THE BAND 1994 LIVE + Interview

[@chriscosby2459]

Rick Danko was one of the coolest people in Rock history.

[@svenjansen2134]

100.000 till 200.000 annually on drugs alone. Cool hu?

[@dianefishkin1903]

Was good friends with Rick and Levon and yes they were younger in their heyday, but their talent never waivered. Miss you Rick every day❤

[@Debiduck2010]

Thank you for sharing such a positive memory. I found The Band when I was 16. Only 20 years ago and it bugs me I wasn't around to be able to appreciate them at the time. Rick is my perfect guy ;) think Levon is awesome, Richard has the most soulful voice ever and Garth is a bloody genius! Xx

[@kelvinstrickland263]

I Knew Rick Very Well,He Spent A Lot Of Time In Niagara Falls Ontario Canada,I Saw Him Last Time 1999 Union Hall Niagara Falls,We Are At Marks House,Rick Gave A Gold Record To Mark,Wrote Some Funny Lines On CD's For Me,We Partied A Little To Hard That Day And Night,He Is Resting In Peace.

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

The group of musicians who collectively were known as The Band were timeless already in the 1960s. Merci for this video.

[@gregbruce2599]

I was on stage doing a handheld camera beside levon helm sing the Weight on a Canada day special 1994 in Ottawa What an honour !!!

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

Many comments about how great the production was. Merci beaucoup.

[@mickkollins]

OMG the quality of this production is tops!!! Super camerawork

[@bosox9017]

I will always love the music of The Band. It was great seeing Rick, Levon and Garth still looking good and sounding good into their 50's. A nice crowd here commenting on the video. I share their enthusiasm. AND the rest of the backup band Richard Bell on keyboards, Jim Weider on guitars, and Randy Ciarlante on the drums and vocals did an amazing job too. I give them a lot of credit for their musical talents. All in all it was a wonderful show to see! I am glad I watched and gratefu that this video exists. Thank you.

[@larrywishon8084]

They seem to give a new lease on life w/ Jim Weider in the mix. I love the fact that Levon keeps it in the family w/ his nephew augmenting the drums. BRAVO !

[@mikeg5192]

greatest rock band of all time

[@deelav2611]

Rick!

[@davedillon1372]

Jonas Fjeld, eh? That's a great later interview with Rick outside, preshow, having a blast being the sweetest person as he can be & happy to talk to anyone who has the time & wants to!

[@mattdebouver8069]

Rick Danko man

[@dougjames3361]

God bless Garth...

[@fanmaxis3004]

Look at Ol Garth go on that sax at the opening song!

[@carymatthews3199]

TOTAL GREATNESS

[@richardseyfert1299]

I listen and watch almost daily ,it picks me up,something I look forward to almost like a treat or reward ,love this band above all ,all so talented nothing to say bad about any of them.it took all of them to give so much of themselves ,,and they did ,,god bless all of them ,marci. British Columbia Canada

[@miltonmcgrath2503]

Thank you for uploading this is pure magic. Fab sound and close ups❤️

[@chrisb4653]

Loved and love them all, such great musicians! thank you for this post!

[@ZvonimirBucevicBuc]

Thanks for listening

[@jeffersonspace]

Thanks for this beautiful film. What a lovely band. Ever notice how they become kids when there playing. We should learn from that. Bless

[@charleshendrix232]

It Makes No Difference is the greatest torch song of all time

[@svenjansen2134]

What's a torch song? It carries the torch or does it put stuff on fire? Does it burn?

[@patrick.strevens]

Thank-you for this!

[@stubaker2574]

Rick was such a great fellow. years ago he had a car wreck and wandered around hopurs before being found they found his neck was broke but no permanent injury....levon also a loss that can't be replaced..

[@hannejeppesen1809]

Not sure Rick wandered around for hours, no permanent injury, but left him in pain for pretty much the rest of his life, which I think contributed to his addiction to heroin.

[@RL14382]

@@hannejeppesen1809 I also read something about him involved in another car accident (no one else involved) at some point in the ‘80’s. Stated that he supposedly suffered serious head injuries that time around. It was the first time I’d read about it. I’ll try to find the article.

[@hannejeppesen1809]

@@RL14382 I have read a ton of material about the Band, since they are my favorite band, and Rick is one of my favorites, I have never read that or heard that.

[@RL14382]

@ It was literally one thing I happened to come across in the last two days of “binging” everything The Band, lol. I’m a very new fan (even though I’m in my 40’s and have known about them for over three decades at this point, lol) as of now, so I very much appreciate it when people that know more about them than I currently do set me right🤘🎶🤘

[@RL14382]

@ And, Rick has also become one of my favorite musicians, as well! His singing voice💞

[@kirby711]

Thank you for this treat I love to listen to the Band at high high volume. You can't beat a rumble in the alley u don't know the shape I'm in I love the shape I'm in Greatest song but they're all great aren't they 💘 Love ya Levon

[@yannfernandes1]

25:11 - It Makes No Difference. 29:57 - Don't Do It.

[@martykate6836]

Love Levon and nephew Randy playing off each other--and who says two drummers in a band doesn't work?

[@robertbruce6865]

Randy is a hell of a drummer, only slightly overshadowed by a legend here. Good singer, too. He was an excellent addition to The Band. I hope he’s doing well these days! I always thought that Randy, Jim, and Richard Bell did a splendid job of supporting the others. Had the pleasure of seeing them in Chicago in April of 94...wished that I’d seen the “original” Band as well (Richard Manuel is my all time favorite male vocalist)...but loved that show!

[@robertbruce6865]

Funny: I always thought that The Dead were enhanced by having 2 drummers as well.

[@gingeoram]

This is a great Band concert and the audio and video is perfect! Thank you. I just subscribed.

[@seangrexa]

Wow, this mix sounds fantastic but you forgot W.S. Walcott Med Show at 18:00 in setlist, just cause I'd rather die happy than not die at all! Thanks for posting!

[@larrymclarnon-pd8xf]

Absolutely wonderful.😊

[@nielsjuelarge4870]

Difficult not to like these guys - their groove, style and sound is just terrific. A friend of mine tried to introduce me to The Band bakc in the 90s, but it was not until I some years later looked up The Last Waltz on youtube, that I was completely sold. And have been since. As a kid (I'm from 66) I worked hours in a discotheque of a radiostadion and can vaguely recall some of the older guys mentioning The Last Walts - so it was there stored somewhere in the back of my mind. Still haven't figuered out the drama between I guess especialle Levon and Robbie. But it beats me, that Robbie apparently took off with all the royalties. Even though he's of course credited for the most known songs. There may be some kind of explanation that we don't know. According to Robbie in some interview he and Levon were reconcield before his passing. Well anyways, fantastic music and personal characters.

[@dianefishkin1903]

Won't get into it, but was good friends with Rick and Levon and with them passed, Robbie can say anything he likes. Wouldn't believe a word of it! Knew Levon too well to ever think and know he would reconcile with Robbie

[@zippymufo9765]

From the way Robertson told the story, Levon was already in a coma when he visited the hospital and "held his hand". Nothing about a reconciliation, only Levon's family allowing him to say goodbye.

[@gaylethomson]

Robbie was and is a great guy. He didn't take off with anything just his reputation!

[@jeffmitchell9863]

Love the track list!! Levon beginning his first decline a little bit here.

[@charleshendrix232]

Love when they did Atlantic City

[@tomnorden3945]

Check Garth out! Man do not get me wrong I love all the guys. I met Garth once in Providence RI before their gig at Lupo's and he hung out with us and was a cool guy. I was umm like 17 - changed my life

[@lightninray]

Watching Last Waltz around age 20 changed mine for sure.

[@robertbruce6865]

Saw The Band in Chicago in April of 96, and sat about 10 yards away from Garth. As a self taught keyboardist, I often joke that I’d give my right arm to have a tenth of Hudson’s talent.

[@luciasegovia1065]

[@bobcrnich1676]

Fantastico!!! This is New to Me and I really like it!!! TheBand

[@jeffmitchell9863]

Watch The Last Waltz..! 1976. Levin hated it but it was a great show! Last appearance of Robbie Robertson. Than God!!

[@chrispywilliams1992]

Is levon alright? Thanks for the post!

[@patrick.strevens]

chrispywilliams1992 He doesn’t seem like his usual self here does he?

[@def717]

Levon died in 2012 of throat cancer.

[@chrispywilliams1992]

@@def717 no shit. what’s that got to do with this performance? It’s 18 years

[@jakeobfolowell5763]

@@def717 I believe he was diagnosed in 98’. You can find interviews of all the bands members referencing hardcore drug dependence at some point or another. All the love for each of these gentlemen.

[@jakeobfolowell5763]

@Twilight 8368 Battled with crack long before he had cancer. This knowledge is commonplace. Sorry you weren’t aware!

[@jamesmccarthy5086]

Is Levon playing bass on crazy mama? Never knew he could play bass

[@davedillon1372]

I think they could All fill-in for the other one (& has before in the early days)! These are multi- instrumentalists! It's all about math time, counting, keeping time, fractions and division. Instrumentalists‽ Ha! Gimme one! Any of these'll do fine!

[@davedillon1372]

If rr hadn't stolen rights and broke up the group ('it's a bitta promotion and when we come back, it'll be better than ever'), Richard would've been there & there'd be only 5 BAND MATES doing it as they are in our eyes. Rick's talking about the time recording the RFA LP (s) with Jonas Fjeld, Eric Andersen & playing the extended circuit that trio played in promoting the first LP (& maybe for One More Shot's live show on cd2-?). If new to you, get some. Think about Birthdays and Holidays and loved ones, bosses, drug, drink, hanging out pals. This is about the best they were after Richard took rrs thievery personally & as one should. Never sign legal papers until your own guy's gone over them and for the record, so to speak, as your legal rep- with responsibility for what they're doing, saying, suggesting as your legal Rep. [>> Bless & RIP: Richard, Rick, Levon {& I presume} John Simon as well as the great Bobby Charles for having written (or cowritten..... if it's true-. , ,, ,:( Rick Danko- 'Small Town Talk') ahh BLESS'M ALL !!

[@nicholasfurnari8691]

Crazy Mama is one of the few tracks where I've noticed Lee playing bass, at least in recorded concerts. But all of the original Band members were big time multi-instrumentalists, except Robbie, who really stuck mainly to guitar.

[@jamesmccarthy5086]

@@nicholasfurnari8691 that’s why I like these guys so much because they wouldn’t stick to one instrument they’d use many different ones and just love the variety

[@jamesmccarthy5086]

@@nicholasfurnari8691 and I saw on muddy waters’ woidstockslbum it said he played bass too

[@barbara6103]

Follow the bouncing Rick Danko!!! ♥️

[@paulmiller957]

Band bootlegs r the best

[@hiddengems309]

Levon sound like he took one too many Vicodins 😞 very very rare to hear him sound bad. He was only human though

[@greatunz67]

Yeah, there are quite a few 1994 shows of them on youtube, his energy is usually higher and sings them with more power, he's really slow here, especially on their version of Atlantic City, compare that to the Letterman performace the same year, very different.

[@CanUK1]

This could have been early start to his illness.

[@martykate6836]

Why did Rick let himself get so far????

[@svenjansen2134]

Money and self indulgence. He was the leader in having fun.

[@blindsidedka]

Oof, audio and video goes out of sync... great vid and audio but that needs to be fixed!

[@ZvonimirBucevicBuc]

Thx, something went wrong, it was not like that when I uploaded video. I made some editing because of copyright claim, maybe then something happened to sync. I'll try to revert changes, maybe it will resolve things...

[@blindsidedka]

@@ZvonimirBucevicBuc I really hope so, this footage is something else. Thank you for uploading this anyway, much appreciated!

[@ZvonimirBucevicBuc]

I fix it, now is synced

[@hollyridgesmoke7057]

Robbie who?

[@McMurphyKirby]

Wasn't there a stepbrother named Robbie? Went toooooo Hollywierd to chase an ego...and The BAND played on!

[@hannejeppesen1809]

@@McMurphyKirby The songs they are singing was written by Robbie. Robbie wanted to stop touring, he was exhausted dealing with 3 heroin addicts at the time, he was married with 3 small children, he wanted to spend more time with his family. Other members wanted to do something on their own as well by the time they did The Last Waltz. I'm not being judgemental, i love all of the Band members, and being of that generation I get the drug use. Rick is definitely my favorite singer from The Band, although they were all good. All 5 members were very talented, but without Robbie's song written and also ambition they were would not have become what they did.

[@McMurphyKirby]

@@hannejeppesen1809 The Band was a one hit wonder that never lived in dixie. They failed the test of time RIP!

[@hannejeppesen1809]

@@McMurphyKirby Well that is your opinion. Of course, we all have different taste. However, they had a lot of fans and still do. They were critically acclaimed. When Eric Clapton first heard Music from Big Pink, he flew from England to meet with them in Woodstock. The Last Waltz is my most regarded as the best concert movie ever. Have you really listened to their music? The Weight, It makes no difference (from The Last Waltz), Arcadian Driftwood, Evangeline with Emmylou Harris, many others. Levon Helm was from Arkansas, and Robbie wrote Dixie after visiting his family and did some research at the library. They get knew fans all the time, my daughter and son in law likes them, as do some of their friends.

[@McMurphyKirby]

@@hannejeppesen1809 yawn Knew fans eh! They are actually dead and gone. Clapton actually flew from Laural Canyon LA, not England and the band killed the CREAM. I live in Woodstock and know the story so save your breath!

[@BeachLife66]

No Robbie no Band

[@mikeinman513]

Levon's voice is gone but he's keeping on because Robbie stole his money

[@JaneShelley]

NOT TRUE, ROBBIE WROTE THE "WEIGHT", AND MANY OTHER SONGS, LEVON WANTED PART OF THE ROYALTIES, HE WAS NOT ENTITLED TO ANY...LEVON IS A CHRONIC WHINER.

[@lankydude]

Levon kept going because that was what he was. A rock n roll warrior. Whether he had money or not he would be on some stage somewhere. After his cancer throat surgery when he could not speak well, I saw him show up at a Hubie Sumlin concert as his drummer. He wasnt even on the bill. He was there because he loved playing music. And his voice was not gone at this show. His cancer got much worse after this but he did recover and had a 2nd career as The Levon Helm Band with grammys. Writing credit go to the writers. That is the way it has always been. Robbie was a genius and gave everyone a career with the music he wrote.

[@larrywishon8084]

Robbie & the band wrote some amazing songs, unfortunately he moved on from the band. Never really seen them w/ Jim Weider but he seems to have lit a fire under the remaining members. Wieder us a way better guitarist than Robbie.

[@kkz2916]

Thank you Zvonimir....nostrovia živali

[@PeterSokol-bl5vz]

This is not the band…this is 4 people still being allowed to make money off of Robbie Robertson talent…3 junkies and a true musician…and he let them play his material because he could have easily stopped them…they couldn’t do diddly without him…but at one time….they were his brothers.

[@sspbrazil]

Roberson thrighnthme under the bus is what happened.

[@jktunney]

Nah man. Much more complicated than that.