On 16 jan, 10:03, Annie Mc <anniemcne...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Jan 15, 2:04=A0am, Hekkie <henk...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On 12 jan, 04:27, Annie Mc <anniemcne...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > On Jan 11, 2:33=A0am, Hekkie <henk...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > > On 7 jan, 17:04, "Peter Stone Brown" <ps...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > > > "Annie Mc" <anniemcne...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > > >Dr John was involved with Rock of Ages. =A0The Band engaged Allan
> > > > >Touissant from New Orleans to do the horn arrangements (they had
> > > > >already worked with him on Life is a Carnival) and he came to NY
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do
> > > > >just that. =A0But because of the tight timeframes, they also
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> > > > >other good friends from New Orleans - these friends being Dr John
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> > > > >Bobby Charles - just to help out. =A0And then of course Dr John
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> > > > >Bobby Charles both appeared at The Last Waltz. =A0All this info
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> > > > >Barney Hoskyns' great bio of The Band called Across The Great
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> > > > >Played Rock of Ages last night after reading your post - great as
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> > > > Thanks for your reply. I noticed the photo long ago but didn't
know
> > > > the story behind it.
> > > > Do you know if there's any video or photo footage of Bobby Charles
> > > > performing on the last waltz?
> > > > I've read about him beeing edited out because of visible drug
usemen=
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> > > > Do you know if this is true?
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> > > > Thanks again,
> > > > Henk
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> > > Henk
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> > > Not sure why he was edited out (there were a number that were
> > > including a number of The Band songs that I would love to see
> > > including Georgia and King Harvest) - but I believe when you listen
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> > > the Scorcese commentary on the making of The Last Waltz on the
latest
> > > reissue of LW, he indicates there were times that they simply had to
> > > take breaks.
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> > > Recently, there was a post in rec.music.dylan about The Band
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> > > a Grammy Lifetime Achievement award and a contributor dug up some
> > > wonderful Band performances on YouTube including Georgia. =A0Well,
whe=
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> > > I went back to look at it again the other day, it had been removed
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> > > to "a copyright claim by NBC Universal". =A0And then another one
> > > disappeared with the same reason stated. =A0Yesterday I searched and
> > > favourited a number of Last Waltz performances on YouTube that are
> > > taken from the offical release - I'll be keeping an eye on these and
> > > see what the fate of these are.... Can only suggest you search
YouTube=
> > > re Bobby Charles and see what turns up - with luck (a) you might
find
> > > something and (b) it might stay around....- Tekst uit oorspronkelijk
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ericht niet weergeven -
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> > Hi Annie,
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> > I've watched TLW with the Scorcese comments and he says they were
> > constantly out of film on several camara's. Thats why there are some
> > long shots from just one camera (like Muddy Waters) just because it
> > was the only footage he had. Still it's strange that all the quest
> > stars appear in the film accept Bobby Charles. I got the official cd
> > release of the last waltz and again, in the booklet, no photos of
> > Bobby Charles. (while there are photo's of any other artistthat
> > performed) I've read several articles in magazines claiming that the
> > reason was that he had obvious cocaine traces hanging on his nose.
> > There are several re****ts from that evening talking of a 'white room'
> > backstage. Still, just rumours, but I'm very curious about any footage
> > there is. There were some clips on youtube a while ago from a bootleg
> > DVD "the lost waltz' with video that was shot from the audience. Not
> > very good quality but there is something out there. -those clips are
> > also removed :-(
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> > Did you see this bootleg DVD?
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> > cheers,
> > Henk
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> No Henk, I haven't seen it - but have read about it on The Band's
> website - it certainly has all the performances - including those of
> The Band that are missing from the official release. =A0Re drug use, it
> is a common "fact" or "myth" that Neil Young came out to perform with
> cocaine still hanging from his nose and it was edited out - so that
> can't be the role reason for Bobby Charles' exclusion. =A0And as for The
> Band's performances, eg Georgia, I've read that there exclusion is
> that there was a feeling that Richard's vocal and the overall
> performance were just not good enough. =A0And as said above, even if
> these outtakes come to life on YouTube, it seems that they will be
> quickly be made unavailable due to copyright restrictions.-
a pity...... thanks Annie for your replies.
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