The Band - Slipin and Slidin

[TPG3471]

The Band really should be considered national treasures, not just a Canadian treasure but a North American treasure. This is amazing stuff and they don't get nearly the respect or recongnition they deserve. This song just rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tamura1962]

絶頂期の演奏ですね。ロビーのソロなんか、気合一発で凄い、迫力­ですね。（＾ｖ＾）

[74bomayemcfc]

great tune...

[TheLazZzar]

people really underrate Robbie robertson but really he has a unique voice theres just some thing different and unheard till the 60's

[AngusShanks]

@TheLazZzar His new album is awesome. He sings half decent too. Great guests and his slide work is very very good. Get it!

[fatschlamp1]

...pickers out there will be interested to note the metal finger picks on robbie's middle fingers there, working in combo with the flatpick...one of the keys to his angsty, never too-smooth sound...

[Mattiscool771]

is this on film????



[hnh4]

@Mattiscool771 Festival Express, a documentary featuring awesome performances form The band, Grateful Dead, Buddy Guy, Janis J and others. Highly recommend it!

[rad311]

I love them all so much it hurts. I've cried myself to sleep thinking about how incredible they are.

[duanejerry]

Shit. STILL the best video on the 'Tube.

[jcpons1967]

Very, but very gooood!

[Wdec29]

I read the Band biography and it actually says that Ronnie Hawkins claims Levon is hung like horse. He is the ultimate male

[TPG3471]

Simply Amazing

[Fruscianteistheman]

folks... the band

[AFatGuyNamedPete]

Danko's bass really kicks in this song. It's criminal how underrated his playing is.

[PageandPlant4Life]

As my dad would say "It sounds like Robbie is playing with his toes!"

[Stephanjnj]

Is it just my perception, or is Robbie Robbertson the only musician in ANY group who gets bludgeoned repeatedly for not being a vocalist? The three members of The Band who COULD sing exceptionally well shone all the brighter for singing Robbie's lyrics. Creative talent manifests itself in many ways, including but not limited to having a great set of vocal chords.

[dialacroc]

Rock from the soul..rock of ages!!

[kaliane62]

Merci pour cette vidéo , hyper sympa , c'était bien notre époque avec de la vrai musique !!!!! où que sont passés mes vingt ans!!!!

[axwell21]

Damnit, Robbie. Who taught that guy to play guitar?

[AngusShanks]

@axwell21

No one. Don't like his playing?

[axwell21]

@AngusShanks

Not really. Whenever I listen to him solo, it seems like he hits the same note over and over. Not to mention he was the one responsible for breaking up the band.

[AngusShanks]

@axwell21

He's not an ace player but many top guys felt he had a lot of soul. He was THE arranger and main writer for The Band so without him they would have been just a backup band playing covers, albeit an immensely talented backup band. |His ego got in the way and it ended The Band, true. His solo stuff sucks IMO but he had a stretch of pure genius there for a while. The Band will never be recreated and I am grateful for RR's contribution to music.

[NursingSoftware]

@axwell21 He's capable of a great solo, but some of his others can get somewhat repetitive. He's said that the Dylan influence changed him from focusing mainly on guitar playing to songwriting.

[Buster59]

@axwell21

Roy Buchanan



[sunriseRISE]

CHECK OUT'JOHN LENNONS 'band of motherfuckers' doing ''slipin and slidin' live

[ray482]

not a patch on the original by LITTLE RICHARD , but nice try

[PCPrabbit]

as soon as the bass kicks in  you realize danko is a master of all things amazing.

[Stephanjnj]

This is pub rock at its finest!

[AngusShanks]

Killer. Richard could burn.

[lonelyboylv]

All you have to do is listen to Robbie's vocal in this song and you'll see why his mic was normally switched off.

[cielo27rah]

hmmn likey not Bearsville

[adven229utube]

Does anyone know where this was recorded?

[patmz15]

@adven229utube this is from the festival express documentary, can't recall the exact city but somewhere in Canada, maybe Calgary?

[AngusShanks]

Toronto, at the CNE.

[joeykirk09]

for all the comments abah the vovals robbies mic was always switched off due to his weak voice and lack of confidence what a tune tho RIP RICHARD AND RICK X

[michaelvkelly1]

stop ripping stuff directly from levon helms book. it definitely was not switched fof here. and levon never said it was ALWAYS switched off anyway.

[joeykirk09]

ok robbie had the best voice infact he contibuted to the band hamonys both on record an live..........NOT

[michaelvkelly1]

that was a strange comment, i suspect a hint at sarcasm! who ever said he had the best voice? not me, just making the point that he was singing here.

[michaelvkelly1]

good comment. i just wrote an almost identical comment and then scrolled down and saw ud got there first! i hate the way people do that!!

[michaelvkelly1]

it wasnt always switched off. u r just basing that on what you read in levon helms book.

[jirishanca]

I was there. Robbie's mic was not switched off, you could hear him singing.

[michaelvkelly1]

good stuff. people base all their opinions on one book!!

[nathanjhood]

Why don't people want to play like this anymore? Am I the only one? There are so few acts that could compete with this, in terms of passion, musicianship (brother Robbie is on fire!), and the beauty in taking such a simple song and just playing the hell out of it... I love these huge singalongs they are able to do (like on "ain't no more cane") where you have all these amazing voices singing at the top of their lungs... Why don't people do this anymore???

[andrewptob]

Amen...and I wish I knew!

[bucks1955mjm]

You are so right on! Saw The Band several times.... no band rocked better! One of my fav personal music related possesions is a guitar pick Rick gave me.-, right after he gave me a bear hug.

[microtechg7]

Go see the Cate Brothers live if you can. They have a connection with The Band as well, for those that are not aware. They even play some Band tunes at their shows.

[Eeasyskankin]

His vocals are spot on in dont you break my heart

[Rico8910]

What's the bfd and all the noise about Robbie's vocals or lack thereof?!

He does play a bad f'n geetar.

[chrispiccaro18]

Wow, Garth is awesome. Where the hell was he going in that solo?

He loves that modulator lol(or leslie?). Did they have live modulators back then?

[markowitzevan]

ASelinger,

I really don't think that any of robbie's solo stuff sounded anything like the band. It seemed like a group effort to me. Without the band robbie didn't amount to much.

[PageandPlant4Life]

I wonder if Robbie sang just because he thought it was fun, or if he was trying to get the audience to believe he was singing. either way, he isn't audible in most live recordings, and on the ones he is, the vocal harmonies suffer.

[YoHuckleberry]

He actually used to like singing along with the guys but since he knew that his voice was bad, they turned the mic off. I don't know why he thought so. If you ever hear 'Out of the blue' from the Last Waltz soundtrack (it's not in the movie,) that's actually him singing because no one could find Richard. But it's actually really good.

[andrewptob]

He sings a bit on the Bastment Tapes, too, which I thought he sounded pretty good on.  Check out "Bessie Smith" from the Basement Tapes on here. Good tune with Robbie singing.

[jirishanca]

Is that right? Robbie sang "Out of the Blue" because Manuel couldn't be found? Well, good for Richard that day, as Robbie did a good job on a great song.

[batemen49]

It has been well documented that Robbie would sing into a mic that was not on. In all of their live stuff, Robbie is singing into a dead mic. His voice was terrible but he liked to sing along during live shows. Levon is not the only one to talk about this.

[ASelinger]

i love Levon, but he is unreasonable. Robbie clearly wrote all the Band's material (he is a songwriter, Levon is not), Robbie doesn't call himself a singer.

[joeshlatbonk]

Firstly, Robbie did no write all the Band's material. He wrote the vast majority of it, after the first album. But what you say has little or nothing to do with the comment you were responding to. It's as much a fact as Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo that Robbie was singing into a dead mic.

[jirishanca]

I think Levon's point was that even if Robbie brought the original song in for playing or recording, the other members made enough contributions on many to be considered co-writers.

[michaelvkelly1]

I know what you are saying and im sure in some cases that is very true. im sure robbie was a bit of an egomaniac and hogged song writing credits on songs that others were involved in but its also perfectly plausable that levon is a bit jealous and bitter in old age having started out as the leader and longest serving member of his band to have been usurped by robbie. also all musicians add their own style to songs they play on but it they didnt write the tune or the words they dont get the $!!

[ThomasMaclennan]

The Band is incredible.

[54spiritedwill54]

good stuff

[ThomasMaclennan]

yeah this recording is sweet, its off festival express, a documentary made about a series of festivals in Canada right after woodstock.

[sateliteoflove202]

Danko's bass is awesome here.

[1947Chief]

yea and Robbie shreds

[zuendapp94]

damn, this song rocks !

[mysteria31]

I second that emotion!

[PianoSpider]

folks this is what happens when every musician in a band is on top of their game. simply amazing

[Bundashit]

Go Ricky Go!!!

[thebetterhalf37]

now thats a rock and roll guitar solo!

[1947Chief]

shred !

[ktbriggs]

Let's give it up for Garth Hudson on organ too. That guy was a magician.

[lorenrt303]

@ktbriggs Garth IS a magician! Not was.

[CSNY225]

is it just me or is Robbie's mic actually on for once?

[famouspogs]

yeah it is in this. richard is nowhere to be heard, just robbie rick and levon.

[forfunk49]

that's richard on a very audible piano.....

[famouspogs]

i meant vocal wise.

[Kilkelly7]

robbie can't sing i wouldn't be surprised if his mic is off there like it was on the last waltz

[famouspogs]

he can sing just not in the sameway any of the band members could.

[Theman5505]

Yeah, probably not good

[joeyjoejoe1916]

what makes u say his mic was off on the last waltz

[Kilkelly7]

read "this wheel's on fire" by levon helm he says robbie wasnt much of a singer

[sgtcornsack]

maybe not by levon's standards. But he sounds just fine to the rest of us.

[Kilkelly7]

levon sounds great like always, J Robbie Robertson is just singing into a dead mic

[layforDylan]

if i wore lennon glasses would i look like him?-im female i might add

[1947Chief]

that's a stretch - Robbie likely emulate's American artists ...

[Dizkneelande]

wateva

[jacossun]

sure you are

[Bluesmen88]

Man, this is great. The band it's best and most entertaining here.

[QuickhandsMcPinch]

lennon was skinny

[pablohabibe]

Robertson look's like a skinny lennon...

[ElChrissos]

Man, it's nice to see Richard playing up some steaming piano there. It always seems to be Garth who gets the keyboard-limelight, but Richard, man, what a solid contender!

[noahf67]

You could tar, feather and drive this group through a car wash while performing, and they would still sound tighter than any band ever. There were no adverse stage conditions their musicianship could not overcome. Their Dylan boot camp days served them well...

[1CupidandPsyche]

without a doubt.

[SteerforthBinoculars]

Spot on. But Dylan boot camp? What about Ronnie Hawkins boot camp? They were already the best in town by the time Dylan called them up.

[noahf67]

True, but the Dylan experience saw them up against the toughest audiences in the largest numbers...it was "Play For Your Life!"

[SteerforthBinoculars]

Hah indeed. I guess without either experience they just wouldn't have been The Band.

[frankdidit]

robbie robertson cannot sing man.. great guitarist and song writer though

[darkstar4589]

The Best!

[rjh5885]

John Lennon did a version too

[drowsyrn]

who orginally did this song??

[Poway23]

I know Little Richard did it

[chicofishhead]

Eddie Bo - "I'm Wise." Little Richard stole the song from Eddie Bo and retitled it.

[TheLazZzar]

@drowsyrn buddy holly

[MaximumMartin]

I first saw this at the cinema in canterbury, there was only 4 people there but this and janis joplins cry baby is on the festival express to that was brilliant but too. has anyone seen any good black blues vids???

[HickoryRose]

Great stuff, I never heard them do this one before, they were sure belting it out !!!!

[60skid]

good stuff

[marko1965nsw]

cool guys gret stuff .

[thedudeabidestoyou]

love the pianee intro

[DangerousBastard]

Cool beard on Robbie Robertson! :P

[iagobroxado]

hummm seems like they turned Robbies` mic on on this one! hehe

[astoria1066]

It's from Festival Express.

[salmonroll]

This thing is great! Please, more Band stuff. They were the best. Rick's bass sounds terrific here.

[oceancoast12]

Please post more Band videos! These guys are the BEST. Awesome. Good stuff.

[rtpx7]

Great stuff!!!

Does there exist more from this show? Or from that period?

[cluelessxpanda]

This is soooo great! This was supposed to be their standard encore song, but they never played it when I heard them. There was supposed to be a bootleg version of it floating around in the 70s that everyone wanted to hear, but nobod I knew ever heard it.

Now I only want to hear the original demo version of "Don't Do It."

[Xavi1900]

Great live version of this song.