I was working for Mitch Ryder 1968 when the Band's first album came out Music From Big Pink. Mitch's new band had a Hammond organ, guitar, bass and drums and I believe it was two horns. We had a job down in Philadelphia at the Kennedy stadium which was the football field for the Philadelphia Eagles opening for Sly and the Family Stone. So we had two limos for the group to drive from NYC to Philadelphia. I believe that Big Pink came out a couple of days before this road trip. So Mitch and myself and two or three other the band members were in the first limo. I'm sitting in the front seat with Mitch and and he's got a cassette of Big Pink and Mitch puts it in the cassette player and that was all we listen to all the way down to Philadelphia and all the way back to New York in a smoke filled limo. That album blew our minds it was so different and unusual the way they combined all the elemental rock blues country and who knows what else the most amazing vocals they have. Here it is I'm 76 years old and I can still remember that ride and the feeling and hearing that cassette almost like it was yesterday believe me I wish it was yesterday LOL

@Ram-by2gz

8 ай бұрын

@@jazzfan67 interesting what you wrote about listening to an music by yourself and you can't remember when you listen to an album with somebody else. It's what the powers to be are striving to do. Separate everyone from each other. All I see is younger people with there heads always looking at there phones. I'm amazed when I go to a restaurant or bar and there's a table with younger people with maybe six or seven people and three to four of them have their heads buried in their phones ignoring the people at the table. People walk down the streets or in the store passing each other and nobody looks anybody in the eye anymore. Nobody wants to talk on the phone anymore young people want to text text text. Isolation is becoming the thing. Now that you realize it do something about it✌️

@Wv8675

3 ай бұрын

That's so cool

To drum like that is godly ! To sing and drum like that is out of this world !

To sound tight, (rehearsed) yet, loose, (spontaneous) at the same time is magic. You can't plan for that. That's the chemistry between The Band members. You can hear in Levon Helms playing and singing but, its with the entire band. Its where the accents fall and the playing off of each other. Excellent group.

@TheWhippingPost

7 ай бұрын

I love the piano player making noises just so his friends would laugh

That moment when Garth smiles 🥲🥲

@dlm9293

2 жыл бұрын

Heartwarming!

@drivingjack

Жыл бұрын

Not that often!

@lorenzomoro1313

10 ай бұрын

The tune is wonderful. Not so the flag.

@Proglove85

10 ай бұрын

@@lorenzomoro1313 flag?

@peteholder7134

10 ай бұрын

Oh Marty really? Scotch? Welch?

I've been listening to this song for 55 years and loved it every time. Love the band. Smile on Garth Hudson.

A prioneering band if i ever saw one.... their sound, instruments, vocals, writing was so ahead of it's time. I mean, what rock band yodels???? 🤣🤣🤣🤣 You couldn't compare them to anything, they were truly original. I firmly believe that if they released an album today, it'll be a hit. I mean, I was born after The Band broke up and I love them!!!! One of my all time favorites!!! That's telling you something. If musical acts can be just as captivating and entertaining in the present as they were in the past, they did something right!! 😊😊😊 GOD bless The Band and their families and friends. 🙏❤️🙏

This brought tears toy eyes. It will never be any better. RIP Levon.

I wish KZread was around back in the 1970’s. We used to argue about who was singing all the time. For whatever reason, everyone thought Robbie sang every song. I knew it was Levon

Man , how easy did those guys make music look and sound ? Oh to have been a fly on the wall when The Band were in their prime and creating immortal music ...brilliant and spellbinding talents .

@hannejeppesen1809

10 ай бұрын

Read Robbie Robertson's book "Testimony", Robertson is not only a great songwriter, but also a great storyteller. Goes into a lot of detail.

I was 12…just weaning myself off the Monkees… this band helped me make the transition.. watching them in the moment of just this video.. a moment that can never be again repeated or revisited other than this video.. it’s all we have .. it’ll do..

Wow, so much talent, we will never see the likes of The Band again

One if my dad's favorite band's when he was alive. When they played in Toronto Canada my dad and friends would see them play and after they played they would sit and have drinks with everyone. RIP Levon and Robbie. 🙏

When you have Clapton, Springsteen and so many greats in awe, you're somethin!! Levon just has built in cool, not bad on the eyes either.

A brilliant group all of them could change parts at any time. Too bad it ended the way it did, thank you Levon, Richard Rick Garth and Robbie for giving us this great music

@haroldbrown6630

10 ай бұрын

So, how did it end?

@paulbaker9086

10 ай бұрын

They all hated Robbie. Richard killed himself. Levon died of cancer. @@haroldbrown6630

@RichardMalone

10 ай бұрын

Read, This Wheels on Fire.

@ricmarquez7726

10 ай бұрын

Robbie took it all

So bummed, I was about to see Robbie Robertson at the Crossroads Festival ‘23 in LA in Sept. love you RR!

I love how Bruce says they were greater than the sum of their parts, but then Robbie calls the documentary “Robbie Robertson and the Band”. I mean, rest in peace Robbie, but come on.

I came home from an Illinois vacation in '69, it was like living in the ole south,bib overalls and all.cmecback to Lorain ohio, was on the beach, & this bouncy tune was on the air.always remember that...freshman in highschool." Lodilodi whooohoo"

My favorite band, togheter with The Beatles!

@MitchClement-il6iq

9 ай бұрын

Listen to more music buddy.

Without doubt this band is the essence of music, I will never tire of listening to the..

Wonderful song… I love those great sounds Garth makes with his keyboards, kind of like a funky, amplified jaws harp if there was such a thing!

@miket.220

10 ай бұрын

He's playing a Clavinet. Analog keyboard made in the 70s. Stevie Wonder uses one in the song 'superstition'

@tattyshoesshigure5731

10 ай бұрын

@@miket.220 thanks! :-)

@gtrkitarr

10 ай бұрын

Yep, Hohner Clavinet through a wah wah pedal

The wood in that room helps them create too, love the way wood sounds

The BAND were incredible💯

@MitchClement-il6iq

9 ай бұрын

The best band ever!

One of the most underrated bands ever! Period.

@TheMoodyLoners

10 ай бұрын

I wouldn't call them under rated at all. Sure, they didn't sell as many records as the Beatles or the Stones but in their active years (1968-1976) they were one of the biggest concert draws in the country. They sold millions of albums and had huge hits with national airplay. They were managed by the one of the biggest names in the business at the time and had a concert film for them directed by Martin Scorsese. That's not because they were under rated.

@Followyourlight420

10 ай бұрын

@@TheMoodyLoners ask your children if they know who they are? They should be a household name. Most people don’t know any of their history, where they started and how they “cut their teeth” in the industry.

@TheMoodyLoners

10 ай бұрын

@@Followyourlight420 True, but then again, with the exception of the Beatles, no one today knows anything about bands that ended 50 years ago.

@Followyourlight420

10 ай бұрын

@@TheMoodyLoners this is a true statement as well. I don’t know any of the new “artists” or today. Ok, I do know a few, but that is after much vetting. I personally enjoy bands who tell stories, sing about current and lost hero’s and such. We must keep real music alive!

@TheMoodyLoners

10 ай бұрын

@@Followyourlight420 Amen to that. It would be wonderful if there was a re-awakening in popular music.

Its really hard for me to watch videos like this, I just cant believe they are all gone! Just WOW where does time go? I know it done ran me over like a semi truck! I saw these guys a couple times and that was so so long ago now. Once by themselves and once with Dylan. I will love them always....:-)

@marks.3303

10 ай бұрын

Garth Hudson is still with us, but he's the last.

@tefenstrat

10 ай бұрын

Oh thank you- I didn't know that- a small ray of sunshine for the day :-) @@marks.3303

They were so great ---wonderful memory !

Nothing but WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Legit when the Wailers were working on Catch A Fire and Burnin’ they probably heard this album and were like daaaaaaamn we need to get that funky clav. Band absolutely owning it. Fire rhythm.

Love many of the bands I grew up on, but there’s only one The Band..

The Band breaking up hurt more than The Beatles did. And The Beatles hurt plenty.

I’d rather listen to Levon sing than Bruce talk.

@joelfortenberry7865

7 ай бұрын

You so right

@genxerfool9797

7 ай бұрын

Hell yeah

@paultoepfer5540

7 ай бұрын

And I'd rather listen to Levon speak than bruce sing

@genxerfool9797

7 ай бұрын

@@paultoepfer5540 I'd rather listen to levon fart than Bruce sing

@MezzMcGillicuddy1

7 ай бұрын

Fair point. Why is Bruce Springsteen talking over The Band anyway? Was he there, or something? lol

Epic. They don’t make music like this anymore.

THAT’S A BAND MAN

In 1965, Robertson had certainly heard of Dylan, but knew little of his work. Robbie and Bob, though, had been working in parallel, absorbing music originated deep inside America. Both, in retrospect, were getting ready to distill that gumbo into what is now known, thanks to the sanctuary provided by the ranch house they dubbed Big Pink, as Americana music.

Fun Fact . . . . Levon had a cameo role in "The Shooter" with Mark Wahlberg. . . . Great scene in movie

@damionmarquez1509

4 ай бұрын

My dad sent me that clip a couple of months before I started listening to The Band. I didn’t make the connection that it was Helm until one day when we were talking about a drumming instructional video Levon did and my dad mentioned that he was also an actor.

Magnificent

Springsteen said that together they were greater than the sum of their parts. I always thought Levon Helm could have been much more. As the only American from the group, and a Southerner at that, he had the voice, the mannerisms and the stage presence (after all, his acting credits showed that), to have been a legendary country/pop/southern rock crossover artist like, or even with, such characters as Glen Campbell, Jerry Reed and many others. He could be, and often was, spellbinding. I wish he had done more.

You know when Eric Clapton gives your band approval 👍. .. .. . Shyt just got real 😊

Keyboardist Garth Hudson playing a clavinet with a wah-wah pedal 3 years before Stevie Wonder used it on "Superstition."

RIP Robbie Robertson

@MitchClement-il6iq

9 ай бұрын

Rip Robbie Robertson, rick denko, Richard Manuel, levon helm! Long live garth

great

"Scorzese" hahaha One of the Greatest directors

Oof. Levon Helm ❤️

I love the enthusiasm in Robertson's voice. ❤❤❤

@thomashardbattle4287

9 ай бұрын

He doesn't sing. It's levon

That was NOT filmed at Big Pink.

@lorenzozambelli1727

2 жыл бұрын

I change it! Thank you! 💪

It's like watching Vulfpeck, but Stratton shares songwriting credits ❤

The genere of County Funk began and ended in 3min 35 seconds

This IS!!! Our best band from🇨🇦 Then Rush. Nobody was like these guys back then. So so so underrated. But you’ll never really know unless you lived it. 🎼🎹🥁🎸🎤🪗🎶🎵

best music ever along with Lynyrd Skynyrd

@BerndtNorten

10 ай бұрын

Good grief. A bunch of racists. Sweet Home Alabama is a dreadful song.

What The Band recorded during this period is beyond anything else in rock, except the best work of The Beatles.

@BerndtNorten

10 ай бұрын

That’s quite the overstatement

@AllThePiecesMatter_

10 ай бұрын

@@BerndtNorten Hi Tom, I meant to use quotation marks for that statement. It's a quote from, I think, Griel Marcus (though could be someone else) that I was hoping someone would pick up on. For me, The Band's first two albums are up there with the best of The Beatles, my favourite band.

All departed, except Garth. He's in a nursing home, went after his wife died. I'm so sad

Wow Clapton looks different everytime I see him

I am absolutely enamoured with the band and have been for many years. I don’t respect that Robbie failed to share the royalties amongst the group! He does mention in an interview that the songwriter is the ‘low man on the totem pole’, however greed got the best of him in my view!🤷🏼‍♀️

"Loaded for Bear"!!!

For the love of all things righteous...let the song play. I dont care others thoughts

Why is the sound hollow till 3:04 then it sounds good till the end.

was this filmed in woodstock? at a very popular artists colony where lots of music and movies were written???

Miles Davis said Joao Gilberto could read the newspaper and sound good and true enough, well that’s how I feel about Levon Helm

where can i get the full music video?

@lorenzozambelli1727

2 жыл бұрын

You can get it as Up on Cripple Creek from Big Pink. The quality of the video and of the track was not as good as this one. And the other thing is that it was not film at Big Pink but at Richard 's studio in Woodstock.

@kerpin09

Жыл бұрын

@@lorenzozambelli1727 uhm Wasn't on Big Pink

@RichardMalone

10 ай бұрын

Was it on Tinker St?

If you read Levon’s book there wasn’t much solidarity especially when it came to royalties

@marks.3303

10 ай бұрын

Drugs, booze and partying, along with their manager pushing Robertson to be the star, was big part of it.

Now Garth is alone, the last of the mohicans

Whoever decided to have Bruce Springsteen and Eric Clapton talk over The Band needs to be in jail.

What is thia full movie called?

American music,end of story.

Can someone link the original video of this performance please? I can't seem to find it.

@lorenzozambelli1727

Жыл бұрын

It's a film called Once Were Brother

@gtrkitarr

10 ай бұрын

Same pictures but different take? Not the best sound and video quality but this is the full song (without the ending) I found : kzread.info/dash/bejne/f6CZydN8fca_d6w.html

I don''t want the explanation, just the music. This should be clear from the descripiton

@Pun2404

10 ай бұрын

It’s an excerpt from a documentary

What documentary is this called

@lorenzozambelli1727

8 ай бұрын

Once were brothers

The fucking clav

How come RR never had another hit after he broke up The Band?

Wendy Seldner

Mi sono iscritto 😁 bellissimo genere musicale :) avevo giá commentato ma è stato cancellato dal tubo presumo..

@lorenzozambelli1727

2 жыл бұрын

Ti ringrazio per l'iscrizione😉! Si, i The Band sono unici nel loro genere, peccato che qui in Italia sia così poco conosciuti... 😔

@christianbleve8255

Жыл бұрын

@@lorenzozambelli1727 sono la mia band preferita..😉sì qui in Italia sono poco conosciuti purtroppo, credo che non ci abbiano mai suonato anche

@lorenzozambelli1727

Жыл бұрын

@@christianbleve8255 se non sbaglio una volta prima di diventare "the band" insieme a bob dylan ma solo levon e robbie...però si diciamo che non avrebbero raccolto nemmeno molto

@christianbleve8255

Жыл бұрын

@@lorenzozambelli1727 sono rimasti quasi esclusivamente tra Stati Uniti e Canada con qualche eccezione come il live del 71 alla Royal Albert Hall a Londra, Robbie ha da sempre avuto la "paura da palcoscenico".

@lorenzozambelli1727

Жыл бұрын

@@christianbleve8255 se intendiamo il gruppo originario con robbie si, anche se sono andati in Francia, Olanda, Inghilterra e Spagna nel 1971 e basta. Negli anni post the last waltz invece hanno girato un po di più come Giappone Germania e Europa...ma il 90% lo hanno dato in America e Canada...

Robbie the betrayer. It’s true the good die young.

Nobody sounded like Led Zeppelin too

Only child RR calls their band a brotherhood, "powerfull"; but evidently not enough to divvy up the shares equal ... just sayin' ... Yeah he, "wrote" the songs in black&white, but all five together painted the pictures that MADE the songs so colorful. Just my 2 cents ...

@cymbelinedark4233

10 ай бұрын

They got publishing royalties, all equal. That was for the painting and the brotherhood. But Robbie wrote the songs.

@bluecrueful

10 ай бұрын

your two cents are about worth two cents

Wonderous non scientific chemistry these guys had. Done for the love of brotherly creativity and sounding completely void of ego. The crap of singers becoming "stars" by covering other people's songs on the voice and american idol is so far removed from a true ensemble like The Band.

Give your head a shake, Springsteen. It wasn't just Robbie's writing. It was a collaboration. Robertson ( with Albert Grossman's help ) ripped off "his brothers."

@edhorton2766

2 ай бұрын

Robbie Robertson is one of the greatest song writers, EVER. HIs solo career after is loaded with wonderful, meaningful songs.

I have tried "The Band" a number of times and I don't get what the big deal was and or is about them. After Robertson's death last week I tried them again and I still don't see it. They are good players playing basically boring tunes....

If only Kanye could join these on stage then my life would be complete!

When the boss is losing his shit. You have to respect

"This Brotherhood Was So Powerful" I decided to destroy it.

@MrSageXP

10 ай бұрын

Not as powerful as the song writing royalties apparently

@cymbelinedark4233

10 ай бұрын

Drugs destroyed it.

@floobuscanoobus

10 ай бұрын

@@cymbelinedark4233 Robbie could have helped his brothers out when they really needed it but he didn’t.

@ZelbeQahi

10 ай бұрын

It’s hilarious when people think they know other people’s hearts in their personal relationships, lol. Only The Beatles could destroy The Beatles, nobody can destroy America but Americans and no, Robbie Robertson didn’t destroy the drugs, drinks and party. He just left it behind. I’m a fan of both Levon and Robbie yet it’s evident Levon died bitter on his own. Even with Robbie at his dying bed. Richard Manuel committed suicide so surely that’s not Robbie’s fault either? Then again, people get sore when their brains are limited to understand that R&R isn’t a stable or lasting career for most.

@cymbelinedark4233

10 ай бұрын

​@@floobuscanoobus (1) "Helping" an addict is sometimes the worst thing you can do; and (2) how do you know he didn't?

Why the hell is Martin in the review wanna be

Who put those idiots talking over the music 😮‍💨

@lorenzozambelli1727

8 ай бұрын

Martin Scorzese

@chrish1657

8 ай бұрын

@@lorenzozambelli1727 figures, hasn't done anything good for decades

Could have done without any opinion from liberal Springsteen

@agk810

4 ай бұрын

And the people said amen

@mondoseguendo6113

3 ай бұрын

Bruce is the BOSS 😂😂😂

@jbaker..3337

2 ай бұрын

"Greatest White Singers of all time"??WTF does that even mean? So they are great for white guys??

"Three of the greatest white singers in rock history"...what a fuckin` insult!

Robbie talking about “brotherhood”. Sadly laughable

A good band. But I never understood the hype. They wrote … is it five great songs? Maybe just four. Overrated.

@kevinkeith3530

10 ай бұрын

😂 painfully untrue

@paulbfields8284

10 ай бұрын

@@kevinkeith3530painfully stupid.. and from the mouth of a child evidently. Bob Dylan had (has) a knack for picking them.. this is just one group he kind of brought to everyone’s attention as I recall as a kid then. There were others.

@MrJacobThrall

10 ай бұрын

Interesting point though. If you reckon a handful of their songs are great, but not the rest, well, you're right. And if that's what makes a band great for you, then you're right there too. If you love everything they did, every obscure outtake and scribbled half-idea on the back of a napkin, you're right about that too. They were the greatest...they were kind of OK and everyone has just jumped on the "they were the greatest" Band-wagon because that's what you're supposed to say...they were of their time and captured a zeitgeist for a lucky few who can truly feel that delight...they had a far-reaching influence because of their music, or because of their ethic and the feel of what they seemed to be about...they're only worth listening to because Counting Crows are amazing and I heard Adam Duritz loves them so that's interesting as an influence... I don't know, it's interesting what makes a band "great" in the wider world of rock & roll opinion.

@kevinkeith3530

10 ай бұрын

I agree, but some people make a comment like 'they only have 4 good songs ' when they've never heard the full albums and are just going off what they've heard on the radio or a greatest hits album.

@BerndtNorten

10 ай бұрын

Painfully true. Their oeuvre is a mixed bag. Most of it sounds rough, inchoate.