Classic Albums: The Band – The Band

July 27, 2010 | By In Entertainment |

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5 Comments so far

  1. William Tannen on July 28th, 2010

    I just screened the dvd of The Band which cost $65.00! If you like 75 minutes of interviews with some musical clips (all far better in The Last Waltz–where each song is 100% seen on camera and mixed great) than send me $55.00 and I’ll ship you my copy. I love The Band but this looks like a BBC TV doc.

    Bill
    Rating: 2 / 5

  2. J. Breese on July 28th, 2010

    Good God, was this boring! I couldn’t even finish watching it before I tossed it. I usually enjoy reading or hearing how artists create, it fascinates me. And I love The Band that used to be. But this was boring as heck. Sorry, Robbie. Sorry, Levon.
    Rating: 1 / 5

  3. J. Clark Hildum on July 28th, 2010

    Although the recording was somewhat ineresting, due to the lack of music in the recording I find very dissapointing. I will probably play it three or four times and then dispose of it.
    Rating: 2 / 5

  4. bass boy on July 28th, 2010

    The Band is awesome. No doubt about it, but that’s just it. They were a BAND. Robbie Robertson (spelling correct) somehow fooled the other Band members into letting him have songwriting credit (and Robertson got them to particiapte, against their better wishes, in “The Last Waltz” concert and accompanying film). Take a look at Band drummer Levon Helm’s book, “This Wheel’s on Fire,” and he explains that Robertson and someone in the Band’s management talked the group into giving Robertson sole (or majority) songwriting credit, so they all could supposedly benefit financially. Robertson got rich, while the others didn’t. It’s a shame, since Helm, keyboardist Richard Manuel (RIP) and bassist Rick Danko (RIP) all had better voices than Robbie’s.

    There’s also a great photo in Helm’s book that has Helm showing Robertson how to play something on Robertson’s Stratocaster. Great picture. It shows that it was a group effort, but Robertson and “The Last Waltz” film erronneously claim Robertson as the leader and chief talent. “The Last Waltz” concert was filmed by Martin Scorsese, Robbie’s buddy. If Robertson truly was the lone genius of The Band, don’t you think his solo work would have been much better?

    Also, in the words of the Arkansas-born Levon Helm himself, “Do you really think a guy from Canada (Robertson) wrote ‘The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down’ all by himself?’”
    Rating: 5 / 5

  5. Burt Tschache on July 28th, 2010

    It was wonderful to sit down with this DVD and re-live some of the great music created by The Band. This DVD captures the feelings and the music of one of the most influential groups to come out of the 60′s. They had a unique and special sound and, as such, hearing about how they came up with that sound was very interesting. They are a magical group of highly talented musicians and this DVD offers insights into their creative process that only the ones that were there would know.
    Rating: 5 / 5

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