Look Out Cleveland - The Band (The Band 9 of 12)

[jckchrstphr]

People don't realize the Beatle's "back to basics" sound, particularly on "Let it Be" came from listening to the Band.

[sellthemanicans]

Criminally Underrated. 

[popsaka1]

...Hey now -thanx so Very much fer posting these here albums. When I owned the vinyl so many years ago I used ta play the crap outta them -and drove girlfriends of the time nuts as well.

[yousaywuuut]

i live in cleveland in England!

[tdawg1294]

@yousaywuuut sorry



[pkotowski]

@detdiesel8v92 Simcoe?

[BBQFanNo1]

Is about Cleveland Ohio?

[rickhall832]

@BBQFanNo1 The song's about Cleveland, Texas which is about 50 miles north of Houston. That's why Houston's mentioned in the song, too.

[tdawg1294]

@rickhall832 which is also near th ebrazos river! the more you know

[mexicansmell]

Levon at 0:32 !!!!

[Joshfairhead]

@mexicansmell Am I missing something? I dont deny Levon's a great Drummer/Singer (and still is) but what the hells so great about his snare roll there?

[3138Razor]

i listened to this music as a high schooler and it is just so rich even as time

goes on , that gut buckett bass and those flat drums , im a huge fan of the band and this was their BEST album, just my OP

[Rick130WCS]

love the band. Rick is great, makes me proud of name.

[bangkokaaron]

Love the bass by Rick. Especially at the beginning.

[cielo27rah]

where is Jimmy W. these days?

[detdiesel8v92]

Love the fact that Rick came from my home town! The Band could lay it down like none before or after.

[JoshSigurdsonMusic]

@detdiesel8v92 My aunt was cousins with rick and lived with him, she has great stories to tell, rick was a genius :)

[jmtappenden]

BEAUTIFUL,BEAUTIFUL.THE VERY BEST.

[barryhawk23]

Robertson's primarily a songwriter.

[rotagen5]

Nah, I like Robertson and I am a guitarist. Their songs were great, I just wish they had some real leads on them, but they came from a "folky" background.

[esme5454]

Ronnie Hawkins isn't folky and they were his backing band before working with Bob Dylan then on their own, they have a long history

[tdawg1294]

@rotagen5 their goal was to not have a leader, and they were a great band for it.

[rotagen5]

robertson cant play guitar for sh*t ; but he had a unique style and they wrote great songs, levon carries them with his perfect drumming

[jblacktree]

I love all these self-appointed guitar experts who have never produced a note and who attack musicians who have made--LIVE (Like a Rolling Stone, e;g.)--some of greatest guitar sounds in rock. Maybe it ain't conventionally--boring--techni­cally mechanically-- great. Who cares? He plays like a genius.

[wistoncap]

Guitar players are a dime a dozen jblacktree, songwriters on the other hand.....

[NearlyNormalSteve]

Too bad they haven't ever released the whole "The Last Waltz" show, you'd see him and Clapton jamming along and Clapton busts a string and Robertson jumps into the lead. the other place is to listen to Visions of Johanna by Dylan, Robbie is playing lead on it, in the background but turn it up and listen.

[oriskany]

rotagen5: OK, so you have some kind of axe to grind.

Whatever it is, I don't want to hear it.

The Band did some timeless stuff.

Get over it!!

[seanruest]

gotta love these cats they truly rock!!!

[nkbakker1]

sweet song, sweet times... r.i.p. to the 2 of you and good life to the others.