AMAZING!! 🎵 The Band - Christmas Must Be Tonight REACTION

[@brannonjenkins9093]

Rick Danko's voice is marvelous in this song

[@AWSAQEDS]

Glad to see somebody reacting to this much overlooked and forgotten gem.

[@1doug62]

Beautiful Song, one of my favorite Christmas Songs! There music was considered Americana, a Perfect blend of Southern Blues, Gospel, Rock, Bluegrass, folk, Country!

[@hannejeppesen1809]

And a mostly Canadian band.

[@ladentladent4776]

Bonjour a tous les deux 🇫🇷 : le groupe de musique SLADE a aussi une chanson sur noël très belle 👍💙👍💙

[@easyrolling]

What a great history this band had. From Canadian roots to Bob Dylans band..to rock and roll legends. Wonderful Christmas song.. Thanks for your heart felt reviews and a very Merry Christmas to everyone

[@patswanson2870]

They were first called the Hawks and were the back up band for Ronnie Hawkins.

[@michaelm6948]

The Band, almost single-handedly, founded the Americana music genre. It's about old time American music, from all regions, but with a Southern focus. It's bluegrass, folk, old English and Scottish ballads, blues, old style rock and roll, gospel. Most of the boys were from Canada, but Arkansas boy Levon Helm brought in huge Southern influence. Their first mentor was rockabilly sensation, Ronnie Hawkins, who they were backing up as he toured the US and Canada in the late 50s and early 60s.

[@John_Chu]

Great vocal by Rick Danko, beautiful lyrics and melody by Robbie Robertson.

[@american_cosmic]

Yep, Robbie wrote this as a Christmas gift to his young son.

[@ohfour-seven6228]

Wow, The Band is one of my all=time favorites and I've never heard this. What a great song, thanks for bringing it to me. What a wonderful Christmas present!

[@edprzydatek8398]

Same here. Yeah, I never heard it either.

[@ohfour-seven6228]

@@edprzydatek8398 👍

[@robertsaul234]

It's from their album Northern Lights Southern Cross. Later It made an appearance in the Bill Murray movie Scrooged.

[@mukomerobicheaux6883]

same here

[@janechapman6448]

Rick Danko singing. He was from Canada. He had a beautiful voice. Robbie Robertson wrote the lyrics for The Band. Great music❤

[@TZ61]

Oh, Garth on that organ, and that beautiful mournful vocal by the late Rick Danko. One of the loveliest Christmas songs for my money.

[@bobwoolerOriGinal]

Country Funk Americana🤛👍

[@profjohnfrinks]

The band is one those groups that blends so many genres, so much so, its hard to say what they are. That chuga chug, you're talking about comes from Levon Helm's legendary groove and feel...

[@tylerhackner9731]

Beautiful song! Merry Christmas!

[@gkiferonhs]

Back in the day we referred to The Band as folk rock

[@Geerladenlad]

Merry Christmas!!⛄🎄

[@suewarner1781]

My favorite Band and my favorite Christmas song! The Band are the best!

[@aaronarnold7653]

Excellent, most excellent....Mele

[@jewls9697]

Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄 ❤️ I don't know how it is there, but here on Showtime they have the series of George Jones & Tammy Wynette

[@joemarshall663]

So Glad to request this song!!

[@jove711]

Rick Danko has an angelic voice RIP, one of 3 incredible vocalists in the band. If you want to check him out watch "It Makes No Difference - The Band", the one with a million and a half views. The song will melt you.

[@hlawrencepowell]

Yup! One of the best vocal performances ever.

[@brendahhstiles9992]

Great song!

[@brianburton1843]

I love when different members of The Band take turns on vocals in a song. It's Country Rock.

[@edprzydatek8398]

I think it's "Americana".

[@airgunfun4248]

@@edprzydatek8398 Agree it's kinda a new category but I think it fits. They are the first and mostly canadian

[@RJ-oy7cq]

@@edprzydatek8398 Roots Americana

[@harlowrioux5790]

It's called Americana, which blends elements of rock, country, folk, blues and even a bit of jazz. The drummer LeVon Helm won three grammy awards for his three solo American Albums-in fact he won the first grammy to be handed out in the category of Americana back in the mid 2000's. He won the three awards consecutively. His death from cancer in 2012 prevented him from completing a fourth solo album.

[@bocephus1911]

My all time favorite band ,

[@LynnThompsonAuthor]

Saw The Band live in the stadium in Gainesville when they were backing Bob Dylan in 1976, when I was in college at UF. Joan Baez opened for them, and I remember she performed while barefoot onstage. One of my cousins drove down from Georgia with some friends to meet me for it; I think it was his first time interacting when me as a fellow adult. Good times!

[@Gashouse69]

You can classify their music as Americana. Love, love,love The Band! One of my favorite Christmas songs.

[@FixNewsPlease]

They were created by a Canadian to back up a Canadian.

[@stephintheatre6335]

No there Canadian

[@Gashouse69]

@@stephintheatre6335 Americana is a music genre, not a country of origin. And the music of The Band ( 4 Canadians and 1 American in Levon) falls into this genre.

[@stephintheatre6335]

@@Gashouse69 But the band does rock music.

[@joesmith8725]

brad is correct. The Band was country rock, folk rock.

[@MySherry10]

I had never heard this, I love this , so pretty and the tune of it and the vocals I really like this, like this group and love the pics they put with it. Wonderful Christmas song

[@MySherry10]

@@stanflahaut1893 Thank you Stan I will have listen to that

[@albertpratt4999]

Merry Christmas Brad and Lex and a Happy New Year, much peace and joy too you both.

[@shawnjackson4930]

Merry Christmas from Calgary, Alberta,🇨🇦! I a Senior that grew up with all this great music.

[@rollon863]

Yes!! I was requesting this all night last night! Great Christmas "Rock" Tune

[@StevenMichals0812]

The Band is one of my absolute favorites

[@Hartlor_Tayley]

beautiful song more the Band please great reaction

[@gerggbergr8976]

Its a song that pulls you in and cleanses your soul If you feel stressed out. All you have to do is play this song, before you know it you have Listened to it a Dozen times. You have to feel the good lord wraping you in his embrace to perform this with the feeling they"re able to do. Its in my top 2 songs for Christmas. M E R R Y C H R I S T M A S.

[@LOKISlog7]

Still brings a tear - it's just one of those songs...

[@SK-lk3iu]

Never heard this one, cool!

[@JohnVanRuiten]

Brad, your wife is prettier than ever since being pregnant. And you even got a glow yourself! I only wish you two would make it official, you're such a great darn couple!

[@jackndan6603]

Merry Christmas guy's!!!😇🥂🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@DavidHBurkart]

One of my favorites... a Christmas song, product of the Jesus Revolution. The Band was impacted by the movement (and I pray impacted by Jesus) of that time. Simplistically beautiful song. I was just playing this song on my guitar earlier tonight ❤

[@vickimartinez598]

Merry Christmas Guys!🎄🎅🙏

[@alexanderbeta-werburghii6176]

Merry Christmas you three.

[@vrvaughn]

How did I never hear this song? I love the The Band since they released Big Pink… I never knew they had a Christmas song

[@airgunfun4248]

Because it was their last album of old never released stuff after they broke up. I never heard it either

[@neilsmith9066]

Never heard this one before will play if every Christmas now! Amazing!

[@atuuschaaw]

♥ Merry Christmas y'all. ♥

[@josephgrijalva9395]

Merry Christmas Brad and Lex. i hope you 3 have a great day. i've got the whole house listening to and watching you now.

[@hlawrencepowell]

Rick Danko is one of the greatest voices in rock. The Band had three lead singers, all of them among the best in rock history.

[@paulboudreau3754]

That "Countryish" vibe is what we now Americana or Roots music. It's a pretty big category now. Bands like Turnpike Troubadours, Band of Heathens, Sarah Shook, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Drive-by Truckers, Black Lillies, Jason Isbell. Gin and Juice cover by the Gourds is fun.

[@michellemccall6511]

Merry Christmas to the 5 of you!❤🙂

[@Bekka_Noyb]

♥

[@mrnobody9104]

Rick Danko feels like home with these vocals! Rick Richard or Levon any band would be lucky to have any one of them.

[@harlanginsberg7269]

I am not sure if you have done It Makes No Difference by the Band but if you haven't you have to hear it. Its live on The Last Waltz album and It is this vocalist. It's special.

[@mattslev]

Check out “Acadian Driftwood” by The Band. It is masterpiece.

[@rhunt79]

The Band were basically the forefathers of Americana music. You might call it roots rock. They blended country, blues, folk, r&b, etc.

[@AW11-e4h]

Rick Danko 🤘🤘

[@karendavis2668]

I'd put this in the Southern Rock category. Merry Christmas!

[@stephaniecabrera9396]

Last Christmas - Cascada

[@hughes-520]

You guys need to do a movie reaction to It’s a wonderful life

[@stephintheatre6335]

The Band there Canadian soft rock band, dint know they did a Christmas song, it sounded good.

[@hannejeppesen1809]

Robbie Robertson of The Band wrote this song for his son, who had been born 6 months earlier.

[@FUBAR1986]

What Christmas is really all about?

[@JazzDrummer1946]

Might I recommend to ALL (and to all a good...) a documentary called "Festival Express." It featured (to name but a few) The Band, Janis Joplin, Delaney and Bonnie (sans Eric Clapton, he had yet to join) Buddy Guy, The Grateful Dead and more. It captured the brief tour of the above mentioned, as they took a train across Canada in 1969/70. Playing music on the train (free form jam sessions) along the way. It's a really good doc. Not sure where you ("kids") would watch it. Netflix. KZbin. I'm old (76) I watch my VHS tape copy. I also read the newspaper...whattaya want from?...great song by Billy Squire, btw.

[@joedonlewis9820]

That's the sound of a particular branch of country music. It's the really cool part. The founder called it Cosmic American Music. These days they call it Americana. Even though The Band is mostly from Canada, they've definitely got it. Maybe because of Levon Helm or their manager Ronnie The Hawk Hawkins.

[@airgunfun4248]

Ronnie was the singer before they were the band. He probably shared manager role. When they were the band he was not associated with them professionally

[@jameswiglesworth5004]

Always thought Rick Danko was the best vocal lead with the Band

[@mrnobody9104]

no arguments here but i could never pick between the 3

[@hannejeppesen1809]

@@mrnobody9104 I tend to agree. Rick is my favorite, but that is not to say that Richard and Levon were bad, they were all good. And Robbie often wrote songs with one of them in mind. Such as The Shape I'm in, for Richard, Cripple Creek and Dixie for Levon, It makes no difference for Rick, when he wrote Stage Fright he had Richard in mind, but then realized later that the song was better suited to Rick's nervous energy. Watch RIck singing it from The Last Waltz, he was just magicl.

[@mrnobody9104]

@hannejeppesen1809 absolutely agree

[@alanmurray5963]

Nice song Please react to: the Power of Love❤️❤️❤️❤️😍😍 Frankie goes to Hollywood 💕 xxxxxx

[@_LVC]

If you like this sound try the Avett brothers, they have lots of good songs ,try NO HARD FEELINGS 🎸

[@kickahaw]

Please try Paul McCartney - Pipes Of Peace (Official Music Video)

[@lindaaumiller7592]

Clay walker... Jesus was a country boy

[@davekuzara2783]

1st

[@lupobouguereau8777]

Cancoon at its best .... think before you react .

[@boosingh]

Another great Christmas song written by a Jew Robbie Robertson.

[@mrnobody9104]

lol

[@airgunfun4248]

Part Indian