Who would have thought that Ol Garth Hudson would be the last man standing in The Band

@Maguirearch

9 ай бұрын

It's "the quiet ones" you wanna watch ( not necessarily the most or least or most averagely talented !!)

@donaldallen1276

6 ай бұрын

OLE LEVON WAS A CHARACTER THIS OLE WORLD COULD USE A FEW MORE JUST LIKE EM I MISS THEM ALL 😢

@kevinjoseph517

5 ай бұрын

he avoided the booze coke n heroin.

@nickgrant6480

5 ай бұрын

Yeah he looks about 20 years older than rick and Robbie here.

@kevinjoseph517

4 ай бұрын

@@nickgrant6480 he is or was older...check wiki...i guess he is 83 now n in a wheelchair.

Its like Garth didnt speak for 40years then named every person he ever met and liked. Hard to follow but fuck ya, Garth!! You're a legend

@fanmaxis3004

11 ай бұрын

Legend has it Garth Hudson is still on that stage today naming people

@normsaunders4980

3 ай бұрын

This'll be short and sweet.

Goodbye Robbie and thanks for all the music. Whatever the ups and downs and dubious decisions, this is how I will remember you, laughing with your friends.

The greatest Band ever, way ahead of their time. RIP Robbie..

@JenniferDeMetrovich

11 ай бұрын

I agree!

@christopherhopkins949

8 ай бұрын

Amen brother. Robbie, one of the most underrated guitarist and composer of all time.

@christopherhopkins949

8 ай бұрын

Did Garth grab a phone book?

yea Garth!!!! the most underated MUSICIAN to ever step on a stage

@Robyn-by6qt

2 ай бұрын

He's never been underrated, where've you been ?

RIP, Robbie Robertson. ❤

@pickettmandi

11 ай бұрын

I'm here too having heard the news on my ride into work this morning .

It was really sad how Rick Danko’s health spiralled out of control by the end of the 90s. The man was a really gifted musician. Rest in Peace brother.

@kevinjoseph517

2 жыл бұрын

in 92 or 93 he did one nite at mc cabes. maybe 18 people in the audience. he returned a few years later [after arrest in japan] and seemed drunk and shows were weak. I was at all 4 shows.

@kevinjoseph517

2 жыл бұрын

obesity

@DanceKang

2 жыл бұрын

@@kevinjoseph517 it's called mental heath you pylon

@berryseinfeld6772

2 жыл бұрын

@@kevinjoseph517 what went down in Japan?

@kevinjoseph517

2 жыл бұрын

@@berryseinfeld6772 brought in heroin and needed to be bailed out...96? 97?

One of the greatest bands of all. Each one an absolute fantastic musician. RIP to those great members of the band who sadly left us too early :(

@sparkswood9540

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, one of the greatest bands, but you are wrong, Robbie was a below average guitar player, the rest were and are excellent at their craft, Robbie is not, he is just ok. That's why the guitar was never prominent, some songs you would say where is the guitar, cause the other four guys didn't need the guitar, they were that good. A songwriter is nothing without great singers, and the band had three great singers and Robbie was not one of them. Levon, Rick, and Richard RIP. You deserved better. If you want to know why Robbie was what he was and did what he did to the members of that band, look no further than who his father was. Not his mother. He IS his fathers son, no doubt!!!!!!

@tyrapp262

2 жыл бұрын

@@sparkswood9540 Over the top Robbie hating.

@robertbruce6865

Жыл бұрын

@@sparkswood9540 I’ll be kind and leave my response at “bullshit”. Robbie was and is a superior guitarist. He was the king of the Toronto guitar world as a teenager, for Christ’s sake. Also as a teen, he beat out two guitar legends...Fred Carter Jr and Roy Buchanan...to keep his spot in The Hawks. He held his own with Clapton at The Last Waltz, when Clapton’s strap fell off his guitar and Robbie stepped up. The Band didn’t do flashy, cheap shit musically. He preferred to blend the guitar sound with the others. Yes, Garth was a better keyboardist than Robbie was a guitarist, but it’s Garth Hudson. I need add nothing more. And...what the fuck does Robbie’s biological father have to do with anything? He was killed before Robbie was even born! He did little more than impregnate Dolly insofar as having an influence on Robbie. Jim Robertson was Robbie’s adoptive father. The only influence that HE really had was to teach Robbie how NOT to treat women. Robbie’s mom raised him. A cheap shot.

@joer593

11 ай бұрын

@@sparkswood9540the reason you don’t hear guitar in some songs is that the guitar and piano occupy the same harmonic space in a song. Having a guitar and piano compete can easily cause dissonance.

@jayneeharpe4806

11 ай бұрын

Gee, jealous, aren't you?!!!!

Garth gives the impression of being so reclusive he makes Howard Hughes look like Robin Williams, but this shows what a wonderful, bone-dry sense of humour he has. Long may he run.

@janetclaireSays

Жыл бұрын

All the rest of them talked so much, maybe he felt someone needed to be the silent type. 😂

How I love the Spirit Of "The Band" RIP Levon, Richard and Rick....Never Forgotten!

@yvonnewilson3505

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed

Sometimes you get the best out of everyone and I believe that's what we got. Thankyou to THE BAND

The band reminds me of a group of musicians who have returned to the present from the Civil War era. Anybody else?

@procopiojrpalacios9702

4 жыл бұрын

Especially in those early black and white photos that seemed to be Matthew Brady daguerrotypes of the 1860's...

@davisworth5114

3 жыл бұрын

The writing is Faulkner-esque, it's very mysterious but beautiful. Music biz has always been rotten.

Only Garth Hudson would know a man in 1994 named "Clifford Von Custer".

@christopherbent2359

3 жыл бұрын

Or "Thumbs Carlyle"

@RWBVanc

3 жыл бұрын

actually spelled Carllile ... and anyone worth their salt around roots/country/blues/rockabilly knows that name

@yvonnewilson3505

3 жыл бұрын

Hehehe, I wish Garth was my grandpa but I think he's only 10 years my senior !

@heathergustar638

3 жыл бұрын

He knew some other people too apparently and thanked everyone he met since the age of ten. What a memory

@Dermot2927

3 жыл бұрын

@@RWBVanc I take it you know who Serge Danilof is then? Because anyone worth their salt around the furniture polishing scene in Bradford West Gwillimbury knows who Serge Danilof is.

I'm currently 16, i've been a HUGE fan of the band since i was 6. I've never gone to a ramble, and it almost breaks my heart to know i never will.

@jonahselwood7017

Жыл бұрын

bro

The Band was like the Beatles. A very rare stroke of fortune brought together 5 people, each of whom had their particular genius. And the whole multiplied that genius. And there was such talent and they knew it. Not surprised they couldn’t maintain the group. Too much individual talent.

This is one of those rare and special moments when The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame can be justified! True legends of our time. R.I.P. Ronnie `The Hawk` Hawkins who just passed away aged 87 May 29 2022. What a generation, how lucky were we, us born in 1962! Priveledged generation entertained by the Baby Boomer creative artists who really laid out the music foundation for all generations to learn in modern pop/rock/jazz/beat and all the different genres fused and you get... Steely Dan, and that`s just starters! Genius bands producing special stuff, the right stuff.

@pagen5219

Жыл бұрын

born in 1961 great year,,,,right on

Arlie Manuel, Richard's wife (I hate the words widow/widower). She is an amazing woman and a good friend. P.S. RIP Elizabeth Danko, my beloved aunt. She is back with Rick, which is where she wanted to be ever since December 10, 1999.

@kevinjoseph517

4 жыл бұрын

thanks

@eargasm1072

3 жыл бұрын

Your uncle Rick and his mates in the Band are still providing endless joy and pleasure to me and others as they will for generations who discover their rich musical legacy

@robertbruce8492

3 жыл бұрын

Thank YOU. I greatly enjoyed your KZread video where you were showing the rarities that your Aunt gave you. Rick is one of my all time favorites. I can think of no better tribute to his phenomenal voice than the one on his funeral card...the line about the Angels singing and Rick singing harmony. For my money, the greatest harmony vocalist ever. I’ve also fallen in love with the Band’s Sony Demo version of All Creation; though the lyrics are a bit difficult for me to comprehend (hearing loss on my part), I just groove to Rick’s voice, bass playing, and The Band’s subtle but awesome musicianship on that song. My God. As for your Aunt, I submit that the saddest scene in Im Not In It For My Health was not Levon...though it was sad enough...but Elizabeth. Winding up in that godawful home was a heartbreaking scene for me.

@kevinjoseph517

2 жыл бұрын

@@robertbruce8492 is that movie here?

The greatest band to entertain millions of people. Rest in peace to the fallen members. Lets just see what tommorow brings.

In England THE BAND are unknown but 1 night in the 90s at 1am I heard there was a concert with Bob Dylan coming on next called THE LAST WALTZ.... I’ve been obsessed with THE BAND ever since .. I love nothing more than turning people on to them

@fauxbro

3 жыл бұрын

They weren't unknown in the UK in the early 70's. Listen to this crowd from the recently released LIVE AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL; 1971.....kzread.info/dash/bejne/aa2dzsqQfqi2ldI.html

@christineblack4654

2 жыл бұрын

that's cool to share music, big love and peace from Canada, Québec :) it's in french but you would love Harmonium and Beau Dommage for sure.

@chrisearl5970

11 ай бұрын

They are not unknown in Wales

Garth Hudson - whom Helm called "the soul and presiding genius of our band"

@justicekrista5665

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah well you never seen him or anyone else mention a word about Levon so ungrateful they are I'm Amazed and angry as I can be that they couldn't bother to even mention leave on but they can spout off a list of 100 Unknown People?

@roalziroalzi

11 ай бұрын

and dylan too

@manueladelossantostorrado9452

6 ай бұрын

❤❤❤❤

God bless Richard, Rick, Levon and Robbie ❤

A fan of the band since a kid and had the privilege to see them in the early 70s with Bob Dylan. Solo set then backing Dylan. A highlight for sure.

@w001mpb

4 жыл бұрын

So jealous, Steve. I was baby-sitting sometime around 78' or so. I had gotten the kids to bed, and was rummaging through the parents' record college. Happened upon Before The Flood. It was love at first listen.

Im 45 and this is by far my favorite Band. Just love about every song they've ever sang.

Some of the best music ever spun from the human soul. Those first two albums moved me like few have since.

Rest in peace ROBBIE!

One of the best Groups We ever had.

@roalziroalzi

11 ай бұрын

the best musicians of the rock history ¡¡¡¡

well deserved award..long live The Band!!

@justicekrista5665

2 жыл бұрын

Not a well-deserved speech from any of them that didn't bother to say a word about or talk about the best person in the whole group and in the world Levon Helm yet they can stand there and rattle off 100 people including probably the maid and the groundskeeper but can't even mention levon' helm

I love the band so much. Genius band

for me,The Band is the spirit of America.Love You guys !!!

@sadeyedlady

Жыл бұрын

💯

Bless you Levon, Richard and Rick may your souls continue making music wherever you may be...namaste!

I could have listened to Rick for like, ever. Even his speaking voice is sexy. Love him.

@wangson

2 жыл бұрын

Rick was so damn cool.

Pardon me if this is a little out of place, but while I never saw The Band play live - I did see Levon Helm and his band play a large club on the New Hampshire coast, not too long before his passing. I am not young, and have seen a ton of concerts in my time, but have never witnessed one with such an encompassing sense of community as that night in Hampton Beach. Never. And I don't expect I ever will again. Levon Helm was a very special man, and integral part of The Band.

@bobf9702

4 жыл бұрын

I grew up in Manchester NH & was lucky enough to see the Band play in a tiny auditorium in Lowel Mass - classic! Gath with his organ and that weird Leslie on King Harvest beautiful!

@levistubbs8949

4 жыл бұрын

I thought levon was the main man RIP

@tyrapp262

3 жыл бұрын

@@levistubbs8949 hardly.

@fernvautour5117

3 жыл бұрын

@@levistubbs8949 Levon was the band :(

@davidlindsay9564

2 жыл бұрын

@@fernvautour5117 Well Robbie was the main guy. He wrote the bulk of the material. Levon and Rick both considered Richard was the lead singer, and the Band's best singer. They all praise Garth as being the most talented musician. So Levon is not the Band, he was one of 5 guys.

I recently picked up the essential collection of The Band just because I wanted something with "the night they drove old Dixie down" I can't say that there is a bad song on that CD, those guys are awesome. Despite all the controversy, there was a time when they gave the world a gift that will live on for all time. Thanks guys

@justicekrista5665

Жыл бұрын

Check on KZread for the performance of The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down from The Martin Scorsese documentary the last wall that is by far the best recording you will ever find of the song

@justicekrista5665

Жыл бұрын

If that's the best song you were looking for which I totally agree your money would have been just as well spent getting the soundtrack or the movie The Last Waltz as that has the ultimate best rendition recording of the Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

@Deputybull

Жыл бұрын

@@justicekrista5665 I have seen it and I would have to agree with you on that one

Goodness... when you talk Rock N Roll and don't mention The Band, you don't know what you're talking about. These guys should be mentioned as much as possible. Bob Dylan deserves a lot of credit for simply having great taste and knowing what REAL art is and who REAL artists are.. rock in peace guys ✌🖤🤘

The Band played music the way it should be played. Raw! Dylan plays it that way. You play it the way you feel. It comes out the way you feel that day. You don't try to make it perfect or do it the way someone else does it. You do it with feeling. Lots of country and rock performers do it that way today. Others try to do it exactly the same every time which makes it plastic and not from the heart.

Love Rick Danko , he's awesome

I am so glad to have met all these artist when I worked with Ronnie Hawkins in 1965.

@MrEdkern

2 жыл бұрын

Did you meet dylan?

Legend has it that Garth is STILL naming names...

Well deserved considering every member of The Band is a rock and roll legend. Rest in paradise to the ones above

Rest in Peace Robbie

Happy 75th birthday to Garth Hudson today! One of my favorite musicians and bands of all time--THE BAND, RIP LEVON!

Richard Manuel R.I.P Rick Danko R.I.P Levon Helm R.I.P Garth Hudson Robbie Robertson I LOVE THE BAND!!!!!

@justicekrista5665

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for mentioning Levon Helm which is more than I can say for these ingrates on the podium that never once could mention or talk about Levon Helm yet they rattle off a list of 100 Unknown People

@tyrapp262

Жыл бұрын

@@justicekrista5665 Then Helm should have showed up.

@andrewclifton9772

Жыл бұрын

@@justicekrista5665 Robbie thanked Helm. Were you not paying attention?

What a band well named true awesome musicians gone way too soon God bless, Levon, Richard, and Rick and of course the wonderful Garth who is thankfully still with us. 🎺🎸🎷🎹🎧🎤🎻🪕

@MaxWaster

2 жыл бұрын

What about Robbie??

@wangson

2 жыл бұрын

So cool that Garth lives in my city - the city of his birth - Windsor, Ontario.

@pamelacharbonneau3115

11 ай бұрын

You forgot Robbie.

I love the Band. In defence of Robbie, he was writing the music while some of the others were strung out on heroin and alcohol. It’s okay to give him credit. They were all geniuses.

I have nothing against either Levon or Robbie. Both great musicians and huge on talent.

@garthharpole6369

11 ай бұрын

Yup glad i was alive to hear em

Gotta throw in my two bits ! Whatever the deal with personal failings and faults, these guys put some real classy tunes for us ! Let's just enjoy em and praise God for thier gifts ! 😑

@williamwalton583

2 жыл бұрын

Gp girl. I hear ya!

I want to be late to the ceremony, riding in the limousine with Levon Helm and Jerry Garcia...

@waynej2608

3 жыл бұрын

I want to hang out with Jerry and Levon, too. I'll join you. :)

@briano.5746

3 жыл бұрын

Got room for one more? I definitely wanna take that ride!!! 💕💖💛💀🎸🎶🎵🌌😁👍

And Mr. Clapton always a gentleman , thank you for mentioned Levon's name

yes and I got to meet and talk with Garth Hudson and his lovely wife Maude in London, Ontario last night...an awestruck highlight for sure! like standing in the light of musical history...so honored...and R.I.P. to those who are gone they are sorely missed but what they left behind will live on forever

@wangson

2 жыл бұрын

NIce! He still lives down here in Windsor.

This was great! I was shocked to hear him mention my dad (Joe Allgrove) and my uncle (Carmen Allgrove).

RIP, Robbie Robertson. 😞

Totally sad that only 2 are left. One of CANADA'S greatest contributions to music.

@philiphalpenny9761

11 ай бұрын

One. Alas...

Robbie was already writing songs for the Hawk when he was the teenager roadie/guitarist.

@poppyorsini5505

3 жыл бұрын

I just read his autobiography Testimony and he went down to the Delta by himself from Toronto @ 15! What tremendous\songwriter and talent - Thank you Canada!

I love rick danko..he is adorable

Yeah, this is great. We finally get to hear Garth speak, he is making up for lost time.

@waynej2608

3 жыл бұрын

He was kind of like the George Harrison of the group, in that regard.

@brandonmclendon5368

2 жыл бұрын

@@waynej2608 And John Deacon

one of the most underestimated multi talented musicians of our time.

@sumego4180

4 жыл бұрын

Who?

@roalziroalzi

11 ай бұрын

no doubt about it.....

God Bless Levon Helm!!

@thebookoffesteskyle1753

5 жыл бұрын

amen to that

@revkelly85

3 жыл бұрын

After all he was the band

@axelheiburg584

2 жыл бұрын

@@revkelly85 They were all The Band.

I saw the Band back up Bob Dylan in C leveland, Ohio on November 12, 1965 at the Cleveland Music Hall. They all looked like little kid and so did Dylan. They were the best band to back up Dylan in the 60's. They brought out something in Dylan that no other band could of done. I was very lucky to seen them.

@billlupiano7873

11 ай бұрын

I saw them in Ottawa in March/'66.Amazing!

@MrEdkern

11 ай бұрын

@billlupiano7873 wow so how was dylan. Was it a wild concert. How did dylan look.

@marcyfan-tz4wj

11 ай бұрын

i was 25 days old and only live a few hours away but my parents didn't get motivated to get me there.

@MrEdkern

11 ай бұрын

@marcyfan-tz4wj yeah but you got nice parents. Saw dylan 35 times since 1965 and met him in cleveland on July 17, 1991. God bless.

@marcyfan-tz4wj

11 ай бұрын

we're close to tied. i first saw him in 1980 but haven't seen him since 2016 when i stopped counting at around 30 concerts. i saw him in dayton about 4 months after you met him and he looked like he'd been up for 3 days. god bless you back! i have photos from november 65 concert...@@MrEdkern

Best band ever!

Well Deserved The Band for me is all about the Music they made together and not the squabbling that’s meant to be going on throughout the Years Just enjoy the Gift of Music and songs they left us Nice speech made by all

Good speech Robbie.

Three! That's the total number of co-writing credits that Levon Helm received on the Robertson-era Band albums between 1968 & 1977. Two! That's the total number of co-writing credits that Levon Helm received on his own solo albums between 1977 & 2009.

@epicbattle7

9 жыл бұрын

Good try. I see the PR gamut has just crawled out= this is an old vid, why is the EXACT same message being conveyed by at precisely the same week by different profiles? Levon won 3 grammy's was sick as a dog, was caring for all those around him, mentoring up and comers. Refering to his is solo albums,he co-produced by his daughter Amy,Larry Campbell stated that the songs would have been nothing without his input.

@alexmortland

9 жыл бұрын

epicbattle7 "why is the EXACT same message being conveyed by at precisely the same week by different profiles?"....... Not sure what you mean by pointing this comment in my direction, but it does shine a light on an interesting point: I'm having trouble finding any difference between your comments & those of jill2962 besides the latter's occasional throw-'em-off-the-trail misspelling of "narcissist". That is interesting, isn't it?

@abg125

5 жыл бұрын

and your point? The Band wouldn't be THE BAND w/o Levon....they would have never met, never gotten to experience a true Southerner to inspire all those songs, and w/o Levon the writing of the musician arrangements and his lead vocals on the BIGGEST songs the band's ever had....so you can eat those 5 "songwriting" credits...

@jackwilliam5341

4 жыл бұрын

Rick B They favored Manuel’s drumming over levon’s at times as well. Levon was great and had a great voice but they were all great. Levon gets all the love while Robbie gets all the hate. (Very unfair) well Robbie is the cleaned up one, still alive, better career. Obviously the smarter and more stable one. Not to mention HE DID write pretty much all the songs.

@fatgrl1935

4 жыл бұрын

@@alexmortland Oh, ah, no sorry, I think you're fulla shit as well.

Thank you for your beautiful Musik Robbie✨✌️ Richard, Rick, und Leon. Your music lives on✨✨☮️

Thanks for the great musical journey!

Excuse Garth he never said a thing in his life since birth so he's entitled to say what he wants for how long he wants..

@thebrazilianatlantis165

6 жыл бұрын

Sly Garth said Ronnie Hawkins, Bob Dylan, and Robbie Robertson in that order to pay tribute to the three leaders of The Band, and third leader of The Band got a little choked up.

@ArthurSutherland

5 жыл бұрын

For those clavinet lines in Up On Cripple Creek alone he can read the phonebook and nobody should say boo.

@scottcurrie

5 жыл бұрын

What I love is that he began the whole thing with "This is gonna be short and sweet..."

@CryptoGrizzly710

5 жыл бұрын

really i am so ashamed the way robbie and rick stood in the background never would have expected that

@motherofbeagles8532

4 жыл бұрын

Grizzly Bear why? Where were they suppose to be?

Wish I hadn't missed this broadcast, but glad KZread picked it up. The Band really represents rock and roll so well.

@justicekrista5665

2 жыл бұрын

What they didn't represent was Levon Helm not one of these guys said one word about Levon Helm or even mentioned his name only once what a bunch of ugly and grapes and what a disappointing Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction I was waiting to see or hear about at least Levon Helm who made the band awesome

@gwynenglishnielsen8596

Жыл бұрын

@@justicekrista5665 I agree. A deceased friend of mine who was responsible for all of the footage from "Summer of Soul" wasn't mentioned at the Academy Awards when the documentary won last year, and I was upset about it, too. It is a sin that the important contributors are rarely mentioned. But I will say that TIME magazine did mention him in their article. I just try to mind my own business, write and record my songs: kzread.info/dash/bejne/iJmElMaaosfYdsY.html. Tell me what you think and thanks, Justice.

@tyrapp262

Жыл бұрын

@@gwynenglishnielsen8596 Helm chose not to show up.

@gwynenglishnielsen8596

Жыл бұрын

@@tyrapp262 The good thing about being an indie artist sans a set band is that you don't have to worry about anybody showing up. If you book a studio musician and he or she bags, there is always someone else. I work with my cousin; he shows up. Check out this tune that involved just three of us: kzread.info/dash/bejne/Z2161LalmKWuaco.html. Thanks for you input, Ty.

You're a fortunate man, Murray. These men are inspirations to many of us.

Absolutely Beautiful ❤. The Best Band ✅❤️

Wow, just brought tears to my eyes. So emotional.

Garth is Last Man Standing…I never saw that coming.

I could listen to Garth forever! Love that guy.

Props to Garth for shouting out Bill Dogget and Honkey Tonk. About 20 years ago I bought the Endless HIghway tribute CD when I moved my son into college and played Acadian Driftwood countless times. Rock of Ages was a staple of my high school and college years, circa late70s/early80s

Well at least Robbie mentioned Levon.

@justicekrista5665

2 жыл бұрын

Right on right on right on Floribunda you are the only commenter I've seen so far that noticed all of these ingrates that got up on the podium never ever talked about or even mentioned leave on except one time at least Robbie Robertson of all people mentioned his name

and thankyou Martin Scorcese...you created history..i still watch "The Last Waltz"

@maxinewatermaker6162

3 жыл бұрын

Until you find out about Robbie singing soulfully into an unplugged microphone

@waynej2608

3 жыл бұрын

@@maxinewatermaker6162 Who cares. They sounded great and the film had a great feel to it.

As soon as Rick speaks a few words you can hear that raspy voice that made his singing so outstanding love Rick. Robbie as well, so good looking even as he got older.

Gotta love Garth. Named every fucking person he's every known.

R.I.P. Robbie.

these guys are fucking legends

Cutest and greatest band ever! greetings from Russia!

@andyhall9069

5 жыл бұрын

A D Well AD, I'm just now seeing your post from a year ago, and am disappointed (as usual) in my fellow Americans. We have this amazing tool that gives us the ability, and opportunity, to speak with people almost anywhere in the world. The writer Mark Twain has one of my favorite quotes, "travel is the best cure for ignorance ", as true today as it was a century ago. I'm thinking this is a close second, it's available/affordable to most of us, and doesn't require packing, passports, or airline food... reading through the comments on KZread, people carrying on meaningless arguments, hurling insults, and just wasting time in general, I noticed that nobody bothered to say thanks for your warm greeting from Russia. It's a year late, but Hey! Nice to hear from ya, Russia! Greetings to you from Arizona! Take a load off, Fannie..and and and..ya put that load right on me!

Loved everything about them when they were ALL together. If your an artist\singer, and you need a band, they were there to serve. They could have been the Hee Haw house band or Dr. John's band. Yea they were that good. Drugs and hard lifestyle are why they died so young. However the way i look at it is i am great full to have that music to listen too for the rest of my life. They were the best band ever and some would agree.

This leaves Robbie and Garth. Both from Southwestern Ontario, Canada. Their achievements account for my enduring belief that Canadian artists basically dominate the R&R performing arts scene for excellent music, like, forever!

@wangson

2 жыл бұрын

Garth was born in my city of Windsor and has chosen to spend the rest of his days here in Windsor.

R.i.p Robbie robertson!

Robertson was always Head and shoulders above. He brought bearing with him from another life

They will be playing this band's music for many, many decades to come. Generations to follow will understand the depth of music from these 5 men....they were as important as the Beatles. Richard, Ricky, Levon, all gone too soon...

A few words from John Simon (The Band's producer & unofficial 6th member) about the Levon Vs. Robbie publishing dispute: "Robbie was fair, yes indeed. Robbie was fair based on an old system. I don't know if you have the new math in England. Mathematics. It's like two different systems, the old math and the new one. The old system of contributing songwriting credits was very distinct - there were people who wrote songs and people who performed songs. And they were different people. You know, Frank Sinatra on very few occasions wrote a song, he was the singer. Sammy Cahn and Johnny Mercer were the writers and not the performers. So, that kind of thing. Like the Gershwins and the Rogers & Hart. All of those people were just songwriters. And that's the system under which Robbie determined that he would be songwriter of those songs. And its true, Robbie was the one who wrote the lyrics and wrote the music. Wrote the lyrics on legal paper, or whatever he wrote it on, and figured out the chords to the song and dictated the melody and chords to the other players. Okay. But in the new system you'll see that when a song is written its a much more co-operative thing in a band. You'll see five or six writers on a song that'll say, on a band song on an album, it'll list everybody who's in the band on the song, you know. And you know that, or you may suspect that the bass player and the drummer or somebody - the keyboard player, one of them just had nothing to do with the song. But they're on it because its a sort of democracy and they just happend to be around. Or the band decided ahead of time that that's the way its going to be. Sort of like the Lennon and McCartney deal when they never really divided... Well, 27% of this song is yours and 73% of it is mine. They all just say Lennon & McCartney and you can only figure out by the style of the song who wrote it. So, Robbie was working in the old system. And he's absolutley right in working with the old system. Levon is pissed about that and wishes that Robbie had been working in the new system. But they hadn't agreed on that ahead of time, you know."

@thomasfiore9635

6 жыл бұрын

The others went on with the group after he left. In the wake of movie of The Last Waltz they had the largest audience they had ever had. Any one of them or all of them together could have taken his place and written music and lyrics. There is no reason why they couldn't have gone on to further greatness assuming that Robertson wasn't the key member who the rest depended on for content and management. The truth is that Robertson had the role of the adult in the room for the rest of them and led the group and without him they didn't have the ability to create new content or do much other than relive past glories.

@cocochel6244

6 жыл бұрын

Tony Gambini the dand

@thebrazilianatlantis165

5 жыл бұрын

Simon said Robertson was "absolutely right," Krieger's gloss of that is that Robertson wasn't. Krieger sure is dumb.

@malbuff

5 жыл бұрын

@John Krieger Bullshit. It's not that you can't read, it's that you won't.

@jefflanham1080

4 жыл бұрын

Tony Gambini it’s deeper than that. Most of those songs were collaborative, there was a book at the house and they would add ideas, lyrics and other content when it came to them. Just because a certain someone in The Band went and published them and had side deals with Albert Grossman...... The details of this, only they know but judging how this member likes to play down the massive role Bill Graham had in The Last Waltz it makes me wonder if he was the ‘adult’ in the room back when these songs were written or just more slick?

I don't know why Robbie was ever given a hard time. He had a family, most of the lads were struggling with drink and drugs. He reached out to each and everyone of them. He is the solid one and Deserves so much more credit than he was given. God Bless The Band 🙏❤🙏

@pts5217

3 жыл бұрын

Couldn’t agree more...and quite frankly, the rest of the group would be nobodies without him. I love them all, but they needed a leader and a writer. They all had the ability, but Rick, Levon, and Richard were too consumed by drugs and alcohol Robbie gets the same unfair criticism that McCartney gets. Criticism for being selfish, bossy etc...when in reality they were just stepping up and pushing their group to new heights

@tyrapp262

2 жыл бұрын

@@nickamodeo1331 You're full of misinformation regarding Robbie. They all got equal publishing rights. There were no shenanigans. Some of the Band members even tried to sell their publishing rights to Robbie for cash at the end. They knew right up front that when Robbie wrote the songs he got writing credit. When Manuel wrote the songs, he also received writing credit. No one else wrote songs. Where's the this supposed "shadiness" ?

@tyrapp262

2 жыл бұрын

@@nickamodeo1331 Where are you getting your misinformation from? Are you Levon's cousin?

@nickamodeo1331

2 жыл бұрын

​@@tyrapp262 please reread my initial reply and show me any and all examples of misinformation i have regarding robbie.

@tyrapp262

2 жыл бұрын

@@nickamodeo1331 "the band mates didn't realize they were being used" What? Did they collectively have IQs under 80? They darn well knew where the writing credits were going, and continued on until Robertson wanted to end touring in 1976. But they still shared publishing royalties. The exact same formula applied to Manuel's writing. The Gospel according to Levon has not held up very well.

Thank you for being so succinct and on the money.

Garths parents never wanted him to play that Rock N Roll. In the end he managed to get by Lol.

Danko - he was still cute as hell.

Love The Band

thank you for your beautiful music :)

wish i was in that limo with Levon and Jerry

@maxinewatermaker6162

3 жыл бұрын

Ditto!

@waynej2608

3 жыл бұрын

That would be 'the hippest'.

Right on man - Levon was the soul of that great, great group

@Vibeagain

2 жыл бұрын

Be that as it may, Robertson most certainly was the bearing and the brains

@CDJF1

2 жыл бұрын

@@Vibeagain Ya but he messed up. He wrote the lyrics but the entire band made the grooves. Robbie should have did it like Jimmy Page who put all for members of LZ. on publishing regardless who wrote it so all of them could get paid. That's what Levon was pissed about.

@Vibeagain

2 жыл бұрын

@@CDJF1 I suppose you're on to something there

@axelheiburg584

2 жыл бұрын

@@CDJF1 They all received publishing. Robbie retained copyright as songwriter as he wrote both the words and music. Led Z had everyone on the writing credits on some of the long instrumental-type long songs because they jammed a lot while they were writing and arranging at the same time. With Robbie, he had already the written finished song before it was given given to the rest for arrangement. But the fact is, they all received publishing and therefore performance royalties.

@INKYINKYBABY

2 жыл бұрын

@@axelheiburg584 technical gobbledygook. it won't right in the end

I am a bit disappointed not to hear a thank you to the late great Bill Graham

@jefflanham1080

4 жыл бұрын

JB Copland yes!! Amazing isn’t it...Bill had a huge impact on The Last Waltz and from the time it was released, Robbie took credit for most of it. I could say more about him taking credit for other things but I won’t start that debate.

these 'living legends' are my neighbours...Ontario, Canada.....how they felt such a kinship with the south ...wow....Robbies' songs ...dixie...civil war...where did these fellings come from....amazing..makes me proud...

@teammosin9999

2 жыл бұрын

Uhhh...Levon?

maybe just me but I'd have enjoyed hearing Bill Graham's name on Garth's or Robbie's list

The Band is the only band I ever known where each member is an equal part of the total sum. Maybe that's why they are the greatest band of all time. No one member overshadowed any other member of the band. This can't be said for any other musical group ever.

@mitchell.fisher

4 жыл бұрын

Youre joking right?

@davidlindsay9564

2 жыл бұрын

@@mitchell.fisher IKR? like Robbie wasn't the main guy.

@michaelharrington75

11 ай бұрын

But Robbie wrote the songs?

@fanmaxis3004

10 ай бұрын

Just like Creedence Clearwater Revival was equal band right?

@hannejeppesen1809

2 ай бұрын

Yes you are right Robbie wrote the songs, without the songs no Band. However, that they had 3 strong singers certainly helped them as well (Rick is my favorite, but they were all good) Garth was a genious on several instruments. I think all of them would have been involved with music one way or the other, the all had a band or were part of a band before they became The Band. Robbie certainly would have written songs and played guitar no matter what, however when you put all 5 members together you get something special, perfection.@@michaelharrington75

What a great...er, uh, musical group.

By the way, I love his accordion playing too. I play button accordion and try to emulate some of Garth's swirly melodic meanderings.

...I've always Believed Garth Hudson holds the spirit of Johannes Brahms among himself, aside from the appearance and Talent, but a composer as well...,If Your Band mates are Richard Manuel,Rick Danko,Levon Helm.Garth Hudson,and sometimes Robbie Robertson,and even Mr.Hawkins, From there where could you go?

@wangson

2 жыл бұрын

What a collection of musicians!