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Aug 14, 2023 · This 2022 Netflix adaptation of a Stephen King novella flew under the radar when it came out, and now it has the distinction of being one of the late, great Donald Sutherland’s final movie...
Nov 25, 2020 · How Martin Scorsese's film of group's legendary farewell show changed the way live music felt onscreen. As 'The Last Waltz,' the Band's legendary farewell concert, turns 40, read how Martin ...
- David Fear
- The Last Supper
- Secret Guests Before Secret Guests Were Cool
- The White Room
- Neil Young's Cocaine Booger
- Joni Mitchell Comes in from Above
- The Other Neil
- Muddying The Waters
- Dylan Steals The Show, Literally
- Levon Hated It, But Gets The Best Quote
- The Next Waltz
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. People dressed in their finest, sat at long tab...
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. Despite the fact that listing the likes of Dylan, Mitchell and Young on the bill would have easily made the ticket prices worth the cost, promoter Graham chose to not list any o...
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. That said, the influence of the film was felt mostly in the green room for the artists backstage, which was dubbed the Cocteau Room. As Helm write...
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. You can see it in the teeth-gritting intensity of the performance, but you can't physically see the rock. Robertson has admitted to spending a fair amount of money in post-production editing ...
Despite the rock, or maybe because of it, Young's performance of "Helpless" was one of the most affecting moments of the concert. His vocals were incredibly moving, but what really makes it stand out is Joni Mitchell's soprano accompaniment, even though she wasn't actually onstage. Because she was scheduled to perform next and they didn't want to r...
A lot has been made about Neil Diamond's presence on the stage, clearly the only act that didn't really fit in with the lineup of folk singers and rockers. For Robertson, he writes that he wanted artists there to represent various styles and eras of music, and Diamond represented the Tin Pan Alley songwriting tradition. In that vein, Diamond even p...
Just as Diamond was there to represent Tin Pan Alley, Muddy Waters was there to represent the blues and, while we're at it, the foundation of rock 'n' roll itself. Shockingly, he was almost cut from the bill because the show was running too long, according to Helm. When told that someone had to be cut, Helm reacted. "I was in a mood," he writes. "I...
As is well documented, the Last Waltz ran for more than four hours, and once the initial concert was over, Ringo Starr and Ronnie Wood of the Rolling Stones, as well as a number of artists who performed that night, continued to jam onstage with the band. Robertson handed off his guitar to Stephen Stills and went backstage for a shower while an over...
Perhaps it goes without saying at this point, but Helm truly hated the Last Waltz, calling it the "the biggest f--kin' rip-off that ever happened to the Band," mostly because nobody but Robertson received any royalties from home-video sales. Helm saw it instead as a vanity project for Robertson, criticizing Scorsese's "long, loving close-ups" of Ro...
The Last Waltz wasn't really supposed to be the Band's last dance. In fact, Robertson imagined it as a farewell to their touring life, but a beginning to a studio-only life, not unlike the Beatles, who quit touring in 1966 to focus on making some of the greatest studio albums ever recorded. That wasn't to be, however, as Robertson would soon learn....
May 1, 1978 · Is The Last Waltz (1978) streaming on Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, Peacock, or 50+ other streaming services? Find out where you can buy, rent, or subscribe to a streaming service to watch it live or on-demand.
Martin Scorsese's classic rock doc The Last Waltz, about The Band's star-studded 1976 final show, is now streaming on Prime.
Aug 10, 2023 · Where to watch The Last Waltz: The Last Waltz is now streaming on Prime Video, where you can watch through an MGM+ add-on or buy the film for $6.99. The music doc is also available to rent on ...
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Oct 9, 2023 · By Steven Gaydos. United Artists/Courtesy Everett Collection. By the time Martin Scorsese ‘s music documentary “The Last Waltz” premiered in 1978, the legendary Americana music progenitors the...
