Saw “The Band “ twice. There music was as tight and flawless as their studio albums. Once at a little junior college 68 or early 69, here on Long Island about 1/2 mile from here, in 3rd row seats. And 2nd at the Woodstock Music and Arts festival at White Lake New York in August of 1969.......in a sea of people’s.
You’re so right about that. I was amazed after watching the Woodstock video of “The Weight” - it was as good as the studio version, unlike so many of the other drug-addled performances from that concert.
I’m sorry but Joe Cocker’s “With a Little Help From My Friends” from Woodstock is an overrated bastardization of a decent Beatles song. It’s OK but it’s not iconic in my view as so many others would make it out to be.