RIP Robbie Robertson

[4th&Five 41701]

 

[South Austin 52688]

RIP

I only learned in the past couple years that he wrote and originally recorded Broken Arrow, which I always thought was a great fucking song.

[Horn Under a Bad Sign 20630]

I guess he's gone somewhere down the crazy river.

Garth Hudson is the only member of The Band left.  

I was sad when Robbie and Levon got sideways with one another.  

[G650 14301]

Damn I just saw this. The Band were one of my all times.

 

I find it crazy Garth outlived them all

[dcbc 14568]

RIP.  I'm still getting over losing Levon.  

 

 

Edited August 9, 2023 by dcbc

[Harrison Stafford 3353]

Godspeed, Robbie, and thanks for the tunes.

[Deej 77172]

Damn. Rest in peace. 

[jimmyjazz 46475]

That comped video always brings the dust.

[Rip76 4986]

Damn it.

More and more.

RIP

[mr. sunshine 2837]

2 hours ago, Horn Under a Bad Sign said:

I was sad when Robbie and Levon got sideways with one another.  

I read a few years ago that Levon got pissed because he thought Scorsese featured Robbie more than the rest of the Band in The Last Waltz

[WhatTheBuck 28830]

2 hours ago, South Austin said:

RIP

I only learned in the past couple years that he wrote and originally recorded Broken Arrow, which I always thought was a great fucking song.

Agreed. I love that song. Who did you think wrote it?

RIP. This was the only one of his solo albums I ever owned.

 

[TexPx 2327]

My first big time concert. My parents would have killed my brother if they knew he took me cause I was way too young.

[dcbc 14568]

2 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

That comped video always brings the dust.

The guy from DR-Congo always gets me.

[deadshank 24653]

Hope he’s laying in the back seat listening to Little Wille John. 
 

RIP

[Beau Vine 54847]

Best part of the Last Waltz:

Just the looks of complete joy and amazement on both Levon and Robbie's faces is incredible.

[jimmyjazz 46475]

Eh, F it.  Not worth pointing out.

Edited August 10, 2023 by jimmyjazz

[cactusflinthead 27615]

I just heard.

 

[dcbc 14568]

My favorite

 

 

[Macanudo 13091]

Hopefully he's somewhere down the crazy river 

[Al_4_ISU 12530]

On 8/9/2023 at 6:02 PM, mr. sunshine said:

I read a few years ago that Levon got pissed because he thought Scorsese featured Robbie more than the rest of the Band in The Last Waltz

And he felt that Robbie essentially stole songwriting royalties from the rest of them.

In Robbie’s defense, he was the only one capable of keeping The Band going in the early 70’s, when Levon, Danko, and Manuel were smacked out of their minds.

Blood on both sides, and I hate that they never really reconciled.

”The Weight” is probably the greatest song of all time.

[mr. sunshine 2837]

On 8/12/2023 at 6:44 AM, Al_4_ISU said:

“The Weight” is probably the greatest song of all time.

Cripple Creek says hi 

[jimmyjazz 46475]

I just wish people would stop singing "take a load off Annie" when they cover "The Weight".

I mean, I get it, it's a tough pronunciation, and some don't even try.  I suspect most don't even know the actual lyric.

[Ten Bears 2486]

On 8/13/2023 at 1:11 PM, jimmyjazz said:

I just wish people would stop singing "take a load off Annie" when they cover "The Weight".

I mean, I get it, it's a tough pronunciation, and some don't even try.  I suspect most don't even know the actual lyric.

https://www.loadofffannys.com/

[Celery Man 21026]

On 8/13/2023 at 2:11 PM, jimmyjazz said:

I just wish people would stop singing "take a load off Annie" when they cover "The Weight".

I mean, I get it, it's a tough pronunciation, and some don't even try.  I suspect most don't even know the actual lyric.

off topic on the band but on topic for "Annie" and pronouncing lyrics, a story that always makes me chuckle about Waylon Jennings recording "One Old Brown Shoe" with The Old 97s

https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/the-lost-songs-of-old-97s-and-waylon-jennings/

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MILLER: After lunch, he cut the vocals for “The Other Shoe.” He got to the second verse, where the cuckolded husband is under the bed and imagining the murders he’s about to commit. There’s a line, “You’ll try to find a doctor that will prescribe an elixir that’ll make everything better.” He kept saying “excelsior.” It got tense in the control room because he’d keep getting through the whole song and mess up that word. Eventually, I had an idea. I told him to just use the phrase “Annie licks her.” He started laughing. “I like you, you’re sick,” he told me. And he nailed it on the next take.

[hullabelew 3724]

On 8/9/2023 at 4:10 PM, South Austin said:

RIP

I only learned in the past couple years that he wrote and originally recorded Broken Arrow, which I always thought was a great fucking song.

Did someone else cover "Broken Arrow".  

[South Austin 52688]

8 minutes ago, hullabelew said:

Did someone else cover "Broken Arrow".  

Metallica.

[GhostOfTomJoad 9435]

16 minutes ago, hullabelew said:

Did someone else cover "Broken Arrow".  

Pardon me if my sarcasm meter needs calibrating, but Rod Stewart had a top 20 hit with it. 

[hullabelew 3724]

21 hours ago, GhostOfTomJoad said:

Pardon me if my sarcasm meter needs calibrating, but Rod Stewart had a top 20 hit with it. 

Honestly never knew that.  

[jimmyjazz 46475]

20 minutes ago, hullabelew said:

Honestly never knew that.  

Yeah, I had given up on pop radio by that time.

[GhostOfTomJoad 9435]

I hear ya both. That was around '90 or so when Stewart had a late career revival covering great songwriters before he decided to try and be a schmaltzy crooner. Downtown Train (Waits), Broken Arrow (Robertson), Have I Told You (Morrison). I remember the creepy video for BA with cherubs on swings and shit. 

[nbmishoid 976]

Looks like it’s high time to break out the dvd’s of Last Waltz, and that train ride across Canada movie.   Great stuff.

[Deej 77172]

4 hours ago, nbmishoid said:

Looks like it’s high time to break out the dvd’s of Last Waltz, and that train ride across Canada movie.   Great stuff.

Just paid 6 bucks to buy it on VUDU.