"KingHarvest" <a.c.joven@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> maryjacksonyo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>> For all of you lucky enough to have seen the new Dylan biopic I'm Not
>> There, you're sure to have caught various references to The Band at
>> pivotal points in Dylan's life. Let's start a thread discussing these
>> scenes and their accuracy/enjoyment levels.
>
> OK, I'll start with the obvious. Jim James and Calexico's cover of
> Goin' to Acapulco! What a moment. The civil war stage band was
> reminiscent of Chest Fever and The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down.
> Also, did anyone notice the resemblance of the big Ludwig maple bass
> drum to the one Levon used to record The Band's first two albums? Wow,
> just amazing.
>
> Question: Did anyone notice any problems with the instrumentation
> during the Royal Albert Concert Hall performace of Ballad of Thing
> Man? It looked like there were three axe-bearing musicians on stage.
> Robbie, Rick, and _____? I know Dylan kicks Manuel off piano for this
> tune, but he doesn't pick up a guitar?!
In 1965 and '66, when Dylan played "Thin Man," Manuel simply left the
stage
and probably went for a smoke. He did not play. On Tour '74, Manuel
played
drums along with Levon on that song.
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