The Band
 

Is anyone here familiar with these guys?

Definately one of my favorite artists, and so hard to classify. Absoltely brilliant, beautiful songs.

The Band is amazing.

Atlantic City & The Weight wins x 10.

huge band fan,...but mostly because of levon helm,....

Levon Helm was one brilliant man

I like the band somewhat. Any reccomendations of songs from them that aren't exactly the popular ones. Thanks.

Acadian Driftwood, Christmas Must Be Tonight, Long Black Veil.

the night they drove ol dixie down (my fav)
rag momma rag
the shape i'm in
dont do it
the great pretender
ophelia


those are a few of my favs,.....

you should also check out all the other stuff they did separately,.....anything levon helm touches is amazing,.....not so much a fan of robbie robertson's solo stuff,....but i still think you should check it out,......
just sayin,....

Ophelia, The shape I'm In and Ole Dixie are all great; all three are part of the Last Waltz concert which is fantastic on DVD.

he's right,...everyone should see that movie,....

and not just for the band,....all the guests are great too,....

and i love van morrison in the sparkly pruple jump suit kickin his leg out at the end of caravan,.....thats hilarous,....

Get Up Jake is one of my favourites - its an outtake from the band album
the Last Waltz versions of Up On Cripple Creek, The
Night They Drove Old Dixie Down and The Weight are brilliant too

my top 5 of their songs(apart from those ^^^) are:

1:King Harvest
2:I Shall Be Released
3:It Makes No Difference(on the last waltz)
4:Tears Of Rage
5:Yazoo Street Scandal

has anyone heard Sip The Wine from Rick Danko's first album after The Band. I dont think its out on cd but i got the lp after i heard him show martin scorsese a bit of it on the last waltz. id reccommend it to anyone if they can get their hands on it

i heard somewhere aswell that robbie robertson is working on a new album wth eric clapton

i don't know how you couldn't like The Band. They are just great. They have put out some good quality stuff. I love the Southern sound in Helm's voice. I always seem to listen to them before or after I listen to the Allman Brothers, they mesh well together.

The Weight is my favorite (as is most people's) I just love how you can picture the scene of what he is singing about in your head. Not many bands do that for me but THE BAND definelty does.

Well, seeing as it's still Thanksgiving time, here are a few tracks from The Last Waltz, which was filmed on Thanksgiving 1976.

I still haven't seen the film despite being a Scorsese fan too!

The movie is a bit contrived, but the concert itself is great.

one of my all time favorite songs will always be the night they drove ol dixie down,...
i'm way more into the levon helm stuff than i am the robby robertson stuff

it is a bit contrived,...but i still love listenin to levon helm talk
the last waltz is my favorite thing to put on while i'm cleanin house,.....and who wouldnt love van morrison in a purple sparkly jumpsuit,...everytime i hear caravan i have to just start kickin my leg out

LOVE IT

Not a fan of Morrison on the whole, but loved him in this. What a great performance, lol.

As my MB name implies, I am a long-time Band fan. "Music from Big Pink" was one of those albums that I grew up with and that I still listen to regularly. My appreciation for Bob Dylan's music borders on the sychophantic, yet I still feel that some of the renditions of "Basement Tape" songs that later appeared on "Big Pink" were nearly perfected by the Band themselves. "Tears of Rage" is possibly the best example I can muster. Helm's vocals are heartbreaking, and they harken back to the very beginnings of Soul Music. In fact, the Band as a cohesive group seem to summon an old, classic nobility, and I think this is where their music gathers much of its weight, pun intended. They may have been performing throughout the late 60's and early 70's, but their hearts seemed to feel at home in 1865.