"The Last Waltz" Wow!! What talent! What memories!

[maveric]

The Band, Clapton, Muddy Waters, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Paul Butterfield.....

[ET Awful]

1. One of the best concert films ever made, if not THE best.

You forgot Neil Young (and it's Joni Mitchell) :).

[maveric]

4. How could I forget Neil. My inspiaration as a youth. And Dylan too.

I knew when I typed "Joanie" it didnt look right.

[Kikosexy2]

2. One of ...

the great concert films--luv it! Watched the Concert for George (Harrison) last night on PBS--awesome!

[auburngrad82]

15. Concert for George is great.

It's truly disconcerting at times to see George's son standing on stage. I forget that it's not George. It's eerie.

[Kikosexy2]

17. Quite ...

a resemblance ain't he? I'm amazed that George married someone from Southern Calif. and a Latina to boot.

[johnnie]

3. I got the DVD

The remix 5.1 is unbelievable. It is one of the best concert films ever.
As mentioned above..Concert for George is up at the top also.

[auburngrad82]

14. I've got the DVD and the box set CDs

The box set contains all the music from the film plus many, many tracks that didn't make it into the movie.

I love the Band. A great American band even if they are mostly Canucks.

[RandomKoolzip]

5. Neil Diamond!!!

Just kidding.

Robbie, why?!

[demnan]

9. I've often wondered why Neil Diamond is on this otherwise

legendary DVD. I've decided that when the Band were poor, Neil Diamond must have been a really good guy and given them money.

[johnnie]

10. Neil was a songwriter in the same place that Robbie wrote for

They are good friends. I know it's not "cool", but I think Neil Diamond is a really good songwriter.

[RandomKoolzip]

11. No, Robbie Robertson has some questionable taste in music

sometimes (his solo albums are melodramatic sub-springsteen pretension, with all the wit and humor of your average Spanish Inquisition), and apparently was a big Neil Diamond fan. Robbie even produced Neil's 1976 album, "Beautiful Noise."

Cocaine is a hell of a drug.

[Ron Green]

18. Neil Diamond is a bit on the pop end of the spectrum, but I wouldn't

attribute his appearance to "questionable taste." He's a very fine songwriter, and he turned in a strong performance in this film.

[maveric]

6. Ringo and Ronnie Wood.

[maveric]

7. And a Martin Scorcese film to boot! Here's a link.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077838/

[bobthedrummer]

8. I love it!

I'm a Dylan fan for life though.

[auburngrad82]

I love Don't Look Back

Another legendary director, D A Pennebaker, and beautiful black and white photography. Great performances by Dylan and it really gives you a feel of what it was like to be Dylan in the late 60s.

[edbermac]

12. One of the best, along with Stop Making Sense...

[saltpoint]

13. Hey maveric, you really did a good thing by posting this.

You put my ear back on some of the best artists who ever laid down a cut in a studio, and then here they all were on stage in this film.

I appreciate the lift at the end of a long week.

Thanks.

[maveric]

16. My pleasure. You've got to appreciate good music now a days

with all the pop crap thats being piped in.
These performers were and are giants IMO.

[DelawareValleyDem]

19. Great film, great soundtrack, great group

Rick and Richard will always be sorely missed.

[leftofthedial]

20. great is right

[mac56]

21. The Staple Singers and The Band

singing "The Weight" is amazing.