The Band: The Authorized Video Biography 3/5 

Got to meet him. You are 100% right.

Eric has said he wanted to join the Band.

And with Robbie it's all "me" or "I"..no "we'..quite the opposite

Had the pleasure to meet Levon shortly before he past. He's the real deal. RIP

@@foreverwild9298well,he was an only child🤷🏼‍♀️

@@foreverwild9298that’s nonsense. There isn’t even any commentary from him in this cup. He routinely talked about the band as an ensemble along a deep admiration and appreciation for the other four throughout the course of his life.

Ok...leave your Robbie hatred at your keyboard....your poisoning the air.....

They are the only ones that came close to the Beatles and the rolling stones

The film of them recording the second album is the best film of the Band . Ive never seen it just play . Some suit and tie hack always blathers over it , saying its great .

Wayne Fouche' I fell in love with The Band the night I first heard The Weight on radio. They have been my favourite group since then and I play their music regularly. . My cellphone ringtone is The Weight.

Must be that Lake Erie water….LOL

It’s why Robbie Robertson put a stop to the Band….he couldn’t stand being in a group of junkies…..knowing death was right around the corner….he loved them like brothers and did not want to be a part of what eventually happened….must of loved these men very much….to give up all that fame and money……that’s a brother in arms.

@@petersokol1603 😄 🤣 😂 Silly little dude. Robbie didn't stop anything..except them getting credit. In the weight Anna Lee was a childhood friend of Levon's..but I guess Robbie had a friend with that name too huh? Moron They kicked Robbie out because he totally screwed them over.

@@petersokol1603 he gave up the fame and money?,? What are you smoking??? He stole everything from them. They didn't even want his p*ssy *ss in the band.

@@petersokol1603 Robbie did not give up money. He had all the writing credits of the songs and producer royalties. He wrote the lyrics mainly, but he did not arrange or organize the entire songs, but that didn't matter to him. He took sole credit for nearly every song by The Band. And he also had film royalties from Last Waltz, which was solely his idea, Levon and Rick really didn't wanna do it. When Garth had to declare Bankruptcy in the 80s, he sold his remaining shares in The Band to Robbie. SOLD THEM TO ROBBIE. A true brother would've helped him out. Especially Garth, the only one to not get into drugs and alcohol. But no, he bought the shares. So yeah, Robbie is suuuuuuuuuccccccchhhh a great brother. No

@@TheFallenColumn Spot on. Robbie was no brother, he was all about himself. Shameful how he takes all the credit

I go for "It Makes No Difference." Robbie Robertson never got tired of praising Rick Danko's vocals. I also agree with you on "The Weight"

If only someone would've removed the whiskey from Bon Scott's hands or given Freddie Mercury condoms...but it's too late for any of them.

Same with my Mother, smoked alot, finally caught up with her when she got diagnosed with a Brain tumor, after that she quit cold turkey and had 1 good year left. I still miss her.😢

"Rock and roll had died 8 years prior."??

@@thirdbase6870 alright maybe earlier, only cause I consider Link Wray, Surf music and mersey beat the tail end, the analog multitrack burried it all!!!

@@wabankik Am curious - school me. Let me get this straight. You think that RnR consisted of Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, Bo Diddley and perhaps Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley?

BULL

Hey- I've always understood "Rock & Roll" being the original brand and environment crafted during the nineteen fifties to early Sixties eventually opening a network of genres Rock, Pop, Soul etc. The term is used today culturally. Inquiring jukebox music is always under title "Rock & Roll"!!!...

How?

Manual, Danko and Helm were Junkies and Robbie had enough.

No way. Don't buy Levon's line about the songs. Helping to arrange is not authorship. ROBBIE wrote the songs and he also guided a band of 3 junkies and Garth for years--before he gave it up. Can't blame him! As for $$, the three junkies put a ton of it up their noses and into their veins. They were beyond reckless.

Why are you even watching this so🤦‍♀️

I am so happy that I understand and appreciate good music. I feel bad for people who don’t get it. I just feel like that says so much about a person. I feel sorry for this guy, I really do😞

@@caroldevitt1156 there are lots of bands I don't like and therefore I don't end up watching them on RU-vid!😂