I agree with bdp24 and I don't get what all the fuss is about. Yes, they may have been influential in creating that "down home country soul garage band" sound, but I just don't get connected to or emotionally moved by much of what they were doing (believe me, I've tried). I think their sound is sort of muddy and the vocals are kind of lazy. I prefer a crisper, more energized style of rock, so you can count me as one who just doesn't "get it". And to have only one song listed in many greatest songs of all time lists (The Weight) doesn't say much for the song writing abilities. Just trying to be honest here.
Once Were Brothers in theaters Friday, February 28th
The new documentary on the greatest self-contained (songs, instruments, vocals) Rock ’n’ Roll band in the music’s history---The Band, is in theaters tomorrow. Quotations from the movie:
John Hammond Jr.: "Bob Dylan thought they were phenomenal. So he hired the guys."
Taj Mahal: "If there was any American musicians that were comparable to what The Beatles were, it woulda been them."
Bruce Springsteen: "There is no band that emphasizes becoming greater than the sum of their parts than The Band. (I disagree; even taken individually, Levon Helm, Rick Danko, Richard Manual, Garth Hudson, and Robbie Robertson are master musicians, singers, and songwriters).
Bruce continues: "When they came together, something miraculous occurred."
Eric Clapton: (upon hearing Music From Big Pink) "I thought, this is huge. It changed my life."
Mine too, along with every good musician I knew then and have known since.
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