The Band - Levon & Garth Backstage Jam + Sonny Boy Williamson Stories

Levon & Garth play a sweet little blues jam on accordion & guitar, leading into a couple awesome stories about the time The Hawks hung out with Sonny Boy Williamson shortly before his death in 1965.

Danko appears a little slow here. I'm not sure if he was tired or stoned or what...

Across the whole DVD this was pulled from, Levon lays the Arkansas shit on pretty thick in the most wonderful ways:
"He put the fear 'uh god in them sumbitches around southeast Arkansas. Baaaad ones, too. Boy, if they got the word that Sonny Boy was gonna cut their ass, they'd leave town..."

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Music

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• The Band
• levon
• garth
• danko
• blues
• sonny boy williamson ii
• sonny boy williamson

[mollyz2000]

What year did this come out? And which DVD did this come from? I'd love to see more.

[einyo]

@mollyz2000 It's off of the long-out-of-print The Band Is Back (1983). It's not exactly The Last Waltz, but it's worth a watch if you're a big fan. I had to import the DVD from the UK via eBay--the US version is impossible to find and was cut significantly from the Canadian/UK version anyway. Look around for it and you should be able to find a copy if you're willing to spend a little.

[andrewthomasTAS]

I wish you could still smile rick

[JustAintthatWay]

these two got more talent in their pinkys

than all everybody else combined

then danko tells a story

jeez seems so imformal but magical just the same

thanks for the tube