Another Man Done Gone

[John Soper]

NMC, but a legend who played in The Band with a mandolin player (or two):

RIP Robbie Robertson

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/m...ry-1234803234/

[tmsweeney]

He's the last of the Band to go, we just started playing "Ophelia" in the jam circle, I guess we'll have to pick out a few more "Band" tunes.

[Ranald]

Sad news. Just heard on the news that Robbie Robertson died at 80. I'm sure that he influenced most of us here. What a great musician, songwriter, storyteller, indigenous rights advocate, and all-round character. Oh, I see that someone already posted this.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainmen...obit-1.6931772

[Jeff Mando]

He's the last of the Band to go...

I believe Garth is still alive.

[Franc Homier Lieu]

He has been released.

[CarlM]

It has been a hard year for musicians.

[jefflester]

I believe Garth is still alive.

86 years old, made a live appearance at a house concert this past April even.

https://www.reddit.com/r/theband/com...for_the_first/

[Mark Gunter]

Sad that so many members of The Band are gone now, and another great musician of Native American heritage. Sad that he and Levon couldn’t solve their issues before they died. Levon’s storytelling and music has had a great impact on me, as well as that of all members of The Band. Robbie’s guitar playing, songwriting and activism has long been an inspiration. RIP Robbie

[rcc56]

That makes Garth Hudson the only surviving member of the original group.
The Band had perhaps the most unique sound of any group from that era.

I heard them at Watkins Glem 50 years ago [you couldn't see anything in that huge crowd]. Wish I could remember it better.
I'd say that an awful lot of us who were there weren't in any condition to remember much. Oh well . . .

[Charlie Bernstein]

He's the last of the Band to go, we just started playing "Ophelia" in the jam circle, I guess we'll have to pick out a few more "Band" tunes.

I thought Garth was still alive. I have a friend who writes to him at a nursing home. Dead letter office?

[Ranald]

Unless he died today, Garth is alive at 88-years old.

[canuckmandolin]

He's the last of the Band to go, we just started playing "Ophelia" in the jam circle, I guess we'll have to pick out a few more "Band" tunes.

Garth Hudson is still alive.....but Robbie will be much missed

[Bren]

The Last Waltz outro makes a very nice mandolin tune. In fact, Levon is playing mandolin on it.
From various sources I have read that Levon and Robbie were getting along OK by the time of Levon's terminal illness.

[journeybear]

I heard them at Watkins Glen 50 years ago [you couldn't see anything in that huge crowd]. Wish I could remember it better.

The entire show is available on youtube, soundchecks included. Not video, just stills added to audio but good quality audio. You can download these files, then if you have a means to remove the visual portion, reduce the file size considerably. Just keep googling till you get there.

[HogTime]

I grew up in NW Arkansas. Heard "The Band" play at a local nightclub backing up Ronnie Hawkins, when they were called "The Hawks". I was in a local band playing electric guitar. Robbie was a couple of years younger than me and I was in awe of his picking ability! RIP Robbie.

[20MartinA]

He's the last of the Band to go, we just started playing "Ophelia" in the jam circle, I guess we'll have to pick out a few more "Band" tunes.

Garth Hudson is still with us.

[Ranald]

Geez, maybe I'll start another thread called "Garth is Alive."

[MikeEdgerton]

Robbie speaks about Levon.

[MikeEdgerton]

Geez, maybe I'll start another thread called "Garth is Alive."

Wait, Garth is still alive? Why wasn't I informed?

It can get tough.

[tmsweeney]

apologies to Garth and family, I thought I had read that recently, not to hard for me to be mistaken.

I really like the organ intro on "Chest Fever"

[Don Grieser]

Saw The Band in Cleveland in 1974 with Jessie Collin Young, Santana, and CSN&Y.

Well, he never plays it, but there's some mando content here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCSzL5-SPHM



And a Playing for Change version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph1GU1qQ1zQ

[Fretbear]

Robbie Rob & Sixto R;

“People used to say to me, ‘You’re just a dreamer. You’re gonna end up working down the street, just like me.’
Part of that was crushing, and the other part is, ‘Oh yeah? I’m on a mission.
I’m moving on. And if you look for me, there’s only going to be dust.’”

[journeybear]

Thanks for sharing these. I love the Playing For Change project, and this is one of the best of them, naturally. And I love "The Last Waltz."

However ...

I believe that, technically, there is no MC. In the PFC video, there is a double-stringed instrument, but it is an oud. Taimane is playing what could be a five-string mandola or some such, or it could be a ukulele, I can't suss it out. But it's not your regular mandolin. In the TLW video, Robbie is playing a guitar-mandolin double-neck, but he never plays the mandolin part of it. This is the most disappointing part of the movie for me - he has that gorgeous instrument (I've learned from folks here it's actually factory-built, not custom), but doesn't use that capability.

I will say that there is mandolinist content - Rebecca Lovell of Larkin Poe, though she's playing guitar here.

Regardless, it's great to hear two such fine versions of this great, great song. A timeless classic from Day One.

[journeybear]

This came in today via facebook, with the caption:

infidels,
Native Americans with true rock & roll hearts – Robbie Robertson (July 5, 1943 – August 9, 2023) with John Trudell and Buffy Sainte-Marie...

(click by Guido Harari – Agrigento, Italy, 1995)

Buffy is still with us.

[Ranald]

Buffy is still with us.

Though she announced this week that she's retiring from performing, Still, Buffy made clear on radio that that she'll never say never, and may occasionally perform onstage again. She's 82 and has been a powerful performer in recent years, with Tina Turner stage energy throughout her 70s -- I saw her a few times -- but I guess there's a limit. Here's her announcement:

https://buffysainte-marie.com/?page_id=10864