Walk Away Renee, Alan Merrill with The Left Banke

Alan Merrill singing "Walk Away Renee" with Tom Finn and George Cameron of The Left Banke. 3-24-2011 in a Red Cross benefit concert for relief for Japan's tsunami victims. The show was held at The Bowery Electric in lower Manhattan, NYC.
The song was a huge hit in 1966 for The Left Banke and is an enduring timeless rock classic.
The event was organized by Sean Yox.
Clip trivia: The trio had no sound check or rehearsal.They just went on stage and performed the song about 10 minutes after arriving at the club. It was the first time they'd ever sung the song together on stage. Remarkable really.

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• left-banke
• arrows
• bowery-electric-nyc
• 2011
• walk-away-renee
• alan-merrill
• tom-finn
• george-cameron
• Red-Cross
• Japan-tsunami-benefit
• sean-yox
• baroque-rock
• folk-rock
• 60s

[bootcords]

Fantastic video. Great job getting this up on you tube. Thanks!

[aleecat75]

@bootcords I'm glad you like it !!!

[bbsteviebb]

Just a quick observation. I don't know if it's because he's playing guitar and talking at the same time but at the start of the clip the rhythm of Alan Merrill's speech sounds a bit like actor Christopher Walken!

[aleecat75]

@bbsteviebb- LOL!

[aleecat75]

Message from- アラン・メリル Alan Merrill-

まだ10代だった1968年にグループ・サウンズのひとりとして­東京でプロ・デビューを果たしたので、日本は第二の故郷のような­気がしています。ですから、その最愛の国、日本を襲った先日の大­地震と津波による惨状には大きな衝撃を受けると同時に深く心を痛­めています。日本にいる沢山の友達のこともずっと気になって いましたが、これまでのところ、皆、無事だということが分かりま­した。ここ何週にも亘り、ひとりひとりに連絡を取っていたのです­。今回の大惨事で亡くなった大勢の方々には心からのお悔やみを申­し上げます。ただひとつの救いがあるとすれば、日本ならこの悲劇­を乗り越え、復興し、今まで以上に強い国になれるということです­。日本人の性格、組織力を見ればそれは明らかです。愛と尊敬を込­めて。

[aleecat75]

No sound check, no rehearsal, from the street straight on to the stage! I loved it!

[thickmickslick]

I like it stripped down to acoustic and voices. The song is amazing.

[1Sharpobject]

What a treat! Thank you for uploading this gem.

[jlisanti1]

superb

[thickmickslick]

His picking is very accurate, sometimes it sounds like a harpsichordl

[nastynastynena]

Class

[chickenindaloo]

Yes, fabulous!!