Robbie Robertson is Greedy

52-vincent: Garth Unchained

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 08:00:07 -0400

52-vincent:

Garth Unchained

putyourredlipson: Rick Danko

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 16:00:28 -0400

putyourredlipson:

Rick Danko

aliphantparts: Happy Birthday, Richard Manuel ♥“Must be some...

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 08:00:22 -0400

aliphantparts:

Happy Birthday, Richard Manuel ♥

“Must be some way to repay you,
Out of all the good you gave”

Photo

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 16:00:16 -0400

thebirthofart: Two of my favorite folk-rock musicians were born...

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 08:00:27 -0400

thebirthofart:

Two of my favorite folk-rock musicians were born on April 3. Both are named Richard.

“Katie’s Been Gone,” an outtake from Music From Big Pink (1968) by The Band. Sung and co-written by Richard Manuel.

chaboneobaiarroyoallende: Helm

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 16:00:21 -0400

chaboneobaiarroyoallende:

Helm

as1491: Garth. ♥

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 12:23:18 -0400

as1491:

Garth. ♥

losetheboyfriend: Bob Dylan & Levon Helm

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 12:17:47 -0400

losetheboyfriend:

Bob Dylan & Levon Helm

asteakandmilkshake: The Band - “Jawbone” He didn’t know it at...

Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:16:50 -0400

asteakandmilkshake:

The Band - “Jawbone”

He didn’t know it at the time, but when Richard Manuel’s voice breaks as he sings “I’m a thi-eeef and I dig it,” he’s really talking about the Internet decades in the future.*

Steal it, digg it, and then understand everyone else has already seen it, and implicitly acquiesces that you’re not perpetuating anything but the fact you’re a lemming. We all are.

I can(‘t) dig that.

*Robbie is a greedy, thieving prick, so he wasn’t talking about anybody but himself when he wrote the lyrics. Richard’s Grand Marnier-infused soul, sang it from a very different place. Whether it was clairvoyance or just an epiphanic moment while trying to get rid of some nasty tremors before hitting the studio, Richard will always sound like, and be, an artist, but without the debilitating self-aggrandizment that comes with that designation while alive; since, typically, he dropped off this mortal coil the only way he could: hanging from a shower curtin with a little blow near the sink. Robbie was just a shitty poet that knew some guitar licks and didn’t mind stealing Levon’s South and Richard’s (M)elancholy. There’s a difference between the writer and the singer of the song, but only a corporeal Levon ever had the balls to say it in print.

Any time you read a Buzzfeed post that just feels like déjà vu, remember this song.

nicksummers: The lake outside Levon Helm’s barn, before...

Thu, 03 May 2012 03:34:11 -0400

nicksummers:

The lake outside Levon Helm’s barn, before Andrew’s bachelor party two summers ago.

Levon Helm “Co-founder” Garth better outlast Robbie....

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:50:55 -0400

Levon Helm

“Co-founder”

Garth better outlast Robbie.

I’ll pass your music on to my kids, Levon.

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:46:00 -0400

I’ll pass your music on to my kids, Levon.

Video

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 21:04:40 -0500

Photo

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:29:00 -0400

faceyourbrain: long live danko!

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 20:24:38 -0400

faceyourbrain:

long live danko!

tearsofrage: Robbie Robertson, Bobby Charles, Paul Butterfield...

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 20:24:19 -0400

tearsofrage:

Robbie Robertson, Bobby Charles, Paul Butterfield and Rick Danko at Bearsville Records.

(via Bobby Charles.com)

themostperfectrice: Dylan and The Band, “Yazoo Street Scandal”,...

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 20:50:44 -0400

themostperfectrice:

Dylan and The Band, “Yazoo Street Scandal”, from The Basement Tapes.

This is 1967. As someone points out in the comments on the youtube video, for 67, these were almost unprecedented approaches for rock musicians to take on each of their instruments. Danko’s bass is incredibly elastic, for one thing. Garth Hudson was always insane, so that works.

But god, Levon. His voice, still fresh, still pristine, so fucking STRONG—this is a vocal performance par excellence, even by his lofty standards.

Levon FTW

Look at Rick!

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 20:50:05 -0400

Look at Rick!

picturesofrecords: “Music from Big Pink”, the celebrated 1968...

Tue, 16 Aug 2011 23:51:18 -0400

picturesofrecords:

“Music from Big Pink”, the celebrated 1968 debut LP of The Band. Purchased from Platterpus, Too in Easthampton, Massachusetts.

Look at Robbie trying to be Bob.

Tue, 16 Aug 2011 23:50:41 -0400

Look at Robbie trying to be Bob.