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NFT: Robbie Robertson and friends performing “The Weight“

NC Giants : 3/25/2020 4:36 pm
I know it’s from September of last year, but this brought a smile to my face. Robbie Robertson and a group of international musicians perform “The Weight.”
Enjoy.
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I was watching...  
Phatbrew : 3/25/2020 4:46 pm : link
These songs every nite till I saw all the ones I love!!! Lots of great versions n this is one of them!!! Check them all out!!!
That was really good  
SCGiantsFan : 3/25/2020 5:24 pm : link
Thanks for sharing. Made me smile!
That was really good  
SCGiantsFan : 3/25/2020 5:27 pm : link
Thanks for sharing. Made me smile!
Thanks, NC. That was great. Here's an entirely different  
yatqb : 3/25/2020 5:37 pm : link
entertainment video that folks might enjoy.
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So good.  
81_Great_Dane : 3/25/2020 5:40 pm : link
Just what I needed.
OOOOooooohhhhh  
liteamorn : 3/25/2020 5:45 pm : link
YEAH,

I needed that, thanks
AMAZING  
ChicagoGiant : 3/25/2020 5:46 pm : link
Thanks for sharing with us - so cool
That was awesome, i needed that.  
Mellowmood92 : 3/25/2020 6:18 pm : link
Thanks!
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Named Later : 3/25/2020 7:11 pm : link
Very cool. Thanks for posting that.
This Wheel’s on Fire  
DaShotel13 : 3/25/2020 7:45 pm : link
If anyone wants a great read on the The Band, read Levon Helm’s book. Paints a very poor picture of Robbie Robertson by the way...
Eff RR  
Dave : 3/26/2020 7:52 am : link
Datum thief stole all the songwriting credits from his band mates

And eff him for breaking up my fav band
I’m with you on this DaShote113 and Dave  
richynyc : 3/26/2020 8:29 am : link
Yes, RR was the primary writer of so, so many songs that are dear to me that still hold up and that I still play with my friends more than 50 years later. But he was only one of five extraordinary musicians and singers that formed my favorite American band. Remember, it was a band, and that’s why they were called that.

From what I have gleaned from Levon’s book and seeing how he monopolized the screen time in the Last Waltz, I don’t have a very high opinion of him personally. That’s why I chose not to see the recent RR documentary about The Band - because I read and heard he once again makes it all about himself and suggests that the others were much more heavily into drugs than he was and that’s why he broke up The Band. But from other accounts he was no saint and shouldn’t be casting stones.

RIP Levon, Rick and Richard and I hope you’re still playing your sax, piano and otherworldly organ somewhere out there Garth.
RE: I’m with you on this DaShote113 and Dave  
DaShotel13 : 3/26/2020 10:16 pm : link
In comment 14850061 richynyc said:
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Yes, RR was the primary writer of so, so many songs that are dear to me that still hold up and that I still play with my friends more than 50 years later. But he was only one of five extraordinary musicians and singers that formed my favorite American band. Remember, it was a band, and that’s why they were called that.

From what I have gleaned from Levon’s book and seeing how he monopolized the screen time in the Last Waltz, I don’t have a very high opinion of him personally. That’s why I chose not to see the recent RR documentary about The Band - because I read and heard he once again makes it all about himself and suggests that the others were much more heavily into drugs than he was and that’s why he broke up The Band. But from other accounts he was no saint and shouldn’t be casting stones.

RIP Levon, Rick and Richard and I hope you’re still playing your sax, piano and otherworldly organ somewhere out there Garth.


Here, here!

I’m such a huge Band fan, was incredibly fortunate to meet and chat with Levon a couple of years before he passed. It was before he played a set on a rainy Tuesday (I think) afternoon in Central Park. He could not have been more humble and approachable. Most of those guys, all just wanted to play great music, nothing more...
RE: RE: I’m with you on this DaShote113 and Dave  
DaShotel13 : 3/26/2020 10:17 pm : link
In comment 14850977 DaShotel13 said:
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In comment 14850061 richynyc said:


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Yes, RR was the primary writer of so, so many songs that are dear to me that still hold up and that I still play with my friends more than 50 years later. But he was only one of five extraordinary musicians and singers that formed my favorite American band. Remember, it was a band, and that’s why they were called that.

From what I have gleaned from Levon’s book and seeing how he monopolized the screen time in the Last Waltz, I don’t have a very high opinion of him personally. That’s why I chose not to see the recent RR documentary about The Band - because I read and heard he once again makes it all about himself and suggests that the others were much more heavily into drugs than he was and that’s why he broke up The Band. But from other accounts he was no saint and shouldn’t be casting stones.

RIP Levon, Rick and Richard and I hope you’re still playing your sax, piano and otherworldly organ somewhere out there Garth.



Here, here!

I’m such a huge Band fan, was incredibly fortunate to meet and chat with Levon a couple of years before he passed. It was before he played a set on a rainy Tuesday (I think) afternoon in Central Park. He could not have been more humble and approachable. Most of those guys, all just wanted to play great music, nothing more...


Also Hear, hear :)
RR has that one little glimmer of honor, if, and only if  
Dave : 3/27/2020 5:35 pm : link
he really broke up the band out of concern that they'd likely all get jailed, or killed, by their 'lifestyle'

however, stealing all the song righting credits, and $$, was what made it even worse. he had money to retire on, the others didn't, so when he called it quits it left the others desperate.

imo
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