LouieB

I haven't forgetten those at all, but they were not yet "The Band". Levon was an unhappy camper during some of those years also, staying home while the Hawks went on to make musical history with Dylan. Go figure..... As to the Robbie stole all the songs argument...the other band members got writing credit on Big Pink, The Band, Stage Fright, Cahoots, and Islands. Which songs did he steal, since I haven't read the book. LouieB

Exactly.... great minds think alike. I was just taking a shower thinking the same thing. Clearly Robbie had at least a vision for a pretty cool way to go out and he and Marty made one of the best concert movies ever, but you don't get that without alot of planning, post production and leadership. The road has taken the best of them, to quote the movie and even though Manuel and Danko had some good years ahead of them, neither was completely prepared for the break-up of the group. It is sad that The Band made two of the all time great records and then began to deteriorate. They had a

Lots of musicians have been flops in their solo careers. Actually both of Robbie's first two solo records are quite good. None of the rest of the Band had exactly stellar solo careers. Levon's solo records are decent. Danko put out one solo album which is fun but uneven. The Band without Robbie continually flopped after Jericho. (And acording to Analogman well before that...) The Last Waltz is a great film, period. Of course it was set up. That is how it was so good, a great deal of planning with every shot planned. Robbie and Scorcese set out to make a great rock film and they succ

Just listened to the Okeh, Curtis Mayfield Chicago CD. Great stuff. Roy Eldridge lived a very long time. He put out many many albums. Would it have been on Verve? I found Sweet Lorraine here on a Mosiac set of the entire Verve sessions. If this is it, the info is further down on the page. Norman Granz reissued stuff like this many times, as it is still reissued to this day by whomever owns the catalogue. I once got to shake Roy Eldridge's hand. By then he was very elderly and wasn't really playing any more. LouieB

Well as I have said before...the best way to listen to everything in mono is hit the mono/stereo button on your receiver and then everything is back to mono. Or maybe you have a new fangled receiver that doesn't have one. I suppose the most irritating thing (which I do understand) is simulated stereo. Thats horrible. Either that or just listen to 78s, they are always mono. But the engineering and arrangements on Laura's Columbia records is amazing. LouieB

I sort of think it is about the arrangements.... But she has some of the best CD packaging of anyone. Her paintings are very Van Goghesque.... LouieB

At some point I am sure it will play in the city nad it does look like a good movie. Pete and Arlo used to play Ravinia every year like clockwork though.....I saw them there a few times myself. LouieB

I find it weird that it is only showing up there. What do they figure, that the late middle age or elderly affluent Jewish population is the only one interested in Seeger??....pfff.....how about a showing for us plebs in the city?? LouieB

Mr. H... I couldn't agree with your statements more. Every time she puts out an album I buy it for my wife and the toll that smoking has had on her is unreal. She had one of the most distinctive and unusual voices in music (not unlike Emmylou, but although Emmylou has lost a few steps she has not lost nearly the rang Joni has), but some of what she has recorded is unlistenable. More than that, as with many older artists, she no longer writes interesting or distinctive songs. Sometimes it seems that every song sounds alike. She has been lucky to always have very fine sidemen back her up,

I agree, Wrecking Ball launched Emmylou's late career resurgence. Aracdie is the only Lanois album I own, but it is quite good. (man this is an old thread, I didn't even read that stuff after I posted last time.) LouieB

Hey Zeus....park on the streets. Just look out for the permit parking. There is a lot down the way, but if you are intrepid you can park for free somewhere. I rarely have a problem as long as you get to Wrigleyville early. LouieB

With all the cigarettes she smokes I am sure she drinks alot of coffee too..... LouieB

Time for a new thread of some sort I suppose. Is Joni Mitchell going to have a late career resurgence like many of her colleagues from the 60s? Looks like it may happen. Its now or never. LouieB

There are so many reasons NOT to play to 10,000 people. This certainly is one of them. Columbia is is certainly home base for Jeff in so many ways. Wish I could see a show there sometime. LouieB

You can't lose with any of those, but first songs has a ton of songs that went on to become hits by others. I don't know that her first album is in mono. It came out at a time when most recording artists were moving away from mono and the production on her Columbia records demands stereo (not sure why anyone wants this in mono.) I have two copies of the original Verve releases. They are slightly different, but will check to see if either is mono. I think not. Certainly the Columbia reissue won't be. Actually I have a number of Verve Folkways/Forcast LPs that are among my most beloved.

Truly..sadly no Chicago date. LouieB

Thanks for posting this. I think the first 5 are some of the greatest records ever done. After that it is pretty spotty, but Mother's Spiritual is pretty good. Spread your wings and fly kicks ass since it is just Laura on piano. Some of the other live stuff (I have not heard it all, but some of it) is marred by bands which sound sort of bored. Laura is one of the greats, a songwriter who wrote hit singles for others and knew how to sing and play. Great stuff. Christmas and the Beads of Sweat is fantastic. It is so great to get to talk about Laura. Sadly she died of ovarian cancer

Whoa....let's rip Zepplin (not that I care.) You have a good point there. But Rock of Ages is a fairly restrained performance in general. Nothing wrong with that. Actually Watkins Glenn is far inferior for whatever the source than Before the Flood. One thing for sure. There has been entirely too much messing around the Band's material. Clearly the official release of the Basement Tapes isn't entirely what was recorded at Big Pink. The bootleg I refered to in an earlier post is called Real Old Time and is a totally unadultered performance from July of 1970 long before the end. An in

Well hearing music differently from the same performance is what makes it interesting. I don't dislike Rock of Ages at all, but I do think that it captures The Band in its chamber rock type of performance as opposed to the ones one Flood and Watkins Glenn which are far more balls to the wall. I have a Rubber Dubber bootleg which is sort of inbetween. the Band did catch some flack back in the day for being restrained, so I am not the only one who sees it this way. I have nothing but love for the Band in any event so really I like it all. I was particularly pleased to get the Dylan cuts on t

I have to say i have never seen him either and also one of my big heros. Sometimes I think it is okay NOT to see people you really like alot. I don't regret not seeing him or several others I can think of. I have however seen Laurie Anderson a few times, who is also one of my big heros (and grew up in the Chicago suburbs) and she was absolutely fantastic each time, but particularly a two night stand she did at Park West after Oh Superman came out when she did big hunks of United States of America. LouieB

Well clearly Robbie didn't write Chest Fever... Before the Flood is getting bashed here unfairly. I saw night two of this tour and the Band was fantastic. While the album cuts are not as good as I remember them being, they really aren't that bad and show alot more fire than the very sedate Rock of Ages. LouieB

Kids today.... Her first five albums are some of the greatest stuff ever recorded and some of the best songs ever written. Some of her later stuff ain't bad either. I highly recommend the live at the Filmore CD that came out a few years back. LouieB

I was 23. I had heard of him but never saw him. In college we were big FBB fans. LouieB

Did he win? LouieB

It appears he got exactly what he was looking for - a ton of publicity for himself. He asked NOT to be tazered, so they did it and fed right into what he wanted (don't throw me in the briar patch...). LouieB