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Wednesday, February 16. 2011

If I had to pick a favorite...

If I had to pick my favorite song by The Band, I think this would be it (or maybe Acadian Driftwood, or The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, or The Weight, or their version of Dylan's Tears of Rage, or I Shall Be Released) :


Posted by Bird Dog in Music at 15:58 | Comments (7) | Trackbacks (0)

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I am torn between these two:

Unfaithful Servant

Stage Fright

One of the small pleasures I've had so far as a parent is my 16 & 13 year olds like The Band.
#1 Mike (Link) on 2011-02-16 16:23 (Reply)
Atlantic City
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0eZwpHtcK4

Actually a version he did live on Imus was a little better.

Temporarily here (real audio)
http://rhhardin.home.mindspring.com/temp.rm

(modern real players may ask to download on old sipr-9 codec first, these days replaced by a cooke codec)

Sep 21, 2005
#2 rhhardin (Link) on 2011-02-16 17:07 (Reply)
When I read the post (but before I saw the video) I thought, "My favorite is Ophellia. There"s no way Bird Dog picked that."
#3 Capt. Koons on 2011-02-16 18:25 (Reply)
It's probably been mentioned,but Dylan performed 'Maggie's Farm' on the Grammy Awards show.His mic was too low and his voice was rough.He still
brought the house down.

Thanks for The Band remembrance.
#4 RickTN on 2011-02-16 18:32 (Reply)
Well then you'll love this: http://levonhelm.com/store/product267.html

Just released and available from Levon's website. Mine is in the mail and I can't wait!
#5 Amazed on 2011-02-16 21:21 (Reply)
Gotta go with Stage Fright, myself.
#6 Animal (Link) on 2011-02-17 10:21 (Reply)
We caught the Levon Helm Band live last year. One of the best shows we've ever seen, and certainly the very best with a 70 year old drummer!

Apparently one of the gray haired crowd snuck in a camera:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wX6DyFyzf9U
#7 South of 5 and 20 (Link) on 2011-02-17 16:52 (Reply)

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