The Band - Don't Do It - 11/25/1976 - Winterland (Official)

[@valeriemartinez5631]

My son died at 15 and he was a big fan and whenever he would play this song we all would sing the please don't brake my heart part he always played his guitar and when we buried him and I visited him one day I realized that the person that was buried next to him was a women named Ophelia like the song I felt goosebumps for some reason

[@ayoutuber0202]

"Never thought a going out of business concert was a good idea"- Levon Helm

[@jimfladwood4393]

How did Levon sing so hard and Hammer the Drum Kit, and never miss a beat? R I P brother..

[@johncopeland3826]

If someone granted me one wish to attend anything in sporting ,musical or political history ,I would have sold my soul to have been able to buy a ticket for The Last Waltz concert in 1976 ! Man , nothing else comes close .......... The Band ....leaving the best until last ......

[@traceyswanberg9340]

Levon shining as usual

[@tiernan7829]

My favorite live song from the band. Love it

[@thomash642]

The Band sang two Motown songs at Woodstock. I think the only Motown at Woodstock. Our Canadian soul brothers. (This and Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever).

[@PhukIT1865]

i AM SO GLAD that there are posts from the Band still around.

[@lorenzomoro1313]

What a hell of musicians as well as song writers they were!!!!

[@timb.2222]

At 2:10, Levon gives Rick the go sign--a slight, quick tilt of the head.

[@brianwood7237]

This was simulcast live on the late great KFOG in SF I believe

[@JesseJames90210]

Who would dislike This?

[@johnholland723]

Parting is such sweet sorrow

[@carlosgarciavargas4122]

Excelente saludos grandes musicos

[@davidking3812]

Great stuff, all of it!

[@fredhelmecke6073]

Thanks.

[@timb.2222]

Definitely was changed for the movie. Sound isn't as muffled in the film, but they cut the patient beats of the intro we get here. And the first verse isn't in the movie. Horns are there but not here. This footage is raw, but it's excellent. Gives me a different impression of the movie.

[@TheKardiacKid]

I'm sorry that I don't have a source, but I remember reading somewhere that ALL of Danko's bass playing in the movie and on the album was re-recorded by him later in a studio. Nothing that you hear him play was played on the night. (Except maybe the two jams) In contrast, Levon is the only one of the five who didn't have to re-record anything and all his drumming is from the concert.

[@tolanstout]

You can see how much they sweetened it for the movie. Still doesn't compare to the Rock of Ages version.

[@seebee6804]

The Rock of Ages version is my favorite live song of all time.

[@chrisslazak729]

@@seebee6804 Man, same. That version of that song might be my favorite version of any song, ever. Tolanstout is right; this was 76? Rock of ages was 70? They’re still great here, but nothing like as tight as they were in the rock of ages era

[@hamburgerdan101]

@@chrisslazak729 72’ but king harvest is ridiculous. The horns. i love don’t do it on that album but my god the phrasing and rhythm of king harvest. Definitely the best track also listen to the applause by the crowd thats the evidence.

[@lorenzomoro1313]

Tough guys for rough music!! Not heavy, but rough………

[@towernw9688]

recorded by Marvin Gaye 1964, written by Holland-Dozier-Holland.

[@thomasminarchickjr.7355]

And The Band did it even better than Marvin Gaye. That’s an accomplishment!

[@lisica8458]

Written by Holland-Dozier-Holland? No wonder I like it so much.

[@ketch_up]

I feel really lucky that I have access to this "original" version. I'm not sure what's up with the "concert" version - is it simply this, but mixed properly? Or does the "concert" version have overdubs as well? Either way, my favourite is the film version. It's such a brilliant move, to start the film with the encore, but then also to use overdubs to give the encore the energy of a lead-off song. It mixes so much all together into one, especially since the song is about heartbreak, and it's the last song they performed live before breaking up. And to my ears at least, the overdubs really improve the song, really lift it up, and the horns, it's just wonderful. This is great too, and I do love Robbie's guitar in the "open up your heart" part - that line is like something out of Black Sabbath. To me this song, specifically the movie version, it just encapsulates the whole situation and emotion relating to the end of The Band so perfectly.

[@ColonelNegative]

It's not just the overdubs. The horns aren't even mixed in.

[@sherryallen3650]

love this song so much! there was a version from new York music Academy of music (I think). has been removed. it was the ultimate in music to me. hope to see it again. I'm computer illiterate. please help. Rob Porte: )

[@carlandlindakuhnen8750]

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[@bfish89ryuhayabusa]

That recording was on their first live album, Rock of Ages.

[@sherryallen3650]

@@bfish89ryuhayabusa thanks

[@DH-ij9pe]

Why would anyone dislike this?

[@jamesberry7444]

WHY were they made to rerecord this?! (Good on Levon for holding out). I just get sick everytime I see Robbie "sing".

[@RockinAllDay]

Really? What about his 2nd verse of "Ain't No More Cane"? "Bessie Smith" with Rick and "Out of the Blue"?

[@carsondyle1793]

If you listen to the Academy of Music shows, most of the over dubbing came from that material

[@lindseygreenberg]

. . yer still there, eh .? . .... o yes.

[@philipdallmayr4729]

It's hard to call the movie a concert if they overdubbed everything later.

[@thomasminarchickjr.7355]

No horns???

[@lorenzomoro1313]

What a pity. Of the Band the only survivor is Garth Hudson. If you would think of some sort of reunion live concert………..pls don’t

[@charleshendrix232]

Robbie wrote the songs and played beautiful lead guitar, but band members always held it Against him that he just couldn’t sing a lick.

[@stutzbearcat5624]

No wonder they redid the bass parts anyway - those Gibson "Ripper" basses (or whatever they were called) sound like shithola. And Robbie was a song writer n ensemble player - his solos pretty much sucked. But as an historical artifact - and musically too, for live 1976 - this is fantastic, a real treat!