Robbie Robertson Guitar Anthology Series: Includes TheGreatest Hits of the Band
IckMusic (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Not long ago, I unearthed an old cassette of Robbie Robertson’s Storyville album. I’m trying to figure out my thought process during the LP/cassette/early CD years. Specifically, why I ever chose to buy cassettes – the least reliable and most easily damaged format possible. Well, I know why, actually. It was the car cassette player. [...]
Eclecticity (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Both from Songs for the Native Americans , 1994 Hope you enjoy them like I do. Ghost Dance MP3 File Akua Tuta MP3 File
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 12/09/2009
... before the steam engine, I think. I always enjoyed The Band, and Clapton's interplay there with Robbie Robertson was very enjoyable. I know, it's not a blues film, but if you check out Muddy Waters' very tough performance of "Mannish Boy," you'll see a fantastic blues song by one of the masters. There's an interesting Wikipedia article on the concert and the filming and...
PopWreckoning (Free subscription) | yesterday
The backstory of London, England’s the Big Pink is, shall we say, quite interesting. Robbie Furze (vocals/guitar) and Milo Cordell (programming/keyboards/synthesizer/vocals) first joined up to run a record label called Hatechannel. At the end of 2007, they got to the point where they wanted to make some noise of their own and see [...]
pjstar.com Tri-County RSS (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
... Company C of the 6th Engineer Support Battalion assisted in properly raising Old Glory, while Col. Robbie Robertson, commander of the 182nd Airlift Wing, gave the keynote address. "No matter what the weather, you can never extinguish the flame of freedom," he said. "I am very proud to stand here with each and every one of you to pay our respects to veterans, both past and present...
Supersonic Narcissist (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
... Suckling Tree." P.S.-Never liked The Band too much, but I can appreciate what they do. Robbie Robertson is one of my favorite guitar players, Levon Helm kicks ass ("Yazoo" is one of the best vocal performances I've ever heard), Danko and Manuel have beautiful voices and Garth Hudson is about the best rock organist ever. Still, something about their sound doesn't quite...
Hullabaloo (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
... films of the 1980s. Set in the seedy milieu of a traveling carnival, it stars the Band’s Robbie Robertson as the carny manager, Gary Busey as his best friend (and dunk tank clown) and Jodie Foster as a teenage runaway who gets caught up in their strange world. The story is raised above its inherent sleaziness by excellent performances. In all of his scenes where he dons the...
Hidden Track (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
... There was a buzz in the air that great things awaited us in the second set. We were treated to Robbie Robertson’s The Shape I’m In to get set two rolling. Eventually, Panic found and stayed on familiar and secure ground for the remainder of the second set, which featured solid performances of classics such as Airplane, Papa’s Home, Heaven and Impossible. Papa’s...
STEVENHARTSITE (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
Since it’s Thanksgiving, let us give thanks for the indispensible Wolfgang’s Vault , which has posted the most complete available recording of The Last Waltz , the all-star farewell concert by The Band on Thanksgiving 1976. Whatever qualms you might have about the film — I refer you to Levon Helm’s autobiography This Wheel’s On Fire for a savagely hilarious demolition of former bandmate Robbie...
The Joy of Sox (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
On November 25, 1976, the five members of The Band -- Rick Danko, Levon Helm, Garth Hudson, Richard Manuel, and Robbie Robertson - played their last concert together. It was billed as The Last Waltz . The Thanksgiving Day show (all 5,000 tickleholders were given a full sit-down turkey dinner before the show) was held at San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom and was filmed by Martin Scorsese....
pjstar.com Tri-County RSS (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
... it's really good to be home." The 182nd Airlift Wing welcoming party included Col. William P. "Robbie" Robertson, the base commander. The squadron left Eskan Village in Saudia Arabia about 9 a.m. CST Sunday and hopscotched to Germany, Virginia and Michigan. "I'm just ecstatic to get our airmen home to their families," Robertson said. "These young men and women - they give up...
Popdose (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
John Cale – The Streets of Laredo from Honi Soit … (1981, out of print) Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Hoedown from Trilogy (1972) Robbie Robertson with Leah Hicks-Manning – The Sound Is Fading from Contact From the Underworld of Redboy (1998) Adam & the Ants – Five Guns West from Prince Charming (1981) Babe Ruth – The Mexican [...]
BobFromBrockley (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
... "The Waiting Line" ; Sufjan Stevens "Jacksonville" ; Sarah McLachlan with Robbie Robertson "World On Fire" ; Etta James "Damn Your Eyes" . And some anonymous Soviet jazz-funk from 1974 . Talking of which, we did Iranian jazz-funk from the Shah's time here . Now here 's some cool Iranian garage rock and psychedelia from the 1960s . Go to Honest...
Word Magazine blogs (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
I adore The Band's first three albums. I also like a great deal of their later stuff and even some of the solo output, especially Danko's first and the recent Levon Helm CDs. I was surprised the Observer Music Magazine gave space to Robbie Robertson's version of "The Last Waltz" filming. The break-up came, as is clear from various accounts, of Robertson's reluctance...
Hidden Track (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
... look. 6. The Shape I’m In (Live in Vancouver ‘83) The Band reunited in 1983 without Robbie Robertson and toured the world. This clip of The Shape I’m In was shot during this reunion tour in Vancouver. 7. Chest Fever (Live at Wembley ‘74) Chest Fever always started with an exploratory organ solo by Garth Hudson that was sure to keep audience members on their...
