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The Band 55th Anniversary- Robbie Robertson

Widely viewed along with Bob Dylan, The Byrds, and Gram Parsons as  fathers of  the Americana musical movement, The Band also may have  been one of rock’s first alternative groups. In part one of this classic rock interview, main songwriter Robbie Robertson (“The Weight”,”The Night They Drove Ol’Dixie Down”,”Up on Cripple Creek”,”The Shape I’m In”) helps me make that case.

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The Band-The Last Waltz- Robbie Robertson

Interview includes the legendary “Last Waltz” concert and subsequent Martin Scorsese-directed film never included Robbie Robertson threatening to leave the band, as has been misreported for years;

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Band-The Band Best pt 2-Robbie Robertson

There is ample evidence in this conclusion of our two-part In the Studio  rockumentary on The Band as to why Robbie Robertson has always been one of my favorite musicians with whom to converse. A great storyteller gifted with rich language skills, The Band’s main songwriter and lead guitarist through seven studio albums 1968-1976 and […]

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Bruce Springsteen & the E St Band- Thunder Road- Apollo Theater 3-9-2012

Bruce Springsteen fans have held  October 27, 1975 as noteworthy ever since his third album, Born to Run, was released then with unprecedented mainstream magazine covers Time and Newsweek heralding, somewhat prematurely, the biggest thing since Elvis and Bob Dylan. Yet I can imagine that Bruce Springsteen and his ‘E’ Street Band members might revere […]

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Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band- Fortunate Son

When you are as prolific a song craftsman as Bob Seger, there is little reason to cover anybody else. But a lucky crowd got to hear Bob Seger lead his Silver Bullet Band through a rousing version of John Fogerty’s “Fortunate Son” long ago.

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Allman Brothers Band- Seven Turns- Los Angeles 6-11-92

The Allman Brothers Band, always one of the largest ( and best ) working bands America ever produced, agreed to the stripped down approach at a radio and record industry convention in Summer 1992 where they performed the title song to their album “Seven Turns”.

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Allman Brothers Band- Eat a Peach- the late Gregg Allman, the late Dickey Betts

It was Duane Allman who formed and led the Allman Brothers Band, and behind them an entire new Southern Rock movement. But at the end of October 1971 midway through the recording of what would become” Eat a Peach”, Duane died riding his beloved motorcycle. Gregg Allman (who died May 2017) and ex-guitarist Dickey Betts (d.4/18/24) reveal how the music sustained the brotherhood.