OrangeXtreme
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All true, but legit reasons for Robbie to be disliked despite his greatness as a guitar player & songwriter. He rarely gave his bros propsMany fans of the Band disliked him and blamed him for a lot of stuff, but the whole thing doesn't happen without his vision and songwriting and lead guitar playing. RIP, Robbie.
(And who had Garth Hudson as the last man standing?)
Oh, I get why some didn't care for him, including some of his band mates. My point was just that we don't get the Band and that body of work without him.All true, but legit reasons for Robbie to be disliked despite his greatness as a guitar player & songwriter. He rarely gave his bros props
and was an insufferable self-promoter as enabled by his pal Marty Scorsese on Last Waltz.
Garth turned 86 last week,
Saw The Band at the War Memorial. Our RA at the time, Billy Case (former SU basketball player, GREAT guy), was a huge fan, and we were in heaven at that concert. May still be the best show I ever saw. Three encores, the third of which (preceded by a huge shout-out to CNY by The Band) was a cover of a great, but little-known, song by the 4 Tops:Great show, great day, great memories.
Robbie Robertson: 20 Essential Songs
Guitarist and songwriter made classic music from the Basement Tapes to the Last Waltz and Beyondwww.rollingstone.com
What's amazing about The Band is that they had three otherworldly vocalists, Danko, Richard Manuel and Levon Helm. Each one of them totally distinctive. I saw a clip from Levon where he said they'd each try out the lead vocal, would then decide which one was right for a given song, then build the harmonies around it.A Robbie Robertson-written song, lead by the great Rick Danko:
That's as good a song as anyone has written, period, and perhaps Danko's greatest vocal.A Robbie Robertson-written song, led by the great Rick Danko:
That's as good a song as anyone has written, period, and perhaps Danko's greatest vocal.
Another great Danko song is the often-covered, peppy version of Long Black Veil, which I kind of lean toward as my favorite (The) Band song:That's as good a song as anyone has written, period, and perhaps Danko's greatest vocal.