Good concert video recorded at the Lakefront Arena, New Orleans, LA, April 22, 1994, during the New Orleans Blues and Heritage Festival. The Band were the opening act for the Allman Brothers Band. The video does not contain the complete show (there are at least 4 songs missing).
Highlights are Blind Willie McTell and Atlantic City
Featuring Rick Danko, Levon Helm, and Garth Hudson, with Randy Ciarlante, Jim Weider, and Richard Bell.
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The Band 06/23/96
Rockpalast Festival,
Loreley, St. Goarshausen, Germany
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This is from the tour in support of their album, High on the hog. It is one of the last concerts by The Band, they ended the tour in august 1996, and they played a few stand-alone gigs after that. I think this is the last filmed concert by The Band (correct me in the comments if I’m wrong).
Interesting show, good picture and sound, enjoy!
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The Band take the stage in top form, here is some rare footage from a 1970 concert at Pittsburgh’s Syria Mosque. It has some powerful renditions of songs from the group’s first three studio albums.
Four songs on film from The Band, performing live on November 1st, 1970.
The Songs:
Time to Kill
The Weight
This Wheel’s on Fire
Up on Cripple Creek
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..his vocals were a crucial part of the classic sound of The band, a sound that influenced so much music, and he has always been a superb rock”n”roll drummer.
~Michael Gray (The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia)
Levon Helm covering Bob Dylan feels only natural (check out Michael Gray’s piece on Levon Helm here).
Here we go:
Goin’ to Acapulco:
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Miles Davis (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) (read more)“Don’t play what’s there; play what’s not there.” |
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| James Charles Rodgers (September 8, 1897 – May 26, 1933), known as Jimmie Rodgers, was an American country singer in the early 20th century known most widely for his rhythmic yodeling. Among the first country music superstars and pioneers, Rodgers was also known as The Singing Brakeman, The Blue Yodeler, and The Father of Country Music. |  |
| Mark Lavon “Levon” Helm (May 26, 1940 – April 19, 2012) (read more)
American rock multi-instrumentalist and actor who achieved fame as the drummer and frequent lead and backing vocalist for The Band.Helm was known for his deeply soulful, country-accented voice, and creative drumming style highlighted on many of the Band’s recordings, such as “The Weight”, “Up on Cripple Creek”, “Ophelia” and “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”. His 2007 comeback album Dirt Farmer earned the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album in February 2008, and in November of that year, Rolling Stone magazine ranked him #91 in the list of The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time. In 2010, Electric Dirt, his 2009 follow-up to Dirt Farmer, won the first ever Grammy Award for Best Americana Album, an inaugural category in 2010. In 2011, his live album Ramble at the Ryman was nominated for the Grammy in the same category and won. |
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| Michael “Mick” Ronson (26 May 1946 – 29 April 1993) was an English guitarist, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, arranger and producer. He is best known for his work with David Bowie, as one of The Spiders from Mars. Ronson was a busy session musician who recorded with artists as diverse as Bowie and Morrissey, as well as engagements as a sideman in touring bands with performers such as Van Morrison. |  |
| Bruce Springsteen – 26 May 1997 – Palais Des Congrès De Paris, Paris (read & listen) |  |
Spotify Playlist -May 26 |
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