History is slippery. It changes shape according the needs, desires and even the whims of those with sufficient power to broadcast the story. The Band’s farewell concert, The Last Waltz, was performed on Thanksgiving night in 1976 and released on […]
With four albums of their own under their belt, The Band knew a few things. They’d had all that training — mostly years of “Midnight Rambles” with Ronnie Hawkins — in enough beer halls and strip joints right up the […]
Recently I’ve watched with a mixture of fascination and horror a TV docu-soap called “Making The Band”, which purports to show a Backstreet-like boy group pieced together with an assembly-line rigor that would do Henry Ford proud. This, we’re to […]
Jubilation stands apart from The Band’s other post-Robbie Robertson/Richard Manuel releases for the way, once again, rich worlds are revealed in each song. Recorded in Levon Helm’s converted Woodstock barn, the settings are mostly acoustic, but full of live rock […]
