I host a weekly radio show here in Maine and this Saturday night, Sept 19th, my entire three hour program will be dedicated to the music of The Band ! The songs you know and love, plus a lot of rare and unreleased tracks. Lorts of cool solo stuff too--
The show is called Mystery Train and can be heard anywhere in the world by logging onto www.wjzf.org

Saturday night, Sept 19th 9:00pm- Midnight EST

Hope you can join us !

ps-- Stones special in a couple of weeks ! Stay tuned..

The Band was The Bomb...i don't think there's ever been a act with more individual and collective talent. three of the greatest voices to ever grace us...

Fantastic band!

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The Band was The Bomb...i don't think there's ever been a act with more individual and collective talent. three of the greatest voices to ever grace us...

100% agree,some of the best music ever made in the world .i miss the magic of the three voices (helm,danko,and manuel).to me a real crime that robbie broke the band up during there peak ,because robbie the weenie didnt want to die from all the excess during the seventies blah blah blah.

Huge fan. Saw them at Wembley in 74 supporting Joni and CSNY. Great great show. Jesse Colin Young who opened was also very good.
BTW, anyone else here heard a great unreleased later day album by The Band called Tombstone? Minus Robbie was still a very good show.

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The Band was The Bomb...i don't think there's ever been a act with more individual and collective talent. three of the greatest voices to ever grace us...

100% agree,some of the best music ever made in the world .i miss the magic of the three voices (helm,danko,and manuel).to me a real crime that robbie broke the band up during there peak ,because robbie the weenie didnt want to die from all the excess during the seventies blah blah blah.

or one could make the argument that they broke up before their legacy was tarnished...the last album (islands) suggested their creative spirit was fading fast...

having said that - when garth, rick and levon started recording again in the 90's, i was fearful...however those last 3 The Band albums were all winners...not in league with their best, mind you, but hardly embarrassing....

What is the status of r. roberson?

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What is the status of r. roberson?

D'you mean sexually, financially or philosophically?

robbie does the movie soundtrack thing here and there .

Love them!
And lucky enough to have known them for more than 25 years. (Lived in Woodstock) Although only Garth and Levon of the original line-up are still playing - now and then - I play their albums a lot.
Sometimes, when I'm in or around Woodstock, I try to catch their gigs, like when they're Levon Helm and the Barnburners etc. With little Amy Helm on vocals. She's got her dad'd vocal cords.

May I recomend this site:

[theband.hiof.no]

It's run by another Norwegian (BV's Norwegian, if you didn't know), and has got a lot of great info, interresting links etc.

'This Wheels On Fire' by Levon Helm...very revealing book about the Band.
didn't really pick up on Big Pink, Rock Of Ages, all those great albums, when they were first out, wish I had. I sure love them now .. better late than never
'A Musical History' is a great box set
'the Basement Tapes' is one of the all time great albums, something so unique about that music.

the catalogue reissues a few years ago, replete with many bonus tracks, were all fabulous...they even unearthed the long-sought-after dylan tunes on rock of ages...

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Any fans of The Band here ?

Absolutely!

Love 'em. huge influence as well.

"Chest Fever" = great song

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the catalogue reissues a few years ago, replete with many bonus tracks, were all fabulous...they even unearthed the long-sought-after dylan tunes on rock of ages...

they did ,do you get the bob tunes from a new issue rock of ages in the stores(bestbuy,etc)?

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"Chest Fever" = great song

Yeah I like that one too Elmo. The organ kind of reminds me of a Deep Purple.

"It's just some friends of mine and they're busting down the door"

The Band are f*cking great! (Personally, I thought that Helm's autobiography was a little too whiney - a little bit Wymanish...)

of course, great band!!!

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the catalogue reissues a few years ago, replete with many bonus tracks, were all fabulous...they even unearthed the long-sought-after dylan tunes on rock of ages...

they did ,do you get the bob tunes from a new issue rock of ages in the stores(bestbuy,etc)?

the dylan tunes - masterpiece, down in the flood, lars and don't ya tell henry - were included on a bonus disc on the 2001 reissue. it was a rare dylan live appearance (12/31/71).

....still available at record stores everywhere....



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It Makes No Difference is one of the great heartbreak songs of all time....

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It Makes No Difference is one of the great heartbreak songs of all time....

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the catalogue reissues a few years ago, replete with many bonus tracks, were all fabulous...they even unearthed the long-sought-after dylan tunes on rock of ages...

they did ,do you get the bob tunes from a new issue rock of ages in the stores(bestbuy,etc)?

the dylan tunes - masterpiece, down in the flood, lars and don't ya tell henry - were included on a bonus disc on the 2001 reissue. it was a rare dylan live appearance (12/31/71).

....still available at record stores everywhere....

awesome ,i must have this .were you one of the lucky ones to have seen dylan with the dead back in 87 ?



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Love The Band . . . . brilliant songwriting and musicianship. They took their craft seriously. I was lucky enough to see them in their early days, probably 1968, at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium. And The Last Waltz is possibly the best concert/documentary every made.
I also agree with the aforementioned sentiments regarding It Makes No Difference.

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the catalogue reissues a few years ago, replete with many bonus tracks, were all fabulous...they even unearthed the long-sought-after dylan tunes on rock of ages...

they did ,do you get the bob tunes from a new issue rock of ages in the stores(bestbuy,etc)?

the dylan tunes - masterpiece, down in the flood, lars and don't ya tell henry - were included on a bonus disc on the 2001 reissue. it was a rare dylan live appearance (12/31/71).

....still available at record stores everywhere....

awesome ,i must have this .were you one of the lucky ones to have seen dylan with the dead back in 87 ?

only time i passed on a local dylan show...not too sorry i did from what i've read and listened to about the show...not the dead at their best nor bob at his

Hey bob r, don't forget they were a great rock'n'roll band too!
In your program you should include the single "Who Do You Love" by Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks, one of the best singles of all time!
The sheer power of the performance is amazing, hope you have the original vinyl!

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the catalogue reissues a few years ago, replete with many bonus tracks, were all fabulous...they even unearthed the long-sought-after dylan tunes on rock of ages...

they did ,do you get the bob tunes from a new issue rock of ages in the stores(bestbuy,etc)?

the dylan tunes - masterpiece, down in the flood, lars and don't ya tell henry - were included on a bonus disc on the 2001 reissue. it was a rare dylan live appearance (12/31/71).

....still available at record stores everywhere....

awesome ,i must have this .were you one of the lucky ones to have seen dylan with the dead back in 87 ?

only time i passed on a local dylan show...not too sorry i did from what i've read and listened to about the show...not the dead at their best nor bob at his

wow, i have dylan with the dead cd,and i have the (i think it's called)view from the dead which is from the anaheim show in 1987 which the dead did the first set then bob came out and did his set with the dead (which is the dylan with the dead columbia records cd)and then the dead did there second set .man i would have killed to have seen this show i will tell you !!!!!!!!!!!!

i've got all the dylan/dead boards from the tour (only 6 shows) - hit and miss at best. frankly the dead weren't very good in the mid-80's and Dylan was at his absolute nadir, as he will tell you himself...

Scarecrow and a yellow moon
and pretty soon a carnival on the edge of
town,
King Harvest has surely come.



Sheer class.

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Love The Band . . . . brilliant songwriting and musicianship. They took their craft seriously. I was lucky enough to see them in their early days, probably 1968, at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium. And The Last Waltz is possibly the best concert/documentary every made.
I also agree with the aforementioned sentiments regarding It Makes No Difference.

life-changing music the band made - ask EC...