One of the most fabled rock concerts and films of all time, 1976’s “The Last Waltz” was the farewell show by The Band. They were joined on stage by Bob Dylan, with whom they had famously toured and ...
The 1976 farewell concert at the center of the film was already a piece of rock and roll history by the time the film debuted. Seeing it Oct. 5 at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles in celebration of ...
For some of music’s best-known artists, Thanksgiving Day 1976 was anything but a restful holiday. Instead it was a long, frenzied but ultimately triumphant day as the famed roots-rock act The Band ...
You’ve got a second chance to celebrate “The Last Waltz.” Producers of “The Last Waltz New Orleans: A Celebration of the 40th Anniversary of ‘The Last Waltz’ ” have added a second night at the Saenger ...
San Diego’s Mrs. Henry is certifiably not the first band to pay tribute on stage to “The Last Waltz,” the classic triple-album and concert film recorded at the 1976 farewell concert by The Band that ...
The legendary concert held the night of Thanksgiving 1976 at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco was billed as The Last Waltz. But it’s become a lasting waltz. The classic lineup of roots-rock ...
“This film should be played loud!” It’s a cliché now, a concert-movie disclaimer that’s become the equivalent of that hippie-dippy tagline from those Freedom Rock compilation ads (“Well, turn it up, ...
In his new memoir, “Testimony” (Crown Archetype), Robbie Robertson, songwriter for the rock group The Band, explores an era of revolutionary music, as well as the group’s farewell performance at the ...
This year, a Rapho Township business is hoping to increase its presence in the local music scene. Waltz Vineyards Estate Winery, 1599 Old Line Road, has expanded its series of summer concerts that ...