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  • Anyone notice how sloppy this number sounds on "Waltz" compared to this? I can't even listen to that soundtrack after discovering Rock of Ages.

  • @MynamesJonny that's because don't do it was their encore for the last waltz, where as this was their opening song.

  • w/ all respect to Robbie detractors' I recall him, in his prime, as being quite economical

    with notes. and all of them going to the point of the song. TheBand was a great,organic

    mix; with vocals as deep as the earth is mined

  • Fools, Muddy Waters and BB Kind didn't and don't play a thousand notes a minute, they are "simple", and geniuses. Anyone who rates Alex Lifeson above Robbie doesn't know music

  • Whoa!

  • All of you arguing about Robbie are missing the point entirely. Levon Helm is a God amongst men.

  • 12 people did it.

  • I love this song!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • this sounds ike rock of ages. anyone else think so?

  • @tdawg1294  this is from the Rock of Ages concert New Years eve 1971/72. Would have been an awesome show. First live performance for the horn section featuring Howard Johnson.

  • I don't think you are following what I am talking about. I said that Robbie has better "phrasing" than John. That means the WAY he plays notes and chords and the WAY he writes the music to go with a song. I am not talking about blues chops or how many notes he can hit in a solo. Robbie writes his guitar parts so that the guitar sings the song. I made my comment on the Rolling Stone list because I thought it a bit of an over reaction to say Robbie is mediocre at best.

  • Oh, and how would a "mediocre" guitar player make it to 59 on the Rolling Stone all time list (13 ahead of Fogerty)?

  • @CapeBass508 Rolling Stone also put Robertson ahead of Dickie Betts (which is a travesty), Bruce Springsteen ahead of Alex Lifeson, James Hetfield ahead of Dimebag Darrell, the guy from U2 ahead of Muddy Waters, and Johnny Ramone (the king of down strumming power chords) ahead of ALL of them. Needless to say, I don't value their opinion much on ranking guitarists. Robbie himself even said that he doesn't do anything difficult. In this video he's just going back and forth between G and C.

  • To the person who commented "pure southern soul", The Band was all Canadian except Levon. And to the guy who compared The Band the CCR, you are waaaaay off. Dont get me wrong, CCR is one of the best ever and one of my personal favs, but the musical abillity of the band was unmatched at that time, also, Fogerty couldnt hold a candle to Robbie when it comes to song writing and guitar phrasing.

  • @CapeBass508

    In fact, it's a band of mostly Canadians covering a song written in Detroit.

  • @CapeBass508 I agree that The Band was more musically talented overall, but to say that John Fogerty couldn't hold a candle to Robbie Robertson's guitar phrasing is just ridiculous. Robertson's guitar playing was mediocre at best. His song writing is where he shined.

  • @shortymcshrimp28 Wow, really? MEDIOCRE? Why don't you look up what other guitar greats (Clapton, BB King, Others) have to say about Robbie.

  • @CapeBass508 You should hear what they say about John Fogerty...

  • @CapeBass508 I'm sorry if I offended you in some way....but Robbie Robertson never released anything like this. /watch?v=4dI7dfBFbNY

  • @shortymcshrimp28 No offense taken here, bud. If that was a web link you were trying to post, you failed.

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  • @CapeBass508 It's not a link. You have to copy and paste it into the address bar.

  • Are all these guys still alive??? maybe a reunion?

  • @convict205550

    Sadly, no. *see comment from faribell* I wouldn't be opposed to seeing the survivors get together with a few others to have a few more gigs, though. But Levon is already past 70 and I think Garth Hudson is older than he is, so .....

    But yeah, I really wish we could see them get back together for one more farewell....

  • @convict205550 Three of them, but they're like in their late 60's and 70's.

  • You're all wrong. It's from Rock of Ages.

  • seek the obvious. this a warmup to rock of ages. the best band live album . its they're hey day new year 70-71. the best horn men in nyc? how you got last waltz from this is comical. any levon fan near the east coast who hasn't been to a midnight ramble must go

  • Levon is such a stallion

  • This song in total is beyond amazing, but I dare you to try to try to just focus on the drumming and singing as a unit. Only then can you you truly appreciate the god that is Levon Helm.

  • @shortymcshrimp28 His fill at 3:11 while still singing says it all. Levon Helm is amazingly talented

  • Levon Helm is one of the last living legends of that great era of music. Guy has had a tough life at times whether due to illness or life "on the road" and yet he is still knocking out great tunes & steady rythyms at the grand age of 71.....Rock On Levon!!!!Your the best!

  • @65spitz Ya I agree. I've always admired people who can play drums AND sing at the same time.

  • levon helm is just the bollocks so are the other guys but for me levon is just amazing

  • It doesn't get any BETTER!!!!!!

  • Levon rules.

    

  • RIP Richard Manuel and Rick Danko. People really miss ya'll.

  • SWEET!

    

  • Great video, but the audio is from the film 'The Last Waltz' released in 1978. It is the first song of them playing on stage in the film, but was actually the last song that they played as the Band that night. Martin Scorsese chose to open the film with this tune.

  • @seeksthetruth73 so wrong really you think this is from the waltz whos ears you using

  • @seeksthetruth73 so wrong really you think this is from the waltz who"s ears you using

  • some people can´t hear AND can´t read---> it said DON´T DO IT dont press the dislike button!^^

  • @65spitz Aye, you're using four limbs at different times, add vocals thats like 5, that just makes it mathematically THAT much tougher, I can hardly play drums, man to even do back up vocals is real tough, an Im just not a very good singer. He seems to just have a natural voice too. Another interesting thing about The Band is Robbie Robertson. He had a mic, but they usually turned it down durning songs. So even the guitar player couldnt sing an play at the same time! Amen Levon!!!

  • @taylorhippie

    It wasn't that robbie couldn't sing and play, he just can't sing... hahaha

  • @Ballhogmusic funny... absolutely true. It's funny to see him up there looking like he's crooning during the tunes and you know the mic is muted basically. Then between songs turn em up so he can talk to the audience. Could he play guitar? Yes, quite well. Not everyone can sing, thats ok, and the mic was useful as I said he tended to communicate w the audience most outta the guys... Anyway, funny, thanks fer the laugh!

  • awesome

  • Uh, Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeese!

  • Awesome.

  • Totally tight. These guys knew how to put it together.

  • 10 people did it!

  • Love the sliding trombone

  • 543,345 views. Thumbs up for palindromes!

  • Who are the 10 who voted thumbs down? Amazing song, amazing band and Levon is the man.

  • Brilliant

  • Thumbs up if you came here because of Case Mayfield

  • The Band rules..........Great Song

  • They always gave 110%, the benchmark for all bands, its no wonder Dylan picked them as his band. A first class act all the way.

  • Levon kinda looks like Ray Lamontagne in this clip. Anybody agrees?

  • Great performance... thanks for posting.

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  • I usually don't like remakes of Motown songs but this is o.k.  The Who covered it also, but of course there's only one Marvin Gaye.

  • @fanofprotopic

    i hate remakes of EVERY song

  • What a band, what a song, and what a performance!

  • is this an ottis reading song?? where can i find it. GOD BLESS THE BAND xxx

  • @jimtheejim This is a Marvin Gaye song.

  • @stretchmorgan thanks

  • @jimtheejim Well actually its a Holand Dozier Holland tune produced by them with Gaye singing lead. The Band's version sticks it right in the back of the net though.

  • This is one of the best live cuts of The Band. Thanks for the post!

  • Zongo Junction is playing this at the Brooklyn Bowl Monday night! come on down!

  • @forthemusicause O YES THEY DID AND THEY ROCKED IT!!!!!!!! Do IT DO IT DOOOO IT

  • Simply Killer. Thanks for posting!!

  • Simply Killer. Thanks for posting!!

  • yes, it is very difficult to play drums and sing, but oh my god is it ever fun! This is one of the best live performances ever by a musical group. You should read the background of how the horn charts came to be...

  • great great version. love it. i play bass and love danko's driving bass.  but levon's soul is unreal. he's an underrated drummer

  • Is there any more video from the string of shows?

  • @random286 you may not be aware of this, but I believe it's the new years show from this run that the album Rock of Ages comes from. 

  • @TheTestingGrounds Hey sorry just saw this reply now. Ya I figured it was from that album, its my favorite one. I was hoping there would be more video of it.

  • Levon is a stallion.

  • bad men. bad, BAD men... 'specially ol' levon. so tuff. so much swag n tude. love it!

  • what a tune!....Lead off song in the Movie "The Dilemma"....maybe the best part of the movie...and that doesn't mean it was a BAD movie...

    RBj

  • Saw them in Wembley Stadium in London September, 1973, with Joni Mitchell & Tom Scott and the LA Express, and CSN &Y....and 80,000 friends. My greatest concert experience ever. Period.

    Funniest moment.....one guy kept yelling "Play LIFE IS A CARNIVAL". Another guy yelled back, "Wrong- life is a fucking bitch!". 38 years later that still makes me laugh.

  • @HughJeeNJ - love to hear memories like this - mucho thanks!

  • Should be made compulsory viewing for all musicians no matter what genre they hail from. PURE CLASS.

  • this group was theeee best .......there music is some of the greatest rock-n-fuckin-roll.........eve­r  ,

  • that is the best rendition of that song, hands down

  • One of the best versions of this song ever!! Perfect!

  • Marvin Gaye did this song first. completely different version.

  • 7 people don't like music!

  • SO RARE

    

  • some funky white boys...doing justice to Mr. Gaye with this one. One of their best live songs without doubt

  • @jlerche21 Southern soul f'sho. 

  • the band of bands! so freaking awesome!

  • this version I think is better then last waltz, their pure rocking out

  • astounding.

    

  • you will never find a tighter rhythm section than levon and rick danko! so so so fcking funky! and the horns are just killer. i was very lucky to see rick and garth play some very small intimate shows right before he died, rick had put few pounds on but his voice could still make you cry. the best!

  • I want a "love" button for this song..cause I way more than just like it!!

  • The Band was thee band! This is probably my favorite song by them.

  • Awesome

  • though I listen to alot of different bands and muzic styles, The Band will always be my favorite band of all times. (Levon has the best beard ever)

  • @The60sMusicman *music

  • Epic X-men bass drum.

  • Don't do it!!! dont press that dislike button!!!

  • @amcoho4 you are so right !!!

  • @amcoho4 ...ah' don't do it!!

  • @amcoho4 Eight deaf 'n' anti-awesome beard people watched this video

  • @amcoho4 I would not dare!!! Wonderful music!!

  • @amcoho4 Baby don't do it!

  • @amcoho4 too late dude-looks like at least 10 bozos did it!

  • anyone know of a good place to find a bass tab for this song?

  • Curtis Mayfield is behind this music..............no doubt

  • Awesome. Anyone have any names to the faces here?

  • CCR was a phenomenal group, one of my favs. They are ever bit as good as The Band. They also had a Robbie Robertson in their group, John Fogerty.

  • This is spectacular. Got any more?

  • This is spectacular. Got any more?

  • really really great

  • Master of the masters... Our Drummer TEACHER!

  • One of the best and most underrated bands

  • @beeeastmaster Could not agree more. They had great songs, great talent, and 3 guys who could flat out sing

    You just dont see that.

  • And he shall be Levon.

  • I like the bands sound more then i like ccr's but ccr put out alot more catchy tunes thats why they're more liked i think.

  • Where is the rest of this JESUS thank you for the Band. Oh, and Dylan, too :D

  • these guys rock.

  • Fuck Don Henley, nobody does it better then Levon

  • 4 minutes and 38 seconds of mind-blowingly awesome!!! I love this cover with all my heart...

  • How can you not love Robbie, Levon, Rick Danko, Garth Hudson and Richard Manuel.

    PERFECTION.

  • @wilgus57 I totally agree, but when its built into his DNA, he just makes it look sooooo fooooking easy.

  • Type PRIZE before youtube and hit enter

  • The Band is truly the most underrated band ever. When people list theior favorite bands you usually hear Zeppelin, The Stones, The Beatles or Pink Floyd, all British bands. These guys were the best band ever from North America.

  • @gooddunkel what about CCR?

  • @forrestsandwich

    IMO The Band was better than CCR. The Band had so much emotion and heart in what they did. I love CCR but The Band were just a step above.

  • @gooddunkel Idk. CCR had two butt loads of emotion and heart in their music. I'd say their music is better than The Band's. But i'm not dissing the Band. I like them a lot. It's just that there's not one Creedence song that I don't like, that i've heard.

  • @forrestsandwich

    Thats because all creedence songs sound the same, so if you like one you like em all. Not to knock CCR I love them, but I've never been brought to tears by anything CCR has done (a few of the Band's songs have done this on occasion, Acadian Driftwood, Tears of Rage, Rockin Chair, Whispering Pines, etc). Altho I will give CCR credit, for only being around for 2 years and putting up as much material (altho it is all in the same veign) as they did.

  • @forrestsandwich

    Thats because all creedence songs sound the same, so if you like one you like em all. Not to knock CCR I love them, but I've never been brought to tears by anything CCR has done (a few of the Band's songs have done this on occasion, Acadian Driftwood, Tears of Rage, Rockin Chair, Whispering Pines, etc). Altho I will give CCR credit, for only being around for 2 years and putting up as much material (altho it is all in the same vein) as they did.

  • The Band is the greatest group ever!! Nobody rocks like they did. They will always be my favorite BAND!!!!!!

  • I just watched this four times in row.

  • Levon Helm. Last of the truly great badasses. He was there at the start.

  • It's been too long!

  • I was at this show and it was incredible. Then, a few years later, I heard the intro to this song on the radio when Rock of Ages came out and I got the same thrill again.

    What a night!

  • This is great. Only footage I've ever seen of these concerts that would become the Rock of Ages CD. Anyone seen anything else?

  • Well I just heard the Black Crowes version, and no disrespect to them, but the band isn't called THE BAND, for nothin'

  • Actual MUSICIANS use to play popular music?

    What a concept.

  • This is the best of country-rock,it can"t get any better.

  • levon is beautiful

  • I've loved this album since my college days in the mid 70's. Miss you Rick and Richard. Love you forever Levon.

  • 3:01-3:11 = the greatest moment in music history ever.

  • the whoal last walts robbie robertson did not have his mickrophone pluged in an im not lieing  because im levon helm

  • Award for sickest fills during guitar solos goes to Levon Helm

  • The performance of the song is GREAT, but they sure weren't very good at filming this stuff back then. They were showing Robbie Robertson from behind during his solo near the end of the song, for example, instead of actually showing him playing it. A lot of the music performances from this period are unfortunately filmed and edited in this way. It's as if they were trying to be "visually creative" instead of just showing the musicians playing. Frustrating.

  • @1ptpicker faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaag

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  • @mexicansmell Very well thought out and insightful response. Hehe. How's it going?

  • God doesn't exist, the answer would be they havn't tried LSD.

  • "It ain't like it used to be."

  • great, great, great!

  • how does this get 5 dislikes ?

  • @rattyb21 God only knows. Folks with no taste is all I can think

  • @rattyb21 I cannot make any sense of it either...

  • It really doesn't get any better than this. Truly great music.

  • what a great tune. i had never heard this tune when i went to this concert, but it sure got my attention. when those horns came in it made perfection even better!

  • Damn, Levon dishes out some mean fills.

  • i like when robbie switched to strat

  • nice song 

  • At first I was thinking, "Wow, this sounds exactly like the version from Rock of.. Wait..it is, holy shit."

  • "The Band", "The Band", "The Band"... what a comical name for a BAND...

    These guys made 3 strong albums: "Music From Big Pink", "The Band", "Rock Of Ages". Eveythin' else is shit. Sorry for the word folks.

  • @dormontphilippe1958 they are THE Band. As in the band above all other bands. The culmination of everything a band should be.

  • @dormontphilippe1958 They're called The Band because that was the collective name by which people knew them; nothing else was really more fitting. And you obviously haven't listened to the Band in any seriousness or open-mindedness. Stage Fright is probably their most ryhmically enriched album; Northern Lights, Southern Cross isn't bad either. I mean it has Ophelia and It Makes No Difference. And The Basement Tapes with Bob Dylan is epic. You are such a fag. Who doesn't like the Band?

  • @dormontphilippe1958 Blasphemy!

  • Yo the organ player works where my mom works!so sick!!!

  • One of the Greatest Jam Bands in Modern Music! Dylan knew what he was doing when he had them as his Back-Up Band! Very Very Underated to this Day! The best compliment I ever heard about them.....when Eric Clapton quit Cream.....he wanted to be in this Group!

  • @GucciGeo1 yeah i would quit to join the band.... i wouldnt care if they put in is as like second horn or something.... still woulda been great

  • Simply an awsome song.

    p.s. Danko Rules... and Levon

  • Holy shit! Six fingers on left hand at 0:17!!!

  • This is a recording of the Rock of Ages concert with the memorable horn section. What a band they were....... THE Band.

  • The Band is amazing

    damn! thats all I can say...