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Robbie Robertson, Leader of The Band, Dies at 80
https://variety.com/2023/music/news/robbie-robertson-dead-the-band-1235692172/ ^
| 8/9/2023
| Chris Morris
Posted on 08/09/2023 1:11:09 PM PDT by Chode
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saw him 50yrs ago here at the Summer Jam... RIP
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posted on
08/09/2023 1:11:09 PM PDT
by
Chode
To: Chode
How cool that he morphed his rock career into movie music, worked with Scorsese, AND he “recently completed his fourteenth film music project” — at age 80. Wow. A life well lived.
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posted on
08/09/2023 1:14:16 PM PDT
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(We are proles, they are nobility.)
To: Chode
Wow, loved the Band!.
Saw them with Dylan on the Rolling Thunder review.
RIP
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posted on
08/09/2023 1:14:17 PM PDT
by
Michael.SF.
( Biden-Fetterman in ‘24: It's a no brainer)
To: Chode
Sad news. But no tragedy if you make it to 80.
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posted on
08/09/2023 1:14:17 PM PDT
by
skeeter
To: Chode
To: Chode
RIP. Garth Hudson is 86. I think it’s a one-man Band now.
Freegards
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posted on
08/09/2023 1:16:25 PM PDT
by
Ransomed
To: Chode
I like the video of The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down.
You just didn’t see too many tubas in the bands back then.
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posted on
08/09/2023 1:17:10 PM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer” )
To: Chode
It has become a tradition to play The Last Waltz on Thanksgiving night every year. They were amongst the best ever.
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posted on
08/09/2023 1:19:44 PM PDT
by
Zman
("Think of the press as a great keyboard on which the government can play."--- Joseph Goebbels)
To: Zman
Last Waltz is the best rock and roll movie ever.
L
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posted on
08/09/2023 1:20:36 PM PDT
by
Lurker
( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
To: Chode
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posted on
08/09/2023 1:21:39 PM PDT
by
Lurker
( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
To: Chode
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posted on
08/09/2023 1:21:59 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(It's not a government. It's a criminal enterprise. Fear it, but do not respect it.)
To: blueunicorn6
“I like the video of The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down.”
That was my introduction to The Band. I loved it. Sorry I missed them.
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posted on
08/09/2023 1:23:30 PM PDT
by
odawg
To: ProtectOurFreedom
The title made me think of the Dan Fogelberg song.
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posted on
08/09/2023 1:24:11 PM PDT
by
maro
(MAGA!)
To: Chode; wardaddy; Pelham
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posted on
08/09/2023 1:24:11 PM PDT
by
Mr. Mojo
To: Zman
The Last WaltzI'm surprosed, given how good that movie is, that other 60's and 70's bands never did the same. The recent 4 or 5 part Beatles documentary recently on Disney + was rather boring, raw tape, not really produced well at all.
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posted on
08/09/2023 1:26:38 PM PDT
by
1Old Pro
To: maro
That one makes me cry. I miss my Dad.
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posted on
08/09/2023 1:28:54 PM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Perhaps we should be less concerned with who we might offend and more concerned with who we inspire.)
To: Chode
Of course he wasn’t really the leader. He was the guy most comfortable talking to a camera. And got along great with Scorsese. There was a lot of bad blood after the movie. Had a great run of post Band albums too. This one stings.
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posted on
08/09/2023 1:30:01 PM PDT
by
discostu
(like a dog being shown a card trick)
To: 1Old Pro
Kind of a lightening in a bottle situation. Because they’d worked with so many people over the years and had so many industry friends, they could throw a heck of a party for a “final” concert. Add Scorsese into the mix to make it a movie and you get something really special. But I can’t think of another band that could even try that.
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posted on
08/09/2023 1:31:54 PM PDT
by
discostu
(like a dog being shown a card trick)
To: Chode
I liked "Somewhere Down the Crazy River."
-PJ
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posted on
08/09/2023 1:31:58 PM PDT
by
Political Junkie Too
( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
To: Chode
Damn, I’m gonna have to play The Last Waltz tonight.
RIP, Robbie.
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