A nice tribute to my favorite living musician, the last man standing.


 

My love of The Band is well known, and perhaps becoming annoying. Sorry, but imo there is The Band, and then there is every other self-contained (songwriting, singing, ensemble musicianship) Rock 'n' Roll combo. The maker of this video obviously agrees with my assessment.

Garth Hudson was The Band's oldest member, and is it's only surviving one. He is unlike any other musician I have ever heard, and The Band unlike any other combo. Their first two albums are both in my Top 10 albums of all time, and in terms of calibrating that fact, consider that my Top 10 contains not a single Beatles album.

 

https://youtu.be/eLBux4PNvl8?si=OPWtvdv9zA3xeZya

 

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@mashif  - Did you enjoy the Steve Earle show? I just saw this Solo Acoustic Tour a couple of weeks ago at The Ludlow Garage in Cincinnati. It's a really small 350 seat venue. It was possible the best, or maybe second best, Steve Earle show I've seen out of the approx. 10 total Steve Earle shows I've seen. He was in top form and played a great set, including an excellent rendition of his son Justin Townes Earle's song "Harlen River Blues". Fantastic!

Yes, it was a fantastic show. Buddy played an hour of his songs with Emmylou and Regina McCrary joining in. Just guitar, cello, and upright bass. 

Steve was in top form and did about an hour solo, before bringing Emmylou, his sister Stacy, Lucinda Williams, and Buddy back out. 

Just amazing how an acoustic guitar and vocal can fill the room with a huge sound. 

 

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I saw The Band for the first time August 17,1969. It was a rather large venue in Bethel, NY. That show changed my life too. 

I don't know if this will work but here's a picture.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/k84RgPwB1mw5rmF56

All the members of The Band had unique, very high level talent & together made some great music. My Dad bought their second album (the brown one) in 1969  after reading about it in Time magazine & while he liked it, it wasn’t his thing so he gave it to me & I’ve been a real fan ever since. Btw, the remastered version of the album on Qobuz is outstanding & captures some great harmonies by everyone & drumming by Levon Hellm that were a bit masked originally. 
 

I love the story about Garth Hudson who has a highly trained & skilled musician explaining to his parents that he was “ those guys” music teacher & why he was hanging out w/ them when they first got started. 
 

The Last Waltz is amongst the best concert movies ever w/ of course great music w/ many great guest musicians masterfully put together by Martin Scorsese.