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RIP Robbie Robertson (Patreon)

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2023-08-10 19:08:32
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2026-06
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THANKS TO MICHELE MICHELE FOR THIS AMAZING MARATHON!!  

1). “DON’T DO IT”   LIVE from The Last Waltz, 1978 (originally 1970). 

2). “SHOWDOWN AT BIG SKY”  1987.   

3). “UP ON CRIPPLE CREEK”  LIVE from the Last Waltz, 1978 (originally 1969).  

4). “SOMEWHERE DOWN THE CRAZY RIVER”. 1987 

5). “THE WEIGHT” LIVE from The Last Waltz, 1978 (originally from 1968) with The Staples !  

This video was blocked by MGM so I uploaded  the FULL VERSION ON PATREON !!

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RIP ROBBIE ROBERTSON

This is "RIP ROBBIE ROBERTSON" by NicknLex on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

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Lamar Savage

Trust me, Nick - you and Lex need to take an evening and watch "The Last Waltz" film from start to finish! It is a masterwork!

KevB(rewski)

Ahhh, here is The Weight! Great idea Michele and Nick! Robbie and The Band were a seminal part of music history. Started out as The Hawks, Bob Dylan's backing band on the 1966 tour when Dylan made the historic and monumental move to "go electric" from pure acoustic folk in Manchester England. This was literal blasphemy for the very serious diehard Folk community back then, the crowd actually yelled out "Judas" and booed Dylan. Folk was the intellectual serious music back then and rock n roll was regarded as teeny bopper not serious music. Robbie and what later became The Band were there playing this blasphemous electric music right there with Dylan. After their run as Dylan's backing band, Robbie and the Hawks moved to a pink house in the Woodstock area in 67. They worked with Dylan on a huge number of songs in very informal recording sessions that Dylan was writing or covering, very down to earth rootsy music. These were recorded but never released for years. They were the famous "Basement Tapes" which became the Holy Grail for Dylan bootleggers. Now they've all been released and contain many gems, and its really the starting point of Americana roots music. The Hawks changed their name to simply The Band, and in that pink house they worked on their debut album as a band on their own, the iconic Music From Big Pink. It included reworkings of several tunes from the Basement Tapes sessions such as Tears of Rage, I Shall be Released, and This Wheel's on Fire. They also came up with their first seminal classic, The Weight, which became a huge hit, and other gems such as Chest Fever, both written by Robbie. The album was rural rootsy rock meant to be the opposite of the hippy flower power Summer of Love psychedelia going on in San Francisco and in reaction to Sgt Pepper by the Beatles, which Dylan had regarded as overdone and indulgent. Their next album released in 1969 was simply called The Band and is known as the Brown album, and it was even better than Big Pink. Every song is an iconic gem. Robertson wrote most of the songs, including the great Civil War tale The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down inspired by meeting and talking with drummer/singer Levon Helm's parents in Arkansas (the only American in the Band, the rest were Canadian). That was a huge hit (later made even bigger when Joan Baez recorded it). Other gems were Up on Cripple Creek (another hit), Rag Mama Rag, Whispering Pines, Unfaithful Servant and King Harvest (Has Surely Come). The impact of these 2 albums on what came to be known as Roots rock, Americana music cannot be overstated. I love the cover photos on the Brown album, the black and white pics that look like they were taken in the 1860s instead of the 1960s. Like I think Levon said of that album, they wanted to give you the smell of the autumn harvest, the pines of the forest, the sights and sounds of the carnival coming to town, the quiet of a rocking chair on an old porch etc. They had a great but relatively short career in their initial run. They played at Woodstock in 1969 with a great set (basically in their back yard, lol). They toured again with Dylan in 1974 (after a long period where Dylan wasn't performing live very much). Then, they surprisingly called it a day in 1976, and performed and recorded the famous Thanksgiving 1976 Farewell Concert which Scorsese filmed and released as The Last Waltz (the film was released in 1978). Robbie then went on with a solo career. They were a very special band, 3 great lead singers, all multi instrumentalists, with a huge impact on music. The Brown album is deserving of a FULL reaction, it has a special feel and flow to it. Its ANTI COMMERCIAL music. RIP Robbie, you're joining Levon, Richard, Rick again. Garth is the only one left sadly. The Last Waltz has been released on both a Special Edition blu ray and most recently as a Criterion Blu Ray, so the quality is outstanding. An absolute treasure. Levon Helm is the name of The Band's drummer and primary lead vocalist. He was the only American in THE BAND.Thats the gospel group The Staple Singers singing with The Band.

Debra Brabenec

Thank you for this excellent tribute, Michele! The (Heavenly) Band is almost complete. R.I.P. Robbie ❤️❤️❤️

Michele

Thanks, Kev, for the history. Excellent job. And it’s all covered in Robbie’s book, “Testimony.” 😻💓

Michele

Thanks, Deb, you brought tears to my eyes (both happy and sad). 😢💖

Michele

Can you imagine joining Dylan’s tour where they got booed at every gig! 🥺 Fans of Dylan’s folk music hated when he went electric adding The Band.

KevB(rewski)

I'm frequently all thumbs 👍

KevB(rewski)

Thank you Michele, I'm going to try to watch The Last Waltz on blu ray this weekend. It's been awhile.

Pete Miller

Michelle picked some BANGERS... 5 of the best songs by Robbie and also with The Band, for sure! The only one missing was The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down! Great tribute to Robbie and The Band!

Dave

Thanks Michele, had to come over for The Weight. And Thanks KB for a history lesson.

KevB(rewski)

Just watched the Criterion blu ray of The Last Waltz. It's been a few years since I watched the whole thing. It really is a great presentation of a historic concert. Would love to see Nick and Lex react to the entire film, or at least to the music performances only, which would make the time more manageable (the entire film is about 2 hours with short interviews between songs.) When you watch it as a whole, you are blown away by the legendary roster of musicians/artists they gathered for this tribute. And then you think about how The Band would need to play backing band to 12 or so different legends, people they idolized and influenced them! Don't want to spoil with too many specifics in case they want to do a reaction, but Muddy Waters is simply priceless. So many cool moments caught in this gem. I'm proud to say I've seen 7 of these performers live in concert. I'm sure some of you saw more. Lex, there is one particular guest performer you will want to see. Its simply an invaluable time capsule of music history. And there are some cool supplemental features if you want to dig deeper. If you've never seen it or will react, let the film play to the very end! THIS FILM SHOULD BE PLAYED LOUD! 😁

Tommy Canada's Moba Zimmer

Hallo Nik. Wie geht's ? What do we fans have to do to get you guys react to the whole film?? (including the short interviews) In my opinion the best concert film ever made. It has variety - with a star studded line-up. Tom from Toronto

Blitztim

Wow. That was Maria McKee he was making out with in the “SOMEWHERE DOWN THE CRAZY RIVER” video. She was in the band Lone Justice. Maybe they were a couple for a time. I also noticed Tony Levin playing bass in that video. Wild. I hadn't heard any of his solo work. It was good. Although not a great singer, he did have a great speaking voice. But his singing was not bad here. I'm sure he took lessons.

KevB(rewski)

Maria was a hottie with a great raw vocal delivery. And obviously a good kisser. 👍 😊