I can’t get past confident Neil Diamond’s comment to Dylan.
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I LOVE the Band and enjoy the movie, and love the podcast about it.
But, like, I was wondering like, like how many times like KVV and Casey like, said like. I bet, like, the like over/under was like, 10,629 times like. That’s, like, my opinion, like.
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You should walk around for an entire day with your voice recorder app open and see how many verbal ticks, um’s, ah’s, and likes you don’t even realize you say.
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Like Ouch! 
Tim, thank you.
Flydog, I’m aware. It’s a hard thing to eliminate. The way you expressed it is pretty dickish, but you aren’t wrong. Until you podcast regularly you don’t realize how much your verbal ticks shine through. But it is a job and I’m trying to get better. It’s harder when you’re exited and throwing yourself into a subject you genuinely are giddy to talk about. This was alao my first time hosting PC so I was a little nervous.
But cheers to you for making me even more self-conscious about it.
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In rereading my post, you are correct. Looks like my attempt to be a funny smartass failed and it turned out I was just being an ass. All I can do is offer is my sincere apology. I did really enjoy the podcast.
Just hit pause. Love this pod and the music in between statements is a great touch. Well done, all around.
Also, Im with Casey. Not a Dylan fan.
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Thank you thank you for this one. At holidays we watch the last waltz followed by many bottles of wine and do a who did it best Garcia, Joe cocker, The Band, or Bob Dylan. (Some not in the last waltz)
Must have been the roses
I shall be released
Atlantic City
Etc.
All in all this touches so many great artists from the eras past to present. Timeless event that bleeds into today’s music.
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I watched this late last summer (Thanksgiving in August to other folks’ Christmas in July) and the soundtrack is on my regular rotation.
I love The Band’s version of Atlantic City — Levon Helm is from Elaine, Arkansas and there are certain words he pronounces, like hair, that are specifically eastern Arkansas and it makes me happy because it reminds me of how my grandmother said that word.
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Loved the podcast! Watched the movie for the first time on Thanksgiving night with my family (only three of the six made it to the end). Had been on my list for a long time; I recently bought the 4K Criterion Collection edition to finally check it off.
Everything blew me away, but especially Caravan and all of Helm’s songs. I agreed with everything said regarding “Dixie Down” - I truly believe it’s a powerful piece of music, but as DJ said the criticism is extremely valid.
My dad was living in SF right around this era, so it was a blast to watch with him (he actually saw The Last Waltz in theaters). His claim to fame was doing the floors of Neil Young’s home in Redwood City and actually hanging out with him.
San Francisco’s music history is so cool and this show is a key part of its legacy. Lawrence Ferlinghetti is a legend!
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I’m curious to hear how other people responded to @KVV, @djpie, @ChickPhilA discussion of The Band’s music as “southern.”
This version of Helpless is perfection for me.
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First time I am ever watching this from start to finish….@djpie why does Jewish Elvis have another drummer in behind and it seems like Helm isn’t really playing?
I enjoyed that DJ called these high kicks….assuming it was a play on words.
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The Band’s music is southern. They play a blend of country music and rock and roll. also, their drummer/singer grew up in Turkey Scratch, Arkansas & they cut their chops as Ronny Hawkins (also from Arkansas) backup band if any confusion stems from the fact that most of them are Canadians.
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My dad saw them many times as The Hawks with Ronnie in Toronto in the 60s.
Did The Band themselves say they were southern? Maybe they did.
I mean, if a rock artist can play a role and sing from another person’s perspective like they did with “The Night they Drove Old Dixie Down” or Merle Haggard did with “I’m Just an Okie from Muskogee” and Skynrd did with “Sweet Home Alabama” then just playing music that sounds southern doesn’t make the Band a southern band. There has to be some kind of intent there, right?
Also, I think it’s important that The Band were performing when the Allmans, LS, Black Oak Arkansas, etc….were at the top of the charts; those bands were “southern rock” even if they didn’t act southern in the way a lot of people during the 1970s believed.
Guess I just always thought of The Band as being rock in the same way CSN&Y or Buffalo Springfield were rock
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You don’t have to be from New Orleans to play Jazz.
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Isn’t Jazz most closely associated with Utah anyways?
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True, but playing jazz doesn’t make you New Orleans(ean?).