For information about how to use this forum please check out forum help and policies.
Quote
StonesTodQuote
Gangster-of-love
Tod - touche....
phew! finally! i was getting exhausted.....
Quote
letitloose
They were the only band I can think of where every member was equally importantly. Its a shame that Robertson seemed to take the position that it was HIS band.
Just me talking..but The Band would not have been without Robertson and they would have still been "The Band" without the other band mates..
Quote
Gangster-of-loveQuote
StonesTodQuote
Gangster-of-love
Tod - touche....
phew! finally! i was getting exhausted.....
So at the end Let's try to convince Levon to invite Robbie for one of his Midnight Ramble sessions
Quote
stones78
It's a shame that Levon & Robbie don't speak to each other anymore, they had like a telepathic connection when they played, at their peak they were up there with The Beatles & The Stones...
Quote
Gangster-of-loveQuote
StonesTodQuote
Gangster-of-love
Tod - touche....
phew! finally! i was getting exhausted.....
So at the end Let's try to convince Levon to invite Robbie for one of his Midnight Ramble sessions
Quote
pmk251
I take no stand in the RR-Levon feud. The only ones who should needed to have been there. I have great respect for RR, his songwriting and guitar playing. He's a sexy musician to watch on stage. What he does is extremely tasteful and done with committment and passion.
I doubt if there is any group or individual I respect more than The Band. Amazingly, when I revisit those first three albums my appreciation continues to grow. It is rich, rich music on many levels.
One of my fond memories was having the opportunity to shake Levon's hand and pay my respects. But RR has the right to do what he wants with his life. So did Lennon. And Levon's allegations that RR is, in effect, a thief breaks my heart. All things considered and over the years I have always thought RR's response to those allegations to be relatively restrained, perhaps out of respect for his old band mate.
I look forward to the new music.
Quote
crumbling_mice
Exactly Rockman...and if anyone doubts any of this, read Barney Hoskin's book, 'Across the Great Divide' It tells the story of the Band from conception in Canada with Ronnie Hawkins through the Dylan years, a huge bit on The Last Waltz including backstage antics etc (if you watch Neil Young doing Helpless you can still see a mega lump of coke stuck in his nostril!) and eventually to the break up and the death of Richard (who didn't intend to hang himself, he was, allegedly masturbating whilst restricting the airflow to the brain - a practise which if not carried out carefully can result in hanging.
Quote
StonesTod
as dylan says, "money doesn't talk; it swears."
Quote
71TeleQuote
crumbling_mice
Exactly Rockman...and if anyone doubts any of this, read Barney Hoskin's book, 'Across the Great Divide' It tells the story of the Band from conception in Canada with Ronnie Hawkins through the Dylan years, a huge bit on The Last Waltz including backstage antics etc (if you watch Neil Young doing Helpless you can still see a mega lump of coke stuck in his nostril!) and eventually to the break up and the death of Richard (who didn't intend to hang himself, he was, allegedly masturbating whilst restricting the airflow to the brain - a practise which if not carried out carefully can result in hanging.
What a classy way to go out. Just like that INXS guy and David Carradine.
i second that.Quote
letitloose
Sorry, but I think thats Bullshit. I think he hanged himself because he wanted to end his life. I actually believe you tarnish the purity and honesty of the mans legacy by suggesting he was playing some solo sex game that went wrong. Richard Manuel was a troubled alcoholic. He took his own way out. That was his choice. A lot of us care deeply about Richard Manuel - please dont engage in tittle tattle.
Quote
KeefintheNight82Quote
stones78
He probably felt that something would happen, I mean, by all accounts, Richard Manuel was drinking pretty heavily at that point, and he was known to be rather fragile. What would have happened had The Band in its original form continued through the punk & new wave/disco years? The reformed one without Robertson was playing really small venues and was virtually unknown to young people. I don't think that if Robbie had stayed they would have been much bigger than that.
Your comments make no sense.
It's good Robbie left when he did because punk would have killed the band, or Richard, or both? Good thing Robbie didn't find Richard's body but had he stayed The Band probably would't have been bigger than the small venues they were playing??
No idea what point you are making.
Quote
stones78
Levon probably thought that by having helped in the arrangements of the songs he and the others members deserved a songwriting credit, but writing & arranging a song are two very different things. Robbie has said himself for example that "Rag Mama Rag" had no arrangement at all when he showed it to the group and that they all contributed to the final arrangemente, but the song was written by Robbie.
Quote
letitlooseQuote
71TeleQuote
crumbling_mice
Exactly Rockman...and if anyone doubts any of this, read Barney Hoskin's book, 'Across the Great Divide' It tells the story of the Band from conception in Canada with Ronnie Hawkins through the Dylan years, a huge bit on The Last Waltz including backstage antics etc (if you watch Neil Young doing Helpless you can still see a mega lump of coke stuck in his nostril!) and eventually to the break up and the death of Richard (who didn't intend to hang himself, he was, allegedly masturbating whilst restricting the airflow to the brain - a practise which if not carried out carefully can result in hanging.
What a classy way to go out. Just like that INXS guy and David Carradine.
Sorry, but I think thats Bullshit. I think he hanged himself because he wanted to end his life. I actually believe you tarnish the purity and honesty of the mans legacy by suggesting he was playing some solo sex game that went wrong. Richard Manuel was a troubled alcoholic. He took his own way out. That was his choice. A lot of us care deeply about Richard Manuel - please dont engage in tittle tattle.
Quote
crumbling_mice
the death of Richard (who didn't intend to hang himself, he was, allegedly masturbating whilst restricting the airflow to the brain - a practise which if not carried out carefully can result in hanging.
Quote
StonesTodQuote
loveyoulive75
Robbie knew that if they'd've carried on something bad would have happened, and sure enough in 1986 it did in the form of Levon and Rick finding Richard Manuel hanging from his shower curtain rod whilst on tour. If not for The Last Waltz it could have easily been in 1979 or something and Robbie himself making the grisly discovery.
a rather curious comment...robbie left the band hoping it would not function without him because if it did someone would do something like hanging himself?
I still dont know who the hell he is, even after reading these 3 pages, I can only gather that he is some sort of well known junkass who had some band.Quote
Roll73Quote
whiskey
Who is Robbie Robertson?
Go and stand in the corner and hang your head in shame....
[en.wikipedia.org]