The Band - Up On Cripple Creek

[@danvitale1825]

Playing bass, when I was in a country band they said this was too rock, when I would be in a rock band they said this was too country. Very few musicians are smart enough to understand and play THE BAND.

[@mejustme6944]

I play guitar & a lot of The Band - have run into the same situations

[@michaelshore2609]

and on top of all that, of course, it's FUNK.

[@timothyhopper8804]

Hang in there Garth, we love you 👍👍👍

[@richardcameron4843]

that bunch of Canadians needed a boy like Levon from Arkansas to South things up properly. What a perfect match.

[@finnmcginn9931]

It helped having Ronnie Hawkins (honorary Canadian but from Arkansas also wasn't he?) putting them through boot camp also.

[@bruceedwards8339]

The entire song is worth it just to see Garth Hudson smile at the 2 minute mark. Fabulous.

[@robertboucher461]

+Bruce Edwards almost looks like he made a mistake, but no one caught it....lol priceless

[@Juliaraye566]

+Robert Boucher he missed a riff fer sure, then grinned

Not sure that was a smile. Kinda more like a smirk. Would love to know what he was thinkin.

[@rozzisfireworks]

+Sangu I think he was thinking that was the sexiest sound to ever come from the keys

[@jeffharrison1277]

Bruce Edwards I completely agree, Bro lol best part of the video

[@kenmckenzo9465]

Let's say Country Funk as a genre was comprised of just one song, and that song was so good and so definitive that no other was ever necessary.

[@ChuckD59]

Preach it, brother.

[@dickhurtz4528]

I thought it was the oak ridge boys.. lol..

[@mattmichniuk2727]

But Ken what about Alice's restaraunt?

[@lesheath6216]

AMEN!

[@timjohnson1199]

Country Funk. Yeah Great!

[@edthomas4727]

Love how Danko's vocal harmonies cut through and soar above the others.

[@suprotwin]

my thoughts exactly

[@MitchClement-il6iq]

And killing it on bass!

[@hannejeppesen1809]

He is my favorite singer from The Band, not to diminsh Levon or Richard, but there's something special about Rick.

[@70sstreetracergal61]

Slap my old ass back to the best times of my life!! Cripple Creek here I come!! ❤️☮️❤️

[@thorsden5562]

I've been listening to them for 40 plus years. I never tire of them. Even now, in these crazy times we live in, as I drive home from a long day at work I listen to them and remember days when this kind of music was appreciated and made one feel happier and freer. Even my 34 year old son likes this music. We listen to it by the fire at our campsite. I loved Levon Helm's voice and his talented drumming..

[@austint1987]

The snare tone on this old audio is just fucking fantastic

[@carlbornestig1123]

I just keep coming back to this 😍

[@arashmitooie]

I think Levon is one of the grooviest drummers ever. So much of the character of how the band sounds is from there. Just listen to the starting beats . . . extraordinary . . .

[@susanrobertsen3667]

Shit, yes.

[@blackdogHH]

Right!

[@rdety]

Words can't describe how good the Band were...thank for posting this one!

[@petersonlafollette3521]

feel like am watching a piece o Americana musical art off Norman Rockwell painting...

[@RicksPoems]

A lifetime memory.

[@susanrobertsen3667]

Seriously. Well said.

[@harryp1665]

How can you not want to lite up a doobie ? Love this music, never gets old like the rest of us.

[@gilkenson53]

It just never gets old... I remember I ran into Garth in Georgetown DC back in 1970. I was a 17 year old long-hair and I struck up a conversation with him. We talked for 15 min or so.. Forget what we said but he humored me, a 17 year old hipster!

[@Karmakatt6]

It appears George you had inherentted his Beard !! 👌

[@cruzcontrol1303]

Im 17 right now i hope i get to meet garth lol

[@mikemcroberts6388]

I spent a day and half with him programming sounds for this DX-7 synthesizer. Great musician and technologist.

[@JustAnotherBlader]

Damn levons drums sound amazing. Snare sounds like a branch snapping! So thunderous yet dry and funky.

[@Weshopwizard]

Dude has such a swing. Amazing.

[@DinahMoeHumm]

Yep... nothing like Levon on those wooden-shelled Ludwigs... the finest singing drummer ever!

[@kwacker45]

Singing using both arms and feet what an absolute legend how he has room in his head to sing whilst playing drums...wow and being brilliant at both

[@susanrobertsen3667]

You got it. Well said. Magic.

[@Cinemagoer_64]

Yes absolutely all the above

[@cap6159]

My goodness they need very little room to create, assemble and play, a song as large as this song turned out to be. They can swing by my garage to play anytime they want. This song will live forever. Anyone disagree?

[@thomaswalz3515]

As a boomer coming of age, just learning the wonders of music... The Band was my Beatles... I've heard this song thousands of times, wore that brown album out. As a musician, this is such a precious video... I always wondered what that twangy bass sound was... Garth! Levon is playing drums with wooden rims, even the snare.... mind blown...

[@susanrobertsen3667]

Honesttogod Magic.

[@toorusatorou89]

The Band, Yes, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, the Beatles no one can ever surpass these legends

[@Studio-62]

Camera seems to capture them really nailing it, going from Robbie looking a little nervously at everybody for cues, then when he realizes everyone’s got it, he starts to smile, and the rest smile too. Garth clearly having a good time as well with this really fun tune.

[@abbynormal3412]

September 15, 2019 Classic Rock Fans CLASSIC WATER: “Up On Cripple Creek” - The Band - (1969) - Reached #25 on Billboard charts. This film was taken during rehearsals in Woodstock, New York. The song appeared on the group’s second album. Written by Robbie Robertson with Levon Helm on lead vocals and drums. It was one of the first instances of a Hohner Clavinet ever being played with a wah-way pedal. I love how keyboardist Garth Hudson smiles at 2:05 after he plays one of these unique licks on the Clavinet. #theband #cripplecreek #classicrockfans

[@dougminger]

Listening more and more to a band (Band) I was familiar with 40 years ago but never really appreciated back then, and digging now more every time I hear it, the one thing missing from most comments is recognition of how critical Rick Danko was to their sound. Go back and listen! RD defined everything they did. So sorry I was out to lunch when they were all alive

[@eugenelayton5231]

I will always stop what I'm doing to listen whenever I hear this song.👍

[@ensamistan2]

This is IT!!!!! Bought all their albums on the day they came out. They've given me so much! Levon is The Man!!!!

[@34hedgehog]

As George Harrison said... 'the best band in the history of the universe.'

[@ustheserfs]

Impossible he said the same of the Rutles

[@yuric4311]

maybe he never heard about a band named "the Beatles"

[@alisonoverton]

@@ustheserfs rest in peace the great Neil Innes!

[@theknightsofawesomeness2701]

Speaking of The Beatles, the guitarist kinda looks like Sgt pepper era John Lennon. He even has the Epiphone Casino.

[@paulnolan4971]

@@alisonoverton awwww hell yeah :)

[@theanimal619]

Watched We Were Brothers and it's a very open look into the relationships of The Band and the sad ending that The Last Waltz was supposed to be a break and then they'd get back together and make new music but never happened this video shows how happy the brothers are ♥️🎶✌🏾

[@larryrorer3290]

Not many can play drums and sing at the same time. Levon was a true master. Could play any instrument you handed him.

[@gregoryeze9329]

Phil Collins

[@danielphelps892]

Terry Bozzio in Frank Zappa's Band

[@christopherfletcher5384]

I can’t even walk and chew gum at the same time

[@asmfmjb]

@@christopherfletcher5384 No doubt bro, I was thinking the same thing!!

[@jimwedge7668]

Many years ago a Canadian reprobate introduced some hosers to an Arkanside musician king. And God smiled. RIP Levon.

[@sarahdee374]

I think so many of the bands and music from that era was a divine occurrence. The way folks came together and what they produced, SO much heart , soul, wisdom and passion from such young people. I feel fortunate AF to have had the best music in history as the background of my younger years, and now embedded in my soul. Breathe and VOTE!

[@spiratustreviso9885]

It doesn't get any better than this!

[@markclinebell7671]

Best song for Levon's voice. Good ole times!

[@zorroonmilkavitch1840]

That's a fact

[@sfedroid]

Close run thing with The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down though. Two songs only a true Southerner could sing.

[@mrfester42]

One of those very rare bands who were of one mind when they were playing together.

[@Onehappyworlds]

Thank God for The BAND. Awesome. 😀❤👍

[@Craig-dv3ji]

I want to be there, in that time, in that place, with those guys, enjoying that song, with other people, enjoying life.

[@Unidente02]

From the first time I heard their music, it was always very evident to me that these guys had a lot of fun composing and performing these songs.

[@markburfield24]

The genius of the instrumental is great enough but with the singing just makes it utterly amazing

[@jimbishop8667]

The band exemplified the times that they lived in.... a little crazy, a little serious, a movement with a sense of levity...... Anyone out there remember when if you saw someone broke down on the side of the road you stopped and helped!

[@DSRQ1]

Love this great piece of Americana story telling written by Canadian Robbie Robertson. Levon Helm is perfect with his vocals here.

[@suprotwin]

yes, to everything you just said. I giggle about Robbie being Canadian often. Its kinda like how the man who wrote "Dixie" was born in the North. Everybody wants to be a Southern boy. Look what Gram Parsons did to Los Angeles!

[@CJinsoo]

Really? Doubt he wrote this song or any of their others. But he did swindle them out of song credits.

[@hannejeppesen1809]

@@CJinsoo Please deal with reality, Robbie wrote the songs it is well documented. If you like Levon more than Robbie or the others that is fine, but stay with the truth. Robbie got most of the song writing credits because he wrote the songs,the others got 20 percent, on top of touring and record sales. They ALL made a lot of money, some wasted it. I love all of the Band members they were all great, however Rick and Robbie are my favorites.

[@erikstekelenburg3020]

One of the greatest band in rock'n roll history 😎

[@ALifeThatRocks]

Just some good ol Canadian boys. And Levon!

[@paulinechapman9319]

Stuart W Ross don’t ya just luv some canadians and a Mohawk coming together as one of the top bands in history...they tore up everything they sent us.so sad it had to end...but the memories live on...❤️❤️🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@paolocoletti1574]

Ah gee, weren't they all though

[@motorcitymanman7711]

Just a country music garage band......Southern version of The Greatful Dead, but I like these guys better than the Dead......always thought the Dead were WAY overrated.

[@Krusty-kl5ej]

And a real twist: Robbie’s real father is Jewish.

[@briandavidson4156]

@@motorcitymanman7711 The grange bar in Hamilton Ontario Canada, they were a big draw

[@cymbalspecialist]

Levon, what an angel. Love!

[@babylemonade2868]

This song has such a great groove

[@mario7frankielee]

this is for some of us the most valuable piece of film 🎞 ever recordet

[@joelsimms4636]

RIP Levon. Miss you brother. I almost cried when l heard that the Band had broken up.

[@joewoe6817]

God bless you for uploading this. This is the first Band song I heard, in 1971, on my parent's old tv/record player/radio. I was 14. The rest of my love for their music is history.

[@stephencapone5011]

Ill never take you or youtube for granted wow im just saying god bless

[@thereseputnam6373]

Just wish i was old enough to have seen them live! So much talent

[@fortred735]

A real American band. Like Little Feat or the Grateful Dead. Just love it!

[@LP2freakBOY]

They were Canadian lol

[@seeingimages]

BTO!!! LOL. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@r3d5ive87]

nopeewee Canada is in America

[@paulinechapman9319]

Fort Red ..no no cannot plagiarize the band..maybe one American snuck in but the band is for the most part...Canadian....🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦...I stand my ground..

[@jimfritz9503]

Call them North American . Covers all bases . Damn good stuff !

[@joycelhughes]

Great footage! You can tell these guys enjoyed playing. Loved how Robbie Robertson smiles just after Garth... nice

[@mojopin70]

What a band..The Band

[@Montyhugo]

ONE OF THE BEST "BAND'S" EVER!✌❤

[@youngyeller]

what a musical gem. so thankfull for this video.

[@hunzilla3122]

Christ they were great. So innovative, so funky, so unique

[@MichaelCelentana]

The single, backward drumstick in Levon's left hand...! Perfect. 0:30

[@jerrymalone1100]

He lived 6 mi. From where I grew up in holly grove. Sadly only saw him once at a mall club outside of clarendon. I didn't know who he was at the time. Shadrens bbq. Is now closed but he did give david Letterman some bbq sauce before he died. Just a great drummer boy from Turkey scratch arkansas.

[@jg3sub]

My favorite version.

[@alanjay35]

The best

[@shirleyharrison2580]

I love this band, my favorite is 'The night they drove old Dixie down'.

[@shawndavidclare294]

Best ensemble in rock history...almost like new Orleans jazz the way the sum is more than the parts...fn brilliant!

[@faulsname8869]

This is such a dope song. Im stoked I just learned to play it on guitar. Flangy -wah effects and all

[@jamess5457]

RIP Levon Helms

[@RyanSmuz]

Helm

[@jamess5457]

Ryan Smuz - Thanks Ryan, I got a little carried away there with letters. lol

[@okbouncer24]

oh shut up

[@darrylb2053]

errr Helm

[@shannonmarchat]

@@g-man7938 HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@jimstone6071]

Love you Levon....miss you brother

[@smsmoof8128]

+1

[@johndoyle325]

I remember the JFK funeral and Beatles on Ed Sullivan 3 months later, but I was too young to understand the significance of either event. I remember the Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther King assassinations in 1968 and being more aware. But the early 70’s were when my mind opened to everything that was going on in the world. One of the first 20-or-so albums I bought (or shop-lifted) was Before The Flood. I saw The Last Waltz in its original theatrical release. I know these men went through a lot, in part due to the revolution that was happening around them. Regardless of the sad ending to their brotherhood, their legacy is cast in stone.

[@stephenammerman4543]

great channel... I love the Band!!!

[@DrewEllisHerbal]

Man thats such a good sound

[@super63strat13]

Ha ha to cool for school , Levon and the boys rocked the airwaves back when the British groups were still touring .

[@motorcitymanman7711]

They didnt "Rock" anything......

[@mattregan1718]

The Band, the group that all other groups loved!

[@BUNKERJR53]

Saw them in concert! Amazing music and musicians.............

[@zorroonmilkavitch1840]

I was just trying to remember how many times I've seen them in concert myself must have been at least three times I would think those days were a little convoluted sometimes

[@jamesewanchook2276]

def. one of the best Canadian 'bands'!

[@martinhall932]

If there ever was a group of guys I'd love to have a couple beers with.

[@christopherbent2359]

@Howard Brown word

[@suprsoulgrowr]

Hell YES!!!

[@lincolnmaceachern2410]

Sadly, it wouldn't have stopped with beer. Perhaps you would have survived.

[@Lemmy30294]

That bass is just groovin like mad.

[@mcvitusreggaeadictet5262]

Perfect voice!

[@s.greasey7654]

The best band in rock history!

[@stevecheevers7337]

they are definitely up there, for those first two albums alone both two of the greatest albums of all time imo. After that it got patchy with odd moments of greatness probably down to some members falling into the traps of the rock star lifestyle, Danko and Helm into heroin addiction (Helm kicked it, sadly Danko never did) and Manuel into Alcoholism. But they were always a great live act, just listen to Rock Of Ages and The last Waltz. You just wish they kept that group bond of the early years in Woodstock, that Manuel kept on writing songs and they didn't fall into the trappings of addiction.

[@motorcitymanman7711]

Impossible.....they weren't a Rock band!

[@jimfritz9503]

@@motorcitymanman7711 Listen to the " live" album/ ROCK OF AGES. Call it what you will , it works .

[@motorcitymanman7711]

@@jimfritz9503 I dont need to listen to any album....I know what kind of music The Band used to make and it wasn't Rock & Roll. They were a Country/Pop band.

[@hannejeppesen1809]

@@stevecheevers7337 Richard Manuel in addition to his drinking also did heroin and cocaine. Helm did kick after several years, but in reading Joe Forno Jr's book "Levon's Man" he had a few relapse, not necessarily heroin, but he did go to a recovery center, and did well. However, again according to Forno by 1994 he was most likely hooked on some narcotic that a doctor administered nasally. Rick near fatal car accident left him in lifelong pain, which might explain his addiction to heroin. too bad, he along with Robbie is my favorite Band member, although they all were so talented.

[@geneahart5607]

What a great song!!!

[@stephencapone5011]

i rewinded it before I even played it cheers thanks Pay it forward for life xo

[@mseitts43]

Always something new! Love their music till I check out!

[@paulmolkenbur8540]

There never be another Levon there never be another Band

[@leebaker2588]

Hey Ridley, got any Beeman's? I might have me a stick . . . kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3Oai4evi9CZeJo

[@williamwhite317]

@@leebaker2588 Fair enough

[@leebaker2588]

@@williamwhite317 well said!

[@susanrobertsen3667]

Talk about chewing gum and walking... Playing drums and singing... And chewing gum.

[@alarmfannh]

Music at its best and rawest form.

[@NATEXWEBMEDIA]

Incredible band... THE BAND!!!

[@williamnelson8578]

great real life action at their peak. I saw them live three times in the early 70's, always fantastic. Including with Dylan once. Their former boss.

[@jonathanbrazee3846]

Robbie Robertson wrote this song. He also sang it and played all the instruments. He even printed the records, distributed them to stores and sold them to fans. Just ask him.

[@alisonoverton]

I know. Isn't it a shame that he has so overinflated an ego that he can't give the others their due credit?

[@KAWONDAVARNAHA]

RR = proverbial "Dick Head"

[@4EyedAnimation]

haha...ya that sounds like the legend!...There is a band Documentary out now that RR made...Garth Hudson is still alive and I guess the least bitter.

[@bluevd12]

He’s barely a guitar player .. which is part of the sound despite himself ....hes survived on the wings if the true talent of the rest if the guys

[@ronniechilds2002]

He also made just about all of the money from it. Him and that asshole Hammond.

[@smallywaters7063]

Levon is the definition of cool.

[@tolotolo2380]

What lacks from contemporary music is yodeling

[@jrflanne]

The Band was hella great.

[@pauljones8801]

What's that keyboard (organ?) sound, they should have used it more, maybe I'm unaware of it "Up on Cripple Creek" is notable as it is one of the first instances of a Hohner clavinet being played with a wah-wah pedal.[2] The riff can be heard after each chorus of the song. The clavinet, especially in tandem with a wah-wah pedal, was a sound that became famous in the early to mid-1970s, especially in funk music. There you go

[@mrslabbulkhead]

1:44 Whoa whoa whoa, Pedro Pascal was in The Band?

[@robertononnis520]

I LOVE THE BAND!

[@StephenS-2024]

Garth smiles for us all.

[@richardbreunig3219]

Looks like it was at Forest Hills tennis stadium summer of 1970, i was there ... incredible concert and encore

[@GuyNoirxyz]

All in one room, playing live, no headphones or clicks tracks...nothing's better.

[@TheKardiacKid]

Magic in action, and Garth knows it.

[@Alandeb1]

Thanks for this, man it is good to see and hear.

[@eugenemalush9284]

10/1//19 and this is gorgeous!!!

[@danielmeagher8939]

Earlier this year I visited Big Pink with the love of my life. Who else has been there!?

[@bid84]

Daniel Meagher I was there with the love of your life last week.

[@matthewcrich5951]

Alan B Hahaha. Thanks for the giggle, bro’

[@zorroonmilkavitch1840]

I'm pretty sure I've been at the house but I guess I was never perfectly convinced the house is in Saugerties is it not?

[@zorroonmilkavitch1840]

Yeah folding to Saugerties with some time to kill and I remember driving down a bunch of roads I mean Saugerties isn't that big of a town so I drove around and I'm pretty sure I found it

[@Ronjohn73]

LONG STORY BUT WORTH THE READ! I went searching for the house after reading Levon's amazing book. This was when the place's location was still hush hush. It may have had a private owner at that time too, but I had to try. It was around 1994 or '95. I was at Ramapo College and had one class that day which, turns out, was cancelled. Loving The Band's music I decided to find Big Pink that day! Spur of the moment type deal. And this was pre-internet folks! I had never been to Woodstock or East Saugerties in my life! Looked up the area on a map, sailed up the Thruway, took the exit for Rt. 28 towards Woodstock, then looked for landmarks. Remembered Levon wrote about Stoll Rd and some cafe he and the fellas used to frequent. Thinking I found the cafe, I remembered "Pine Lane" as well. Went way up that road and found Stoll Rd on my left! I was close. Driving up the mountain, I actually passed the road! I asked a guy in his driveway if he knew where Big Pink was. Man I had some nerve! He said he had never seen it either and to let him know when I found it! Going back down Stoll Road in disappointment, I suddenly noticed a single lane, dirt road on the right with a lot of "No Trespassing" signs by it. Hmmm. I came that far. Had to try! Driving on the road was risky, not only for the warning signs but also that to my right was forest and to my left, a steep drop of a forest hill! All worries were washed away when I saw some pink through the trees on the right. A clearing appeared with a house on the left and on the right - BIG PINK itself! Quickly turning around, I lowered my window and just looked at it. I smiled. I felt so good being next to a place where a great amount of The Band's best material was written and conceived. Where Dylan and them worked those tunes in that damn basement! And where many musicians like me have sought inspiration from. I had a camera but I never took a shot. I wanted to just savor the moment in case I never saw it again. Also, the owner of the house across was kind of eyeing me (rightly so). Time to go! Swung by the driveway guy's place but he wasn't there anymore. Oh well! Driving back down Stoll Rd., I realized this was the same road The Band drove on, and had car accidents on! I slowed down a bit. About 6 months ago, I was in Woodstock with a friend who is also a Band fan. After visiting Levon and Rick's resting places I decided to surprise him. He had no idea. But it's so weird how I remembered where to turn after some 25 years. Funny enough, I missed the turn AGAIN! But this time, I found it myself. Driving on that dirt road, I saw that pink again through the trees. And then - there it was. My buddy couldn't believe his eyes! Right in front of him was Rock history. This time, I made a U-Turn in Big Pink's driveway. Again, no pictures! No need now with the internet. Besides, I didn't want to rock the boat or look touristy. Back down Stoll Rd., I came to the stop sign and just yelled out, startling my friend, "WE JUST SAW BIG PINK!!!" like some 60's female Beatle fan. Even now at my age of 48 I still feel the musical energy of that house, and love it!

[@shinigami146]

Thanks so much for posting this!

[@suewarner1781]

The Band! Is the BEST!

[@ezekielsbot]

Thank you!

[@hernanandrade8647]

like a Big Pink with Bob Dylan...The Band IS an amazing group

[@dimasvicente9880]

rock and blues little Richard seu piano encantou ! bb. king sua guitarra emocionou ! james brown o rock and roll infernizou ! elvis presley seu rock eternizou ! nina simone sua voz suave brilhou! viva o rock and blues... meu livro arte e poesia em breve na editora autografia.com.br/publique.

[@mikejamieson419]

Awesome! Just awesome! 😎 🎶

[@BUNKERJR53]

Good old down to earth music. Where do you find that these days? Loved the album "Music from Big Pink"!!!! Every album was amazing..........

[@roygonzales392]

Ready for some whiskey now 🥃🤟🏽

[@davidstobie2751]

I learned to play drums to this