My 50 Favorite Albums (continued)
I have not yet done any "best of" records. And I have not done any "live albums". And I haven't done any soundtracks.
Well its time to do all of that in one fell swoop.
The best rock movie I have ever seen, the best live album I have ever listened to, and the greatest "best of" record I own is one and the same.
It's called The Last Waltz.
I remember when I went to see it for the first time at the Eisenhower Hall movie theater at West Point in 1978, my junior year in high school.
I was blown away. And I still am every time I listen to the record or watch the DVD.
Neil Young, Neil Diamond, The Staples Singers, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Van Morrison etc, etc.
But its Levon Helm, Robby Roberston, and Rick Danko that make this record so amazing.
I love this record and always will and it joins my Top 50 tonite.
Hear, hear.
Though we're showing our age, I fear. And don't forget the incomparable Dr John.
Russell
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Posted by: Russell Buckley | February 27, 2005 at 11:41 AM
...and Joni Mitchell and Neil Young and...
One of my great music regrets is not going to this concert (talk about showing one's age!). It was Thanksgiving and a friend who was a then-fledgling music critic invited me to go. We would drive from Orange County to San Franciso and we'd come back the next day.
The concert included a full Thanksgiving dinner at the Fillmore. I think tickets were around $75 in 1977 dollars, and my starving student budget couldn't swing that and the gas money. I was also worried about my friend's aging Pinto breaking down.
I missed a truly legendary show. A lesson about taking chances.
Posted by: Bill A | March 01, 2005 at 01:30 PM