!!
The hawk schooled them all, I thought? He had levon working for him and travelled with the hawk ( I thought anyway, ?)I mean he was the manager? Of the band
Kevin, the drummer was from Arkansas
Big Pink that's you need to know.
Back then, you truly paid dues on the ROAD. Next time you see a street player kick a $20
Starving Musicians is no joke.
Semper Fi
Rest in peace, Robbie. May your memory be a blessing. Thanks for the amazing music.
Robbie and the Band. Just wanna get up and dance. Thanks so much guys.
RIP to all those legends. It's surreal that Garth is still here while he was the oldest of them all and I hope he can stay a little longer.
Music from far before my time, but it's timeless and amazes me to this day.
Our relative Robbie finally crossed over that Ole Cripple Creek on the back of an seeing through the eyes of the great 🦅 ..!! Waste Lola.. A’ho 🪶
❤❤❤
Yeah. I only discovered The Band aged 16 through Robbie’s music and U2. Standing in the audience waiting for U2 for the Rattle and Hum tour they played ‘Somewhere down the crazy river’ in the intro music and I knew instantly it was Manu Katche’ on drums. Bought the album the next day then began my discovery working backwards to rediscover The Band. Wow. Isn’t music amazing like that. An endless exploration of all the connections and inspired artists feeding off one another. Great stuff.
They were the best of the best, and Levon is still King.
Rest in peace, Robbie Robertson. So sad to hear that you passed away at age 80, on August 9, 2023. 🙏
will get posthumous Oscar for Soundtrack to latest Scorsese marathon
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Seeing the BAND and the Dead together in one show was .....the BEST!
Must have been totally amazing !
Saw The Band open up for the Dead at Syracuse Carrier Dome in 1983. This was the year The Band started touring again after years off. Just a phenomenal show all around.
@@hawkeye_544 I was at the Dead and Neil young at Rich stadium Buffalo,
I bow to your good fortune and memories. 🙏🏽
Watched The Last Waltz while I was in labor. My son came into this world hearing the best band and music there is. 20 years later, he has the best appreciation for music and I thank The Band for that.
Did you name him "Levon"?
How beautiful and wonderful way to enter the world
Right on! my kind a gal for sure. we do live our music even now @ sixty one.
one of the coolest stories if heard this week . Well u know its like Lynyrd Skynyrd said while talking about their fans , Get em while there young . !
Wow how neat !
Here in 2024...THE BAND!! 🌟 Great memories during simpler times...wish I could go back..💓
Can't go back hang on tight to the great memories.
.live them over and over ❤
You cannot duplicate what this group did. There is a uniqueness to what was going on musically, lyrically, and sonically. May Richard Manuel, Rick Danko and Levon Helm rest in peace. Cheers!
Amen, every time I see or hear their music I'm amazed how they remained true to their craft and humble at the same time. Gentleman all.
The band was just that; THE band! 😎👊🤘👍👏
and Robbie Robertson
@@frankbullitt4556 wym and Robbie he’s still alive
@@Toby-Wan-Kenobi940 Yes. He and Garth Hudson are the only surviving members from this classic lineup.
We'll never forget you Robbie. Rest peacefully down by Cripple Creek.
That Garth look at 1:42 I just love. The spirit of the gig
He does that exact look in the videos of them playing it at the California studio you see in the documentary about the making of "the brown album" crazy.
He sees himself on the monitor and knows it's coast to coast. 🤣
YES
He knows. He just knows he hit every note, and it was just amazing!!!!!! 😉😉👍👍
R.I.P. Robbie, thanks for all the tunes. We will take The Weight now.
You could drop this group into ANY era or time period and they would be one of the coolest groups out there!
@@ebbyjones3177 Maybe but they still play many of their hits
on am/fm radio 📻today
@@ebbyjones3177 Truth.
Including, like, Louisiana in 1858 😊
@@ebbyjones3177What’s “radio”?? 😊
YUP
This music saved my life. I was driving too tired but I had only 20 miles to go. No stereo in my car but I started singing a Band album from memory with the windows wide open. Made it.
That’s a lovely story 😊
American Pie ended as me and a friend made it home one night in no condition to drive...
I've done the same when starting to nod off driving tired late at night, singing out loud to stay awake!
@@jakollee It ain’t guaranteed but it’s worth trying. Up on Cripple Creek gets you about 8 miles. My ancestors were confederate war heroes so I like The night They Drove ol’ Dixie down. My aunt got into trouble for singing a song she’d learned in school. While We Were Marching Through Georgia isn’t a song to sing to great grandfather Henry Chapman, one of Mosby’s Rangers.
@@martinphilip8998 I saw The Band live once (in New Jersey, opening for the Grateful Dead). They did The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, with the audience singing along on the chorus. It was amazing!
That classic Garth Hudson smirk...
Only guessing, I think he felt a little shy when he realized the camera was on him. What a treasure he is.
The Band on Sullivan? I was in first grade. Sullivan had a lot of new, decent talent on for an older guy.
RIP Robbie Robertson ( and Richard Manuel, Rick Danko and Levon Helm). Thanks for the best music and memories ever.
"Here's the new recording sensation for you youngsters." Ed Sullivan was the best.
Thought it was Richard Nixon dude!
I might of been a youngster when I saw it!
I saw a Sullivan clip recently where he goes, "and now, singing his hit 'Delilah', WELSHMAN Tom Jones." Don't know why he felt compelled to throw in that "Welshman."
@@ronniechilds2002 because the Welsh are noted singers.
@@ronniechilds2002 Because Tom Jones is Welsh?
So much God given talent, but Levon’s authentic Southern soul makes this track.
God sees how He/She/no explainable sees fit. I am a Southern boy from Kentucky..I am a late-bloomer to The Band, and I miss them. Time rolled and rolls on. Kent
@@michaelkentbaker6882 you know that is one time period and one band who a lot of people missed I mean you have to remember there was a barrage of music to listen to in those days and if you blinked it was over but I was just saying just a second ago to someone how I wished I would have paid more attention when I went to some of their shows because what they had to offer not to come around for let's say ever although I got a feeling someone's going to put a band together and pick apart some of their vibe and evolve the sound and I'll be honest with you I'm a guitar player who would be very tempted to start such a bad if I could hook up with the right people but the time she is a tickin
@Lucifer C Well said and 100% true. Wish people would stop with this nonsense.
There really is so much God-given talent that was given to these fellows in this group.
Just enjoy the music for those who hate the saying: "God-given talent".
It's a saying for some; it's a belief for others. Don't get so excited about it.
Just enjoy the Band. They sure were great in their day.
We all know how the Band came about and what forged their unique sound. It came from many days on the road and many days and nights playing in the big pink. The gods are irrelevant.
One of the best Canadian Bands to ever wrote some of the best quintessential American Songs ever.
Steppenwolf and RUSH just may have something to say about that.
Levon is American bro
@@Airfarts_ Your correct that Levon was an American who joined the Canadian Group in Toronto .The rest of the band were Canadians.
neil young lol he got called out on it tho
I think he means some were, 4 out of 5, I believe, and they were put together as a band by a Canadian, Ronnie Hawkins.
I remember this show.
Was hooked from that point on.
Saw them at boston college in 1970
I was only 14 and it's still the greatest concert of my life
These gentleman were some of the most talented people to ever play music. Absolutely brilliant and talented each and every one!
The key word you mentioned, Talent. 🔥🔥🔥🔥 very few have Talent these days. Very sad 😔
If you like The Band, you should check out Ursa and the Major Key. They have a song called Only The Sky Is Blue that sounds pretty similar to The Band, and their whole album is influenced by The Band, Floyd, Grateful Dead, Beatles, etc.
IT WAS A SWEET TIME in History 66 to 73 .Where you had all these Musicians ,playing and doing their thing , a new thing , with sounds we hadnt heard before , and they were doing it well , and although the excesses of fame caught up with a few of them ,they mostly stayed grounded and rooted in the beauty of making Good Music ,and didnt run off to hollywood with dollar signs in their eyes but stayed true to the craft of Good Music . which they were mostly paid handsomely for . And thats whats missing from music since then , And we are Still Listening to their MUSIC From SO Many Decades Ago . This cut was released in 1969 . peace .
no they werent, they dont compare to chopin, beethoven, bach etc
Garth's shit-eating-grin is just the absolute best!!!!
Levon Helm is the high priest of Southern Soul
RIP Robbie Robertson thanks for good times!
How are you? So sorry for the infringe on your privacy. Beautiful song
1:41 Garth Hudson with one of the most adoringly shy moments about being on camera. So thankful he is still with us as his contributions to this recording made the difference for me. Love you Garth.
Indeed ... but the camera stayed on him a bit too long in that extreme close up. {with all do respect}
I was thinking the same thing... without Garth (frankly without any of them taken away from the whole) there is no The Band
It really is going to be a dark day when Garth and Robbie are gone as well. Seeing the (relatively) recent footage of Garth walking around Big Pink made me a bit sad. A life well-lived, but he certainly is getting up there.
Every single member of The Band was a treasure and a character. THESE are the types of artists and "content creators" the world needs and the world needs to know about and learn about and preserve. Not all these fake god and musicians and talents and stars shoved on us today, even if you do your best to turn on, tune in, drop out.
Garth to himself: This riff is so good, people will still be listening in +50 years.
Us: Yep
Garth is a Shaman
RIP, Robbie Robertson. Thanks for the great music!
Levon Helm, and i say this a rock/house music fan, has one of the single most iconic voices of all time. Growing up in NY, I often heard him on the Imus show, and holy smokes, that voice is the kind of voice you feel in your bones.
Even more so after he got his voice back after having throat cancer!
Forever
@@NorthWriter no his original was obviously Golden . u try throat cancer and see if u can hit yur dow ra me s .
I always like hearing when people have a different taste in music but there's a certain artist that just hits different for them despite not really being part of the genres they normally like to listen to.
Holy smokes is right. Smokes killed him
If you're new to The Band, you're watching one of the best bands that ever was. Good God, they were great!
Their documentary "The Last Waltz" is probably in the top two or three all time great music documentaries.
So damn solid. Imagine being able to hold down the most solid drum groove and then, sing over it...just slightly behind the beat to make it right in the pocket.
Levon knew how to make the music cook.
Sounding exactly like there recordings. Not doctored, just pure talent
Absolutely one of my favorite bands of all time -- and I'm 77 now. No one ever did a better version of "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"!
Dam Right!
Saw Rick Danko play a small outside gig. My wife and I helped him carry his gear to his car when the show was over. I got to talk to him as we walked. Truly an honor.
The GREAT Ricky! This wonderful singer and awesome bassist displays a variety of personalities in
The Last Waltz," but was seen as "just a country boy" by those who knew him. Huge talent!
Classic.
This sounds as fresh in 2021 as it did in...gulp...1969? Levon So nails this. On skins and the mic.
Amen, brother,!
My favorite by them. RIP Robbie Robertson.
THE Band, not just The Band...One Robbie and Garth alive today May 2021.
The Band is one of the greats. Robbie Robertson is a prosaic yet soulful guitar, Levon Helm not only plays the drums but sings as well in addition to playing the mandolin. Rick Danko has one of the most beautiful tenor voices in Rock and Roll, Garth Hudson plays the keys in so many iterations (Piano, organ, clavinet, etc.) that it's mind-boggling. Finally, there is Richard Manuel - The beautiful voice that can sing falsetto one moment, and the next be a beautiful baritone. These five men are geniuses and their basic and prosaic style set the bar for so many bands to follow. RIP - Levon, Rick, Richard, and Robbie. Thanks for enriching our lives.
You nailed it, they all contributed to make The Band the success they became. Some say Levon was the soul of The Band, other say Rick. Without Robbie to wiite songs and without Richard, Levon and Rick (my favorite) to sing them they would not be the same, and lets not forget Garth, whatever he did was perfection
Manuel was Helms favourite drummer!
This performance was shot as if an interview was being given, full of closeups. Amazing how routinely bad the camera work was for performances in the 60s. Not one single frame where they panned out to capture the artist AND their instrument or the whole band together playing.
Reminds me as young guy listening to this on an 8 track in the back of my ‘65 VW camper with my hippy girlfriend
I know what Heaven looks like...I’ve been there
Me and my sweet darlin' back then were probably parked in the '62 VW bus next to you
Except this album came out in 68
@@samhoyer4898 psst...didn’t say my ‘65 VW was new at the time now did I?
Actually it was in 1979
@@douglasminger2926 wow don't you wish you hang on to some of those vehicles I think I had every model Volkswagen that was made except for the scirocco and the rabbit but I had the square back the fast back many Vans many bugs but one of my favorite vehicles was the Volkswagen square back with a 1600 CC motor with dual Port heads and when I rebuilt that thing it ran like a Porsche
RIP Levon. Thanks for the music.
Would’ve been nice to have seen a wide shot of the band occasionally.
Ed Sullivan Show always did the wide shots, so it sticks out here. It's like they had three cameras on stage too close to the Band for anything but close-ups. Maybe they weren't playing to a live audience that day?
True...the Band was such an interesting group of people, each with a very distinctive style. I love the group photo on Music From Big Pink.
Was thinking the exact same thing.
Seconded
03:40
Classic
One of the best bands of the era!
Rick’s backing vocal supporting Levon’s lead just fits so perfectly. These 5 are THE Band. Accept no substitutes.
Nothing beats the original lineup.
@@blueschewy2558 they still made some pretty sweet music when they reformed in the 80s though.
@@owenroherty397 I agree. Richard Manuel was brilliant.
@@blueschewy2558 The original lineup included Hawk Hawkins. You want him in? Ha ha ha ha.
@@hyzercreek I would have no objection. After all, Ronnie did show up for The Last Waltz.
Flawless performance... The arrangement, the vocals, the tempo, the harmonies and Garth with that sick wah pedal clav.
He was trying for that jew's harp sound, but found something stronger.
they forgot a verse.
@@c-dublife Maybe they cut it short due to TV show time constraints? Still a great live version, not lip-synced to a recording!
@@c-dublife Yep it was Back at the shack and Spike Lee verse , Maybe the line I took another pull that wasn't allowed on TV ..
@@jakollee The vocals were live, the music was pre-recorded.
cool handsome and best voice Levon
It is impossible to overstate the greatness of Levon Helm.
I am of the Bands first generation of fans. I watched this video with great enjoyment of the Band in all the glory of their early days. Having seen the Beatles in Ed Sullivan in 1964 at the age of 14 Sullivan’s “here’s something for the youngsters” didn’t seem condescending and dismissive. But when introducing the Band it does. These are men singing a song about an adult subject and the music transcends any age group. I realize now that at the time this performance was recorded Sullivan was out of touch with his market and the times. But he did present some great performers of my generation on his show.
Any doubt this is one of the best vocalists in rock? And playing drums at the same time?
No doubt at all. 👍🙏👍🙏
Pure Talent 👍🏻
Garth Hudson the only surviving member taught "The Band" how to be a Band, he deserves much more recognition than he gets.
You are so right!!! 💓
It will never stop being cool to me
that Garth Hudson thought to play a clavinet through a wah-wah pedal.
I think he's the first one to do that, and it became a regular thing in soul music.
and riffing with his left hand in the low register
So THAT'S what that is. Thank you.
You know I never realized what the hell that was but damn that was the s***
When I first heard it I thought somebody just knew how to play a Jew's Harp really well like my father because that's the sound I heard. If you listen to Simon and Garfunkel's The Boxer you'll hear a similar sound but it's done with a fiddle bow on a guitar.
If y'all haven't seen The Last Waltz, it's a keeper.
Thank you 😭
I mean THANK YOU
Great movie! The best about A rock BAND!
Yeah, some of my all-time favorite music: The Last Waltz!! Thanks Alison!!
Also check out the documentary, Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band.
Yodel odel odel ooooooohhhhhhhh!!!!!!! Listening in Dundee , Scotland 🏴🏴🏴
I remember "The Last Waltz", such a classic performance from a class act band.
The greatest. THE Band.
They were so good. How the bloody hell can you sing and play the skins at the same time? R.I.P. Levi, Rick and Richard.
This fantastic clip is from 11/2/69. Other musical guests on Ed's show that night were Petula Clark andPearl Bailey. Rock pop, and Broadway all on the same show. We will never see variety like that again.
The days when families would all watch and enjoy one big TV 📺 screen together. Wonderful memories!
Yeah, and all that variety forced the boys to cut out a verse. 'Me and my mate....'
@@danm3213 Clean Ed!!!
@@danm3213 Ed's show was G rated like things SHOULD BE NOW!. You act like this was a bad thing,You probably weren't born yet..
@@packingten You were close that I probably wasn't born yet--I was 18. I love how people judge and jump to conclusions on these threads. Tell me what is not G-rated about the deleted verse. Do you even know the song??
RIP Robbie R. Forget about Rush or the Guess Who. The Band is the best rock band that came out of Canada
I get a kick out of the facial expressions Garth makes when he's featured on camera. I've seen similar in other video's.
Greatest Drummer Singer of ALL TIME
RIP Robbie Roberson. Thank you for all the songs and music.....
Ed Sullivan! The Kat was waaaay ahead of his time. Im sixtyfive years old. Mr. Sullivan was older than my grandparents.. America would have missed out on a lot of art if it was not for Ed, The Mammas and the Pappas, Donavon, the Smothers Brothers, Sonny and Cher, the Effing Stones. Topo Gigio (My favorite!) He was waaay cool!
RIP Levon, RIP Rick, RIP Robbie, RIP Richard. Garth is still kicking as I type this.
The lasy waltz is the greatest music film ever, nothing comes near it. 🎶
Levon,Helm and the band kick ass group
If "Whispering Pines" were the only song they ever recorded they'd still be my favorite group.
Or Unfaithful Servant.
Absolutely.
That's a great exercise to play with other bands. So how about "Behind Blue Eyes" or "Tommy" for The Who?
You get the feeling that Richard is pouring his heart out in that song.
Or Rockin' Chair. Or Acadian Driftwood. Or Right as Rain. Or …
I named my dog Bessie.
She died a few months ago
She was 17
I will forever sing this song
Levon is the coolest human to ever step foot on this planet.
RiP Robbie and the rest of Band who has passed on. Robbie was from my hometowon Toronto and this hit me hard. sad day. :(
How Cool Is This.. Funny that Ed called it a little treat for the youngsters when most All of their songs had roots that were deeper than the Mississippi River.. Watched this at the time, thinking that there would Never be another chance to see it again.. How often do you get to see Garth Hudsun smile, up close and personal.. Not often enough.. Thanks for the return trip to the days when Music was Real, and our Passion ran Deep... Lary
Please remember that Great Art and Great Music is what keeps us Alive...
My best.. Lary
@@larydixon4824 don't forget Belgian waffles
@Arlen Margolin - Definitely one of the essentials for a Good Life, right along with a doughnut with your tea.. Oh yeah... Lary
It is cool, cooler yet; a LOT of youngsters of the day appreciated this music for what it was (is), incredibly good, and authentically groovy.
Yeah bc as soon as the youngsters gig was done the channel was changed.
The first and last time I saw 'The Band' live was at Jahrhunderthalle Frankfurt, May 20,1971, almost 50 years ago, with my Army buddies. The 'Stage Fright' European Tour. The auditorium was 1/2 full, so we moved way up front. Good times.
The Band.. the best band
How good is that!! The greatest band ever with a legendary performance on the biggest stage.
The Band is timeless no matter if you heard them 100 years ago... right now... or 100 years from now.
It was the 20th Century and 1969 far from being 100 years ago. I graduated from Jr. High School in 1969.
Back then they called this rock, and today if a band played like this folks might call it country....but whatever you call it or category you try to sort it in.....it's damn fine music.
kinda in the vein of The Eagles
GOOD MUSIC - is GOOD MUSIC!! That's Just the way it is! THIS IS Some of the BEST MUSIC - ACROSS the BOARD - labels mean Little - It's What is Created that Counts & This is A GR8 Tune! You Can HELP But Groove to it - & THAT has held TRUE for over 50YEARS!! Thank the UNIVERSE 4Giving us - THE BAND!!
No they didn't. It was called Folk Music
@@fordmustang3265 Wikipedia says "The Band was a Canadian-American rock group formed in Toronto, Ontario, in 1967"....and you know you can trust that site. ;)
Country rock, today it's Americana.
Only eleven years later Levon Helm would portray Loretta Lynn's father, so well too, in Coal Miner's Daughter (1980).
Only 11 years? He was a great actor and a treasure..
@@skigdividerx4991 Indeed, especially in _that_ movie. Considering that filming commenced sometime in 1979 then it was only just a decade later.
@@TralfazConstruction That was a great movie. Tommy Lee made it for me! Another great!
@@skigdividerx4991 Yes, must not forget Tommy Lee Jones. The entire cast sparkles. I remember the pre-release publicity tour for Coal Miner's Daughter forty-one years ago. They rightly made a big deal out of Sissy Spacek and Beverley D'Angelo doing their own vocals in the film.
Oh ya! Forgot about that
This is My very favorite song ever and I am 10 years old and I am from Arkansas😃
Levon was a good actor also. A very talented guy and the Band was a major influence during the early rock and roll years and beyond of rock and roll adding the southern influence to it. Robbie Robertson created and contributed a vast number of hits. Each member was vital to those years and vital to southern rock. They are truly missed.
Robbie ⭐️
Real MUSiC and musicians is hard to find theses days.... This BAND was IT
I think they are the best group of all time. Not just an subjective opinion
Born and raised in Lake Charles, Louisiana and this was very cool to have my little home town in a national song. The race track they sing about is called Delta Downs and it’s still there today. It’s actually about 20 minutes away west in Vinton, Louisiana.
This track and the 'weight' price-
-less.''Music from big Pink" a real
-classic work.👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
I'm in Orange, Texas..... just a few miles up the road.....
Always loved the reference. I’m right in between in Sulphur. Huge Band fan!!!
I’m also from Lake Charles,grew up there and everyone called me Bessy lol,loved this song
They’re so young!
RIP Robbie Robertson the rock world is in mourning for the loss of this great songwriter/guitarist. I was fortunate to meet him two times. 🥲
Got to see them perform in Boston on Fourth of July 1993. Great group, the beginning of roots rock
Saw them in Ottawa on Canada Day that same year.
@@aarongoldstein7614 GREAT.
@@aarongoldstein7614 AND LUCKY.
Make sure to watch "The Last Waltz" if you ever get the chance, THE Band at their best !
You Are soooooo RIGHT !!!!!!! in my opinion it's the best live performance in the world.
I love the The Last Waltz and it's how i first discovered The Band but i can't agree. Richard Manuel was a pivotal presence on those classic recordings and due to his severe substance problems during The Band's final days, he is all but absent from the film. The Last Waltz is great but it sadly offers an incomplete picture of what The Band really were about.
Forget the movie. The actual 4 hr concert is on UA-cam. Well worth the time investment.
They were all so young here. Getting old sucks.
These guys really cleaned up for this big moment
One of the best bands from Canada
The groove on this song is incredible - you can’t stop moving when you hear it!
This song was good❤😂
I'm with you! Damn great band. My favorite! I'm 73 and still play all their songs!
Playing time and phrasing the lyric over that is why it's tricky. Levon was a true natural. All were special in their own unique way. Love The Band.
Damn I wish I could have experienced life when this music was new