Genre: Canadian pop/ rock
Places I remember: The Warehouse CD copy replaced the cassette tape that (I think) Greg Knowles gave me.
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Who Do You Love (with Ronnie Hawkins) gets the set off to a storming start after the haunting Theme from The Last Waltz. Big time Bill! Big Time!
Gear costume: Plenty of other gear highlights - maybe the best Band moment is one of my favs - Life Is A Carnival. At the time, Greg and I were very taken with Van the man's spots as well.
Active compensatory factors: G.K. and I went and saw the movie in Queen Street while we were at Auckland University. I had the tape for years, thanks to him, but when I saw it going cheap at The Warehouse, I couldn't resist an upgrade. It is a classic, after all!
The set shows off the best of both The Band as The Band and how great they were as a band, backing other talented individuals.
The special guests are very very special and his Bobness is in prime form.
All that and Levon Helm has surely one of the best voices in rock and roll.
Only down point (still) for me is Neil Diamond. Levon was right, Robbie - you shoulda nixed that one.
Where do they all belong? As a high water mark for the seventies, it's pretty much untouchable.
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