love to you, Deborah.....I get it...and as I came here to watch Robbie.....then you see Rick and Levon....and then Garth comes out on the sax...the only one left. The music matters.

We made a tactical error, Deborah. We attached deeply to literally hundreds of musicians that were ten years or so older than us, and now they are dying almost daily. And the ones who wrote the insightful songs, and the challenging songs - the songs that pushed us into becoming deeper ... those are the ones, whose passing hits us the hardest. I think that, when Dylan dies, the country will just shut down for a week.

Robbie's face made it on a Canadian stamp in 2011. The Canadian people recognised what a treasure they had long ago❤

I listen to this one so much. This is my favorite song in The Last Waltz. Rick's vocals are crushing. Robbie's magical right hand shimmy shake during the solo. Garth on smooth sax. Sighhhhh. They are so young and beautiful and talented here. Time Flies. Rest well, Robbie. You've got some good musicians to hang with on the other side. Save me a good seat at the show.

Greatest rock and roll movie of all time. And will always be the greatest. RIP Robbie, you blessed us with some great music..

Southtexashombre…lucky you escaped!😎

In late 1976, my partner moved to another city, about 1,000 miles away. in the months before I was able to join her there, I bought The Best of The Band on Cassette, and discovered this song. When I came to the verse "Well, I love you so much that it's all I can do to keep myself from telling you that I never felt so alone before," it broke me up, I was a mess, but it sustained me till I joined her. I already knew some of The Band's work, and had the NME review of the concert, and went to the Australian Premier of the movie. After 15 or 16 times I lost count of the number of times I saw it, and now have all of their studio work and live work, including their time with Dylan. My favourite band of all time.

Yes they were and now all we could do is listen.

Your comment nailed it! Yes.

Probably some of Robbie’s best writing, as well. And he’s written so many great ones.

They were the best

there will never be anything like them

Rick was just, fuck man what a voice ❤❤❤

Maybe it’s Garth’s memories that keep him going. A guy who might have ended as a music teacher in small town Ontario, instead was given the gift of sharing his instrumental legacy with the world. Without Garth, The Band would not have been.

@@johntechwriter The whole Band was the sum of one piece. Take out 1 piece you lose the Band.

Second best is Stage Fright also performed by Rick

Danko was their Best vocals

That scar under Rick’s right eye? I have one just like it. It was created as I was being born. I was born breach, meaning the doctor had to reach in with his forceps and grab me by the head to get me out. Many equate breach birth to PTSD. All I know is, even that far back, I didn’t want to come out.

I always come back to this song.. beautiful

And don't forget to mention Rick Danko's soulfull and emotionally singing. He really brings it home.

they were all brilliant. this version of this song is heartbreakingly beautiful. it's been making me cry since it was released. they're all gone now except Garth. there's no holding back the tears as I'm listening now...

Yup.

The Band and the Staple Singers....brilliant, amazing and unbeatable! Just....WOW

But he passed on "Acadian Driftwood."

yep

True that

Amen. Most great music is born in pain. You feel his, 40 years later.

That lyric sticks with me too. It's absolute desperation.

Yeah, that lyric is the polar opposite of "The sun will come out tomorrow..." It makes no difference when despair and heartbreak prevail.

Bawled my eyes out first time I sang and played this tune, that was the line that broke the dam.

Amen, rest in peace Mr. Danko, Mr. Helm, Mr. Manuel✌️🎶❤️

😆 true..!!!

It’s stil out there, but you’ll have to keep an open mind!

Ya same

Me too. It will never lose its style and "...never seems to fade away..."

.... check out billy string's.... you'll like!

Check out lower back pain, I hear they’re releasing an album this summer

So wish Rick and Richard hadn't gone they way they did, they were supreme ❤❤❤

You can tell he feels every word. Robbie felt Rick could sing it without it coming off as self pity, which Robbie did not want. He was right.

Danko is so hot

Danko and Robbie both.@@user-kj4sn3yl5d

God, rest, Rick, it's never been the same

That first lick on the sax gets me every time.

Me too Phil that floored me in the Movie and still years later, it don't get no better.

Greatest Band ever!

4:32 pure heaven

Yes, indeed, Garth’s sax solo makes up for the first guitar solo. JRR had to up his game after hearing that and finished stronger. Now Rick and Solomon Burke must be trading hellacious verses on that one up in heaven. Great song, thank you for sharing it.

Yes, and I bet Levon, Rick, and Richard are up there jamming out on this Easter Day, '19. RIP, guys!

@@blancobasnett Lots of magic going here & no overdubs.

Proving yet again it's not what you play it's how you play it. his was one hell of a performance of pure feel..

pawelpap9 no one will drive with me this is the only song I have played for 8 months at least 12 times a day

haha

I'm starting to notice a pattern here in the comment sections among youtube videos of bands. When someone wants to elevate a particular band they make it a point to include the Beatles in their comment, and say the Beatles didn't do this or that.

Good points here...love The Band!

Sad last time together

Totally agree, 3:46 is just so, so emotional. Brilliant version of this song.

They sound better than the Beatles and better looking lol

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Muitas saudades dessa formidável Banda

Yep....and Robertson fkd it all up.

Dave Chmela : No need to keep bringing all that up. Just enjoy the music and the fact we can at least see them.

Agree, remember this is back when music was actually MUSIC... and I was born in 84, but you no greatness when you see it....

SOUTHPAW731 Danko was your friend??

Sorry about your wife

Dear Dr Rick.... Sorry to notice about your loss.... I lost two wives 10 years apart were murdered when I wasn't around to protect them.... Talk about stampeding cattle...... Sorry for your loss I'm not trying to make mine bigger than just is what it is man. Luckily I have an old friend of 44 years and she might be my next wife but I told her you have to come armed!!! Feel like I'm a hex on my women !!! They all die!!! But Pamela is pretty tough and she has guns !!!

One of the great Torch songs of the modern era, post Sinatra and Elvis

Up with the best to doubt about that.

Rest In Peace to your beautiful wife. Peace and love brother.

Your'e so right!

It's almost like he's possessed when the music starts and the it all just pours out of him.

I miss this band, I wish there was another that could come close to doing what they did. Wow what a collection of musicians that complimented each other so completely.

RIP Rick. What a voice. He died far too soon.

💗 💖 💘 💝 💟

100%. I’ve watched this performance so many times it’s almost embarrassing to admit, but it’s just perfection, by every single member. Thanks to Robbie Robertson for writing this most gorgeous, saddest of songs, and having the vision to recognize that Rick Danko was the only one to sing it, Also love Robbie’s tasty, soulful note-pinching solos and fills. Garth’s sax brings me to my knees. The harmonies are so beautiful. Rick’s emotion and broken voice filets me every time, and my heart just bleeds out.

@@genevievegelatto8447 What a great, beautiful, poetic reply, thank you!

close to breaking up? In the act of breaking up!

that is Richard Manuel, not Hudson

Danko..what an amazing lost soul

Shannon, check out festival express to catch a lot of Danko

I knew Rick and Levon, to a lesser extent. Rick and I were friends for over 7 years before he passed away. He was funny, goofy, shy, and would literally give his shirt off his back to someone in need. He was truly one of the purist souls I've ever met. His demons are what eventually killed him. I visit him and Levon at least once a month when I'm near Woodstock. I miss him.

Danko was fearless. He inspired me to pursue singing songwriting

​@@zahrahblissThank you

@@zahrahblissHow lovely for you to be able to say this, Danko’s voice sure reaches the parts ❤- thank you for your lovely words about him. I’ve loved listening to the Band since I first saw The Last Waltz many moons ago 🐝

Check out the conception and how this was made and you'll understand why it's better than a studio version. It's great to see that other people haven't forgotten what good music is.

Drugs always brings out that pain😪

My favorite too

I agree. So much expression wants to make u cry

Absolutely. ❤️

Still do on this song every time.

Ironically, being from Phila..too,my brother saw Rick in a little bar (he forgets where exactly but it was near Reading, possibly Allentown, towards his later days...After TR show was over,there was Rick at a table signing his book, alone...

He's something else Gorgeous talented and a kind man RIP Legend

My friend you are now 'hooked',

Luuuuv Rick Danko

Head up Ricco. She would want that I'm sure...

We all meet again brother, with no more rain!

She knows!

I lost my Dad on June 7. I feel your pain. I miss him so much.

@@GraveyardPoet and Ricco, Grief is a measure of how much you loved someone. And how much they loved you.

and he blows it a little stronger toward the finish for a crescendo

You are so right - I often listen to this song alone for the sound of Garths sax. It’s pure art!

THE Band

I hope heaven has a quality PA and a great person running the board.

richard?

Yep, Richard Manuel. I almost cried the moment I heard he took his own life. He was The Band’s voice.

What a group they were,who else would just jump in with a saxophone,absolutely awesome

Still come back to this track over and over again . Timeless. Rick's voice was my favourite . Such great characters . Sad about Robbie's arrogance in later years .

@Vinod Sharma - I agree ... I just keep coming back because it never loses its emotional power. I read Testimony, ‘This Wheel’s On Fire and Across The Great Divide. Everyone has their own story. Not to say Robbie is blameless, but his description of how things ended put things in a more balanced light. There was fault all around. I wouldn’t blame any of them ... just people heading in different directions.

@@peterrobertson2580 Throw is drugs, booze, money etc etc not hard to see how it can happen.

Peter Robertson It makes no difference, the Band can not be equaled, no more....

Very emotional,nostallgic song played by good hearted people,bring a lot of nice memories ,superb.

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I feel you pain. I hope G-dad’s tender mercy heals your heart soon.

I’m so sorry for your loss,music such as this truly can be the thread to the life we lived with our dearly departed

I agree

It's almost as if he's going break down and cry right there...

This song has helped me through many troubled times over the last forty years. Their music is timeless.

"Well I love you so much" - tears me up every time. And that sweet bit of chat from the boys at the start - you can feel the brotherly love.

Whispering Pines is another blissfully soulful song of theirs, with Richard doing the vocals. I just listened to that one before this one.

Amen.

Read em & weep 😓