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The Last Waltz was a concert by the Canadian-American rock group The Band, held on American Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 1976, at Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco.
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The Band The Last Waltz Full Concert 11/25/1976. George. 1.28K subscribers. Subscribed. 5.1K. 555K views 3 years ago. Up On Cripple Creek 00:00 The Shape I'm In 05:40 It Makes No...
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Apr 26, 1978 · The Last Waltz: Directed by Martin Scorsese. With The Band, Rick Danko, Levon Helm, Garth Hudson. A film account and presentation of the final concert of The Band.
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- The last supper. We've all seen the film, but what many people don't realize is that the concert, held on American Thanksgiving, was a long celebratory farewell, which included a Thanksgiving feast for 5,000 people who paid $25 for tickets — an astronomical price at a time when tickets normally sold for between $4-$7.
- Secret guests before secret guests were cool. Drake and Taylor Swift may have made it their calling cards to bring out a range of surprise guests on their tours, but 40 years earlier, the Band already had it perfected.
- The white room. Robertson was asked to help prepare Scorsese's film crew by recommending a movie they could watch. He suggested Jean Cocteau's avant garde film The Blood of a Poet, for reasons he still doesn't remember.
- Neil Young's cocaine booger. Young must have spent his fair share of time in the Cocteau Room, as he reportedly came out to perform "Helpless" with a large cocaine rock stuck up his nose.
The Band The Last Waltz Complete Concert Part 1 of 3 Alternate Footage. Ethan Davis. 2.65K subscribers. Subscribed. 2.7K. 477K views 10 years ago.
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Jul 12, 2017 · The Last Waltz - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down: Levon Helm leads The Band through a passionate take of the Civil War-inspired song, "The Night They Dro...
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Nov 25, 2020 · The Band's farewell show in 1976 was filmed by Martin Scorsese, who turned it into a masterpiece of rock cinema. Learn how he captured the Band's legacy, their guests' performances, and the era's vibe in this article.
