Springsteen and Clapton on their favorite, heh, band.


I went and saw Once Were Brothers; Robbie Robertson And The Band in a theater early last year, and now tonight on a DVD at home. It is alternately both thrilling and irritating, but that’s not the point of this thread. If you don’t already know how very, very special The Band were, and the deep impact they made on Rock ’n’ Roll, here is what Bruce and Eric had to say about them in the film:

- Springsteen: "I think I was in a little coffee shop in Redbank, New Jersey. I kid came in with Music From Big Pink, put it on the sound system. And suddenly this music comes on, and everything changes."

- Clapton: "When I heard Big Pink, it was like someone had nailed me through my chest onto the wall. I was immediately converted. I thought ’This is what I want to do’. It changed my life."

Mine too.
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Testimony is a worthy read with a respectful but wary eye…..

Enjoy the music

As an aside, but quite related…give Amy Helm a listen… she could read a tractor repair manual and i would crawl to the barn to witness….

 

I agree about Testimony @tomic601.

 

I got to hear Amy live on stage with Levon, at The House Of Blues on Sunset Blvd. Levon’s throat was still healing from his cancer treatment, so he didn’t do any singing. That he left to Amy and a short little black harp player, whose name I don’t recall. Levon was playing drums better than ever, and he had a hot band. They were playing pretty much pure Chicago-style Blues. Little Feat drummer Richie Hayward got up on stage and took over on drums for a coupla songs, a cool bonus.

 

The way you feel about The Band, IS the  way I feel about Feat… i heard Waiting for Columbus and… “ everything changed “……

Peace brother….