I hope he's being taken care of and not taken advantage of.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 4 March 2022 15:20 (two years ago) link
I hope so too. It's tough to say how he's doing because details that have leaked periodically about his personal life paint him as fairly eccentric. Nothing monstrous, but it'll be stuff like a landlord he hasn't paid in over a decade selling off his stuff from a storage unit he's apparently never bothered to visit either. And this was before he actively helped on that "Basement Tapes" box set where they even filmed him visiting Big Pink. I guess the guy who originally posted that plea would say something if Garth wasn't being cared for.
― birdistheword, Friday, 4 March 2022 16:49 (two years ago) link
hope garth is ok
in more cheerful news, i watched the rick james documentary. after he flees the draft to toronto, one of the first nights he decided to go out on the town in the hippie district, this kid calls him the n-word, and they start to scrap. rick is really skinny and small and is taking the worst of it until a group of white kids come in and start beating the racist kid up and saving rick. said group of white boys was...the hawks.
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 4 March 2022 16:54 (two years ago) link
Just got served an ad about The Weight Band, "featuring members of the Band and Levon Helm's band" or some such formulation.
They may be fine people and musicians but their branding, um, seems a trifle exploitative.
― squid pro quo (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 4 March 2022 17:15 (two years ago) link
Looking forward to ads for the W.S. Walcott Medicine Show Band, "featuring members of The Weight Band."
― henry s, Friday, 4 March 2022 18:51 (two years ago) link
Average Weight Band
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 4 March 2022 20:02 (two years ago) link
LOL
― Gary Gets His Tonsure Out (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 4 March 2022 20:45 (two years ago) link
Weightsnake
― squid pro quo (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 4 March 2022 22:15 (two years ago) link
Guess we won't be seeing any of you guys at Camp Cripple Creek this summer.
― henry s, Friday, 4 March 2022 23:18 (two years ago) link
They may be fine people and musicians but their branding, um, seems a trifle exploitative.When Roger Daltrey does solo tours, he has musicians from the Who’s touring band in his group…and it’s billed as “ROGER DALTREY! With members of The Who band!”
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 4 March 2022 23:25 (two years ago) link
When I saw him solo it was him and Simon Townshend from "the Who band," but I don't think anyone else from the Who.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 4 March 2022 23:30 (two years ago) link
Tonight:Norman Hewson, Alistair Evans, Barry Mullen, and Seth Clayton(God I’m ashamed to know their full names)
― calstars, Saturday, 5 March 2022 00:35 (two years ago) link
The Who Band
https://i.gifer.com/K1Eb.gif
― jenny from the blockchain (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 5 March 2022 01:29 (two years ago) link
Robbie Robertson tells the story of The Band's classic song The WeightBy Matt Frost published 1 day ago"I said, ‘Well, it’ll just be a back-up song in case some other things don’t work out’”
"I said, ‘Well, it’ll just be a back-up song in case some other things don’t work out’”
― dow, Friday, 8 April 2022 02:29 (two years ago) link
Does he mention Buñuel in that interview?
― Came Here to Roll the Microscope (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 8 April 2022 03:16 (two years ago) link
No, he barely mentions the lyrics.
― Halfway there but for you, Friday, 8 April 2022 11:39 (two years ago) link
Thanks. For a while there it seemed like there was nothing else he could talk about.
― Mr. Uncut Risin’ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 8 April 2022 12:04 (two years ago) link
He even discussed Buñuel with Andy and Edie! At least according to Testimony.
― Mr. Uncut Risin’ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 8 April 2022 12:07 (two years ago) link
Whilst they were en route from dinner at El Quijote to Salvador Dalí's suite at the St. Regis.
― Mr. Uncut Risin’ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 8 April 2022 12:10 (two years ago) link
Forgot to add #onethread
― Mr. Uncut Risin’ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 8 April 2022 12:28 (two years ago) link
Take a load off discreet charm of the bourgeoisie,and you put ityou put ityou put itright on me-ee-ee.
― dow, Friday, 8 April 2022 23:02 (two years ago) link
Honorary Canadian, Ronnie Hawkins.https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/ronnie-hawkins-obituary-1.6470162― clemenza, Sunday, May 29, 2022 1:32 PM (fourteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglinkHis first single, his "Bo Diddley" cover, was 1958; he's not quite in that founding-fathers group, but pretty damn close.― clemenza, Sunday, May 29, 2022 1:33 PM
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/ronnie-hawkins-obituary-1.6470162
― clemenza, Sunday, May 29, 2022 1:32 PM (fourteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
His first single, his "Bo Diddley" cover, was 1958; he's not quite in that founding-fathers group, but pretty damn close.
― clemenza, Sunday, May 29, 2022 1:33 PM
― dow, Sunday, 29 May 2022 18:54 (two years ago) link
Wow. Figured he would never die. RIP.
― The Code of the Wilburys (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 29 May 2022 19:03 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK5mxNKI9rM
Didn't invent Psychobilly, but did alot to perfect it.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 29 May 2022 19:14 (two years ago) link
Always got a kick out of the cheerfully vulgar anecdote related by Jerry Wexler to Stanley Booth about Hawkins arriving in Muscle Shoals to record his 1970 Cotillion debut (paraphrased): "He arrived in his private plane with a suitcase full of drugs, a case of whiskey, and Miss Toronto...'I've got my pot, my pills, and my pussy... Let's get to work!'"
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 29 May 2022 19:41 (two years ago) link
...and of course his promise recounted by Robbie in The Last Waltz.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 29 May 2022 19:45 (two years ago) link
RIP! His 1970 solo album is worth seeking out — no one from the Band on it, but a bunch of Muscle Shoals heavy hitters.
― tylerw, Sunday, 29 May 2022 20:03 (two years ago) link
You can't beat a filmography where half of it is comprised of Heaven's Gate and Meatballs III.
― clemenza, Sunday, 29 May 2022 20:26 (two years ago) link
xpost yeah man---here he is w Duane Allman, x King Biscuit Boy on harmonica:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhyTaVKd9Xk
― dow, Sunday, 29 May 2022 20:40 (two years ago) link
xpost filmography also getting Robbie's geetar all het up, and then fanning the flames (with his hat), in The Last Waltz.
― dow, Sunday, 29 May 2022 20:43 (two years ago) link
(influence on Dylan's taste in hats?)
― dow, Sunday, 29 May 2022 20:44 (two years ago) link
RIP he seemed so spry in Once We Were Brosbut 87. Nice fuckin run
― OG Bob Sacamano (will), Sunday, 29 May 2022 21:19 (two years ago) link
fyi if you don’t fuck w UMS Spotify playlist of Manuel songs you definitely should
― OG Bob Sacamano (will), Sunday, 29 May 2022 21:22 (two years ago) link
― The Code of the Wilburys (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 29 May 2022 21:32 (two years ago) link
#RIP Ronnie HawkinsBrilliant musician, Ronnie Hawkins saw the exceptional talent of Rick Danko, Richard Manuel, Levon Helm, Garth Hudson and Robbie Robertson, and brought all of them together. The Band wouldn't have existed without him. pic.twitter.com/3HBSqElPLB— Rick Danko Page (@rickdankopage) May 29, 2022
― dow, Sunday, 29 May 2022 21:44 (two years ago) link
which led me to
Welcome to the Richard Manuel Archive, a celebration of the life & music of vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter Richard Manuel of The Band.This is a continuing research project to define his legacy outside of his tragedy, looking at his life and who he truly was. pic.twitter.com/YkZfAZVYWX— The Richard Manuel Archive (@manuelarchive) July 13, 2021
― dow, Sunday, 29 May 2022 21:46 (two years ago) link
And
Lonesome Suzie@NathalieO5Account mostly dedicated to The Band and Bob Dylan. Love music. Fascinated by the 1960s-70s. Aspiring writer and compulsive reader. Curator of @rickdankopageCanadalonesomesuziecom.wordpress.com
― dow, Sunday, 29 May 2022 21:48 (two years ago) link
That last one looks like a recent launch, will follow also, though.
― dow, Sunday, 29 May 2022 21:50 (two years ago) link
HI DERE
― Once Were Chemical Brothers (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 30 May 2022 01:30 (two years ago) link
Luvly cover (Jon Langford chimes in eventually):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBAWPXVbcoE
― dow, Sunday, 12 June 2022 21:20 (one year ago) link
Nice.
― The Crazy World of Encyclopedia Brown (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 12 June 2022 22:27 (one year ago) link
Reminds me--there was a movie of this,Festival Express, released in early 70s (they were on a train, going across Canada and maybe some of US, stopping at festivals, or every stop made a festival maybe)--Good??
#OnThisDay The Festival Express kicked off. Here's a video of @JanisJoplin, @jerrygarcia #BobbyWeir, #Marmaduke and #RickDanko having a little jam session and some drinks. Stream music from The Band: ▶️ https://t.co/ddaeAev6G6 pic.twitter.com/fbIHlUg6WK— The Band (@thelastwaltz78) June 27, 2022
― dow, Monday, 27 June 2022 18:43 (one year ago) link
yeah it's great — that's a scene from it. the footage actually wasn't pieced together until the early 2000s.
― tylerw, Monday, 27 June 2022 18:47 (one year ago) link
XP!
The footage was shelved for a long time, with the movie finally coming out in the mid-'00s. It's a fine film, worth checking out on disc for the bonus performances. Some audio from the shows turned up much sooner as part of the Janis Joplin In Concert album and other Janis archival releases.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 27 June 2022 18:51 (one year ago) link
A funny thing about it is that for somebody who loves to talk about himself on camera, for some reason Robbie Robertson <wasn't> interviewed for this film. In fact, none of the then-surviving Band members pop up.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 27 June 2022 18:55 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs-82YZFfBE
I'm not like a huge Band guy or anything, but when this scene came up I cried a little in the theater.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 27 June 2022 18:58 (one year ago) link
Not sure these outtake clips made it to the BluRay (definitely not on my DVD)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY_zjPqMZb8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmWEVNnPS4M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh_beQ_AUes
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 27 June 2022 19:17 (one year ago) link
^Chest Fever, Great Divide, and Dixie
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 27 June 2022 19:18 (one year ago) link
Oh yeah--from that Soundstage set I mentioned way upthread, where they def. held own on same bill w peak --Graham Parker & The Rumour: drinking lots of java, it seems:http://twitter.com/TheBandPodcast/status/1543960068462465025
― dow, Monday, 4 July 2022 19:35 (one year ago) link
Rick Danko performed "Java Blues" on Soundstage, 1978. The energetic performance is one of his finest. #RickDanko #TheBand pic.twitter.com/If0iN4u2Qk— The Band: A History (@TheBandPodcast) July 4, 2022