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March 3, 2020the band

Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band

Reviewed at Roger Ebert. Not withstanding the accusations leveled against Robbie, well-worth checking out. The subtitle though is revealing eh? Documentary filmmusicroots musicthe band

July 1, 2018the band

Music from Big Pink

To commemorate Canada Day and exactly 50 years since the release of this all-time classic album on July 1, 1968: i.e. Canada Day. To my mind, The Band stand as the greatest “beat combo” of them all with roots extending from Acadia down to Acadiana and back again with so much more in-between — thereby hitting…

April 24, 2015music, the band

I guess the name couldn’t have been more prescient — THE band! IMHO this is the greatest band of all for many reasons as nicely set out in this documentary (yet another excellent installment to the Classic album series). The three primary and inextricably linked markers of their greatness: 1. indifferent to mainstream musical fashion;…

January 4, 2015levon helm, the band

From the Band’s Music, the Weight Builds a Future

This from the NYT levon helmmusicthe bandthe weight

April 29, 2012levon helm, locke, political philosophy, robbie robertson, the band

Lockean proviso

Marking the loss of a musical giant – Levon Helm – this song’s lyrics has a form of the Lockean proviso (the song was written by Robbie Robertson): Back with my wife in Tennessee, when one day she called to me “Virgil, quick, come see, there go the Robert E.Lee” Now I don’t mind choppin’ wood,…