Left Banke

I found this at www.rodeode.com and here's what it said about the video: Super rare clip of the short-lived baroque rock group, The Left Banke, singing Walk Away Rene.

In typical mid-60s fashion, the group is singing in the middle of nowhere, no electrical cords, no microphones, but plenty of screaming fans.

This clip has a stereo enhanced version of the song, from the equally scarce CD, There's Gonna Be A Storm. 2:47, 2.5 mb, October 1966

Category:

Music

Tags:

• baroque
• left
• banke
• steve
• martin
• michael
• brown
• george
• cameron
• tom
• finn
• walk
• away
• renee
• 1960's

[GuyinCa]

Wow, what an awesome find thank you so much for sharing this!

[mrsoc]

@puseye Senility is a wonderful thing. You hear a new joke all the time-even if it's the same one. There are plenty of things your mother should know-and being a mother of long standing, I can assure you that I have forgotten most of them. I don't mind-as long as the world produces people to correct me-I imagine I'll be fine.

[Cav89]

I hear this song and immediately I'm 16 again, and life is good...so good. I never knew how good until it's been gone 47 years. Thank you so much for this.

[CookieZeal]

So untimely for this young group's sensitive approach to a most haunting tune. I was 16 in the late autumn when hearing this against a cold whistling wind. So, sooooo beautiful. Some things are just caught in the magic. Love this!

[anticorpration]

LOVED The Left Banke, & Steve's voice & hair. I was 12 in 1966 and this clip is from the show "Where The Action Is", where everyone lip synced in different locales. Dick Clark produced the show. We heard back then that Steve lived on W 57th Street in NY and we went into the city couple weekends to try find him. No luck. I'm sad to hear about Jeff & that Steve isn't well to perform. Great song and great memories. Thank you! I have this on VHS but haven't seen in a bit since DVDs.

[frozinarosie]

This puts ANY "music" on the radio today in the dust.What an achingly gorgeous melody.The longing in his voice is almost tangible.The string arrangements sublime.An absolute classic!Thank you sincerely from a music snob.

[ArniepII]

Takes me back to my youth. Young, innocent and so much fun!

[aacrowley897]

they were a great group legendary sound Sorry to hear about your hubby's passing dear.

[armynorb]

@barbaralinn

I am sorry to hear of his passing. It's good to hear some classical rock, especially this...quite emotional.

[barbaralinn]

@PinkLederhosen In this video the lead guitarist is Jeff Winfield, to the right of Steve, the lead singer. I was his wife, but he passed away 2 years ago. The Left Banke has regrouped and played in Brooklyn and the East Village in the past two months. I'm friends with George and Tom Finn and communicate with Tom Fehr. I know Steve's mental state makes him unable to perform, but I will find out what happened to Mike Brown and let you know.

[chaos22349]

Michael Brown was also like 15yo when he wrote this song and "Pretty Ballerina" both about Renee.

[japinvt]

@PinkLederhosen So cool to have a back story on a song that clearly was written about real people. Thanks!