Music Appreciation

appalachiablue

(44,184 posts) Fri Apr 14, 2023, 03:28 PM Apr 2023

The Band - The Weight - Live, Woodstock 🎸

- Aug. 17, 1969. Levon Helm, drums, vocals; Richard Danko, bass, vocals; Robbie Robertson, acoustic guitar, vocals; Garth Hudson, piano; Richard Manuel, flute (?).

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The Band - The Weight - Live, Woodstock 🎸 (Original Post) appalachiablue Apr 2023 OP

Not sure their exists a better rendition than one on The Last Waltz w/Staple Singers Hugh_Lebowski Apr 2023 #1

Wonderful ENO in 2024 Apr 2023 #2

Hugh_Lebowski

(33,643 posts)

1. Not sure their exists a better rendition than one on The Last Waltz w/Staple Singers

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Fri Apr 14, 2023, 03:43 PM

Apr 2023

But still damn, damn cool

I loved Rick Danko, dude was such a goofball.

ENO in 2024

(82 posts)

2. Wonderful

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Fri Apr 14, 2023, 03:50 PM

Apr 2023

I don't think they're in the original movie. I know the grateful dead and neil young wouldn't allow their performances. I think playing at night would have been a challenge for a group. Love the Band, and they always sounded pretty loose. To me. And so American.

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