This week in music history-1969: The Band played its first concert as an independent group…..in other words not as Bob Dylan’s backing band anymore. Former member and one of music’s great drummers and singers Levon Helm who battled back from throat cancer to win a Grammy for his 2007 album “Dirt Farmer” is releasing a new record June 30th called “Electric Dirt”. Your homework assignment this week is to watch Martin Scorsese’s amazing film “The Last Waltz”-a brilliant portrait of The Band’s very last show. DO IT!
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Posted: April 15th, 2009 | Category: Daily Fix
Tags: robbie robertson, the band









