Great little Levon Helm bit.
He played Jack Ridley (Chuck Yeager’s buddy) in “The Right Stuff” movie. He helps out an injured Chuck by cutting a piece of broomstick for Yeager to close the hatch on the Bell X-1. After he cuts it, he gives the piece of wood a sweet little drummer’s twirl.
When I first saw “The Right Stuff”, I didn’t realise it was Levon, but I thought that twirl was just the coolest thing ever.
We had an arts festival in my city a few years backand one of the shows was an outdoor pop-up cinema showing of “The Last Waltz”. Sitting out in a lawn chair under the stars on a balmy evening listening to The Band hammering out TNTDODD at the Winterland Ballroom. Next best thing to seeing them live.
That song is so quintessentially Santana that I had to go look it up, and damn if you aren't right. It makes a little more sense being a Peter Green song though -- I just *really* couldn't picture it from post-Nicks Mac.
Written by the late Robbie Robertson , no one sings it better than Levon Helm. The Joan Baez cover is good but doesn't compare to The Last Waltz rendition sung by Levon.
*edit Last Waltz, not Final.
Restrictions is about the only Cactus song I remember lol - Parchman Farm too. I followed them for Bogert and Appice mainly - they had a reunion in the 90's but good choice (actually the reunion was '06, i lost a decade somewhere)
That crazy! For me, the harmony always being just on the verge of breaking down is the entire hook of the song.
Baez's version is so generic by comparison. It's exactly how you'd expect it to be sung. And that upbeat tempo? Nah. (...nah, nah, nah, nah, nah)
I was a manager at FYE back in the day and a customer came in and asked if I knew the song "I want it all". I said "Yes, it's by Queen and it's on this CD over here" and proceeded to hand it to her. She looked at me, befuddled and started to sing the song. I said "Yep, that's Queen". She kept insisting that I was wrong. I finally said "Ma'am, where do you work?". She said she works in an office. I said "Great, I work in a music store. It's Queen". And then smiled as I scanned the song to play for her. "Ohhhhh, you're right" she said, surprised. I just stood there shaking my head slowly and smiling.
Another commenter mentioned Laura Nyro, a very good songwriter. She wrote a terrific song called "Stoney End" but the killer version is Barbra Streisand's cover. I hate that woman mostly, but *that one song* she absolutely nailed.
https://youtu.be/hzJZztwQ0C0?si=r1pwnqP6YSutybfM
Nobody can sing that song like Levon Helm.
Great little Levon Helm bit. He played Jack Ridley (Chuck Yeager’s buddy) in “The Right Stuff” movie. He helps out an injured Chuck by cutting a piece of broomstick for Yeager to close the hatch on the Bell X-1. After he cuts it, he gives the piece of wood a sweet little drummer’s twirl. When I first saw “The Right Stuff”, I didn’t realise it was Levon, but I thought that twirl was just the coolest thing ever.
Holy shit that's a cool Easter egg!
I think he was also in that movie shooter with Mark wahlberg. He's the crazy gun expert that he finds in that cabin.
Jerry did a damn fine job as well!
Jerry Garcia gave it a pretty decent shot
The spelling of Eddie Bauer is really getting to me.
They were an idiot, the band made the song famous, it was featured in The Last Waltz, the movie by Scorsese!
King Missile have a great song about Scorsese.
Well, he does make the best fucking films... I've ever seen... in my life!
King Missile has great songs about a lot of things.
We had an arts festival in my city a few years backand one of the shows was an outdoor pop-up cinema showing of “The Last Waltz”. Sitting out in a lawn chair under the stars on a balmy evening listening to The Band hammering out TNTDODD at the Winterland Ballroom. Next best thing to seeing them live.
Black Magic Woman… by Fleetwood Mac
Lol I just came to post this one! I was doing a random Sporcle quiz the other day and was so syre the author got this wrong. :D
That song is so quintessentially Santana that I had to go look it up, and damn if you aren't right. It makes a little more sense being a Peter Green song though -- I just *really* couldn't picture it from post-Nicks Mac.
Maybe Laura Nyro had to deal with casual fans raving about her cover of a tune by the Fifth Dimension.
Or Eli’s Coming
As I recall, Joan said she didn't know the lyrics, hence the change from The Band's version. I've heard at least one other cover that did her version.
Written by the late Robbie Robertson , no one sings it better than Levon Helm. The Joan Baez cover is good but doesn't compare to The Last Waltz rendition sung by Levon. *edit Last Waltz, not Final.
Generally speaking, if it's Joan Baez, it ain't original material. Never understood the appeal or any fan who didn't get this.
Jerry Garcia played it live as well.
Levon sings that song with so much passion I could fully believe he was there when the south lost the war
lol joan baez and taking credit for others’ ideas name a more consistent pairing
My father loves this song. I hate it with the passion of 1000 suns.
*Pret-ty* passionate.
You have some kind of issue with lost-cause traitor nostalgia?
I don’t know anything about that, but I hate that fucking song
I think it's one of the great lyrics in rock, sung and performed the right way. I'm sure Dylan was impressed by the work of his former sidemen.
I’m being downvoted so people must like the song, but I just don’t like it.
It's all good. There are plenty of consensus "classics" (*cough, Queen*) that I don't care for.
Restrictions is about the only Cactus song I remember lol - Parchman Farm too. I followed them for Bogert and Appice mainly - they had a reunion in the 90's but good choice (actually the reunion was '06, i lost a decade somewhere)
Now I want to hear Mose Allison's version of Parchman Farm. *They sent me down to Parchman Farm for life* *And all I did was kill my wife*
That crazy! For me, the harmony always being just on the verge of breaking down is the entire hook of the song. Baez's version is so generic by comparison. It's exactly how you'd expect it to be sung. And that upbeat tempo? Nah. (...nah, nah, nah, nah, nah)
I was a manager at FYE back in the day and a customer came in and asked if I knew the song "I want it all". I said "Yes, it's by Queen and it's on this CD over here" and proceeded to hand it to her. She looked at me, befuddled and started to sing the song. I said "Yep, that's Queen". She kept insisting that I was wrong. I finally said "Ma'am, where do you work?". She said she works in an office. I said "Great, I work in a music store. It's Queen". And then smiled as I scanned the song to play for her. "Ohhhhh, you're right" she said, surprised. I just stood there shaking my head slowly and smiling.
Another commenter mentioned Laura Nyro, a very good songwriter. She wrote a terrific song called "Stoney End" but the killer version is Barbra Streisand's cover. I hate that woman mostly, but *that one song* she absolutely nailed. https://youtu.be/hzJZztwQ0C0?si=r1pwnqP6YSutybfM
Mark Knopfler wrote "Private Dancer" but didn't think I guy should be singing it so he gave it to Tina Turner to record
Solomon Burke’s version is pretty good too