I dont know if I have ever seen anyone with so much Joy in their heart as Lex in my 70 years . Brad you are a Blessed Man to have her in your life . I just love watching you both react to songs I grew up with and played back in the 60's and 70's
I very much enjoy Lex’s child like excitement and pure joy she expresses when listening to music she appreciates. And I see in the two of you, the very feelings of love and devotion this song tells of so plainly. Enjoy the music and each other, and I’ll keep watching and commenting about how funny and wonderful you are to me‼️👌🏼👍🏼😜
You just heard one of THE most technically skilled and naturally talented bands that ever existed. Three beautiful singers, a genius songwriter, all interchangeable multi-instrumentalists, and songs that SOUND simple but, under even casual scrutiny, reveal themselves to be technical masterpieces. Forged along endless touring through Canada and the USA. Oh, and Garth Hudson is a fucking genius. Let’s not leave that out. He’s the spine of a genius band.
This is the song that made me a fan of The Band. I miss those days of falling in love with new things in life like bands, strange places, and even stranger girls...junior high was a magical time for me👍💖🎶
Lead vocals on this track provided by the Drummer, Mr. Levon Helm, of Arkansas, so the accent is real. And so is the yodeling. BTW, nice Aerosmith shirt Lex.
The Band encapsulated all of American music and created a whole new genre all their own. They were often called America’s Beatles (even though they were mostly Canadian 🤦🏻♂️). You should do a reaction to the entire movie The Last Waltz- directed by Martin Scorsese, it’s the greatest rock movie ever made and features a who’s who of rock and roll royalty joining The Band on stage. If you want to know what real music by real people was like back in the day, watch that film, and turn the volume UP!! 🎸💥
Eric Clapton begged to join the Band he was so impressed. They were also (I’ve been corrected NOT) the backing band on that infamous night Dylan went electric. Levon couldn’t deal with the drama and criticism and left for a while.
@@fredfrederick5607 George Harrison also made a pilgrimage to Woodstock when the Band broke through, as the Beatles were coming to an end, and the group vibe he found in The Band was so at odds with the splintering Beatles vibe that when he returned to London to do Let It Be you could tell he already had one foot out the door on his old bandmates. The Grateful Dead were also inspired by the Band, and they put their psychedelic jams on the back shelf and put out two amazing acoustic-based albums in response. The Band were so contrary to the times that they almost single-handedly changed the whole direction of rock. While everyone else was going full-blown psychedelic and loud they toned it way down and got back to the roots. The whole singer-songwriter era ensued, but The Band don’t often get their due credit for having completely changed the whole scene.
@@fredfrederick5607 Actually they were not Dylan's back-up band on that night he went electric at Newport. (Mike Bloomfield was there). But they were his back-up band when he went on his European tour after that and got booed every night.(People paid for the tickets just so they could boo. Go figure).
Garth Hudson is playing a clavinet with a wah-wah pedal. Billy Preston plays it on "Outa-Space" and Bill Withers "Use Me" features it too. Funkadelic used it a lot as well.
Clavinet is an electrically amplified clavichord. Uses something similar to guitar pickups. It’s related to a piano, but rather than felt hammers striking the strings, you have small metal blades. Also, don’t forget the master of the clavinet, Stevie Wonder.
Thank. I have always thought it was a mouth harp. Listening this time with ear buds I thought it might be a key board. Would never have figured it out. Thanks
the "frog" sounding instrument is called a clavinet. it's an amplified version of a clavicord. They were used a lot in the 70s. Stevie Wonder was a big fan of it.
This is kind of a dirty song about his side chick while he’s out on the road, but y’all made it sound so wholesome 🤣🤣🤣. LOVED the reaction, and you can’t go wrong with The Band, and the harmonies between Levon, Rick, and Richard on this one are soul quenching.
Great song by "The Band" and written by their guitarist Robbie Robertson., sung by Levon Helm (drummer) who was the only American in the mostly Canadian Band. All great musicians! :)
The Band is iconic with songs "They Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" and "The Weight". They influenced many, many artists. Levon Helms (RIP) was the only one that was from the south in America. He was one of the best drummer/singers of all time. To do a deep dive you must watch The Last Waltz.
A little trivia: The band Nazareth ("Hair of the Dog") took their name from the opening line "I pulled into Nazareth, was feeling half past dead" from The Band's song "The Weight".
I so, SO wish that Garth Hudson could see Lex's reaction to his Clavinet fills. He would fucking love the joy that it brings so much. That sound is one of the most amazing and unique sounds out there.
Arkansas native Ronnie (Rompin' Ronnie) Hawkins moved to Toronto in the 50s and established himself as a rock'n'roll real deal dude. Four Canucks and another Arkansan formed his backing band eventually. When Bob Dylan went electric in the mid-60s, he grabbed the boys to back HIM up. After his accident a couple years later, they all holed up together in Woodstock NY. The results of those sessions were eventually released as 'The Basement Tapes', but first the Band released their debut, 'Music from Big Pink', after the house, virtually inventing what came to be known as the 'Americana' genre. Dylan took them out again in the 70s, and released at least one live document of their great synergy, 'Before the Flood', in June '74. The Band performed a farewell concert, 'The Last Waltz', filmed by Martin Scorcese, in '78, featuring Hawkins, Dylan, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Eric Clapton, the Staples Singers, Dr. John and more. Drummer and singer here, Levon Helm, the Arkansan, bassist/singer Rick Danko, and singer/pianist Richard Manuel have since passed, leaving only organist/general keyboard whiz Garth Hudson (playing "electric frog" here, lol) who had to be paid extra in the early days for the"music lessons" he was supposedly giving the rest as the sole condition for being allowed to play with them, and guitarist/main songwriter Robbie Robertson. Ronnie Hawkins, btw, who had a ton, a Who's Who of Canadian blues talent pass through his band over the decades, passed May 29th, 2022 at his home near Peterborough. He'd previously hosted John and Yoko at an earlier home on the west side of Toronto. Another old friend hung with 'em, loved him, disliked her. Wotevs. Any suggestions on the page are worth a listen, and a couple of personal faves are 'The Night They Drove Ol' Dixie Down', 'King Harvest', 'Chest Fever/Stage Fright', and 'Doncha Do It.' Great, appropriately joyful, loving reaction, thanks yet again.
This was around the start of what's called "Americana" or "Old timey" music becoming and trend in 70s rock and later on. A great catalog of music from these guys. Worth a deep dive.
@@alltogetherfitandproper4252 North America refers to a continent. We're talking about "Americana", not Canadiana or Mexicana. We're talking about a specific region too, the southern states of the USA. However, back in the 60s and even 70s, Canada had a stronger relationship with the USA, so it's understandable.
@@alukuhito you don’t consider quite a large catalogue of Neil Young to fall into that category? Idk why you’re all hung up on the region. It’s a genre.
Here’s a link to a brief video showing someone playing keyboards w/ clarinet making ‘that sound’ cool! 😉😄👍 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-AtbUFuWtQfU.html
You may be right but to me it sounds like a mouth harp, sometimes called a jaw harp. I've even seen it called a Jew harp. It's used in a lot of Bluegrass music and was commonly used in the Old West. You place it between your lips and teeth and pluck at a protruding wire or reed while changing the sound made by movement of the tongue
I'm always so focused on singing along with this song whenever I hear it that I never stop to notice how fundamental the synthesizer sound is to this song. That "froggy" sound is iconic. The Band were awesome!
Levon Helm was their drum and the singer of this song and he may have even wrote the lyrics. He is also the only non-Canadian from the South US. The Band was Bob Dylan's band when he first went electric and before that they backed Ronnie Hawkins as his Hawks. Rock history is so cool and once you go deeper into it you find out why band sound the way they do.
The night they drove ole Dixie down from the “Last waltz” album and find one with lyrics Great song from the perspective of a poor southern farmer in the south during the civil war.
I am so impressed with the pure joy. I feel the same. It’s a clavichord. Mimics a jaw harp. You are blessed to feel the joy without reservation. Love you guys!
That funky instrument is a Hohner clavinet being played with a wah-wah pedal. The clavinet, especially in tandem with a wah-wah pedal, was a sound that became famous in the late '60s and early to mid-1970s, especially in funk music.
It's such a great trip to watch Lex light up to down home music! The Band gave us some of the best music ever recorded. The Weight is one of the best songs ever written. I've only seen one version on line and it features The Staples along with The Band. If y'all get around to it be sure to have the lyrics nearby to fully appreciate the storyline! Brad you may be interested in the fact that Levon Helms is one of few lead vocalist/drummers!
@@BobSoltis1 yes, I know. Levon, however, was also the only drummer in addition to being the lead vocalist on Cripple Creek and The Weight. I don't remember if Robbie or Levon was lead on The Night the Lights Went Out in GA. It seems like Robbie was. Have you seen Robbie's The Weight world wide video that he put together with Ringo? Chill bumps!
Speaking of The Band, Check out some of Robbie Robertson's "Red Road" work. He was born on a Rez on the U.S. / Canadian border, and eventually started embracing his Ind'n heritage. In "Fallen Angel" he collaborates with Peter Gabriel. "Unbound," "Somewhere Down the Crazy River," "Broken Arrow," "In the Blood" and "Shake This Town" are mighty good. To quote the last line of "Ghost Dance," we don't sing those songs no more...
Welcome back to Canada, you two. The only U.S.er in The Band was the singer-drummer. "Spring a leak / she mends me" is a metaphor for Bessie's ability to make the traveler happy, to heal him spiritually. Sheesh! The reason these Canucks were able to get away with the name "The Band" is because when Bob Dylan, the god of Folk music fans everywhere, when he went Electric and Rock, he selected these boys to record and tour with him. Dylan was such an internationally big deal that any band that could earn his trust, was the only band for his fans (those who accepted his turn to the Hard Side -- and there were millions who did not). And so, when it came time for them to go out on their own, they retained the image as the only band -- THE Band. The Band were known for celebrating the culture and heritage of the Southern U.S. states -- AKA Americana --, even though they were not racist. In fact, guitarist Robbie Robertson is of the First Nations of Canada. Many of Elton John's early-70s albums also showed a love for Americana. His lyricist Bernie Taupin had grown up on an English farm, and so he dreamed of cowboys and prairies and the U.S. civil war, and he put a human face on his Southern characters. Maybe in the 1960s and 70s, foreigners like Bernie and The Band didn't know any better. Neil Young sure did, though (see his song, "Southern Man").
Lex, the sound is a Clavinet (probably a Hohner D6), going thru a Wah pedal. Stevie Wonder used on with great effect on Superstition. If you like that sound check out Lachy Doley, he has modded his Clav to have a Tremelo, like a guitar.
I found this channel because of your Cake reactions, and I look forward to more of those. The Band is one of my favourite groups ever. They have lots of awesome songs you should check out. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, King's Harvest, OPHELIA!
So many great songs from the band. Their sound to me from the first time I heard 'the weight ' or ' the night they drove old Dixie down ' and this one back in the late sixties sounded like they were written a 100 years earlier. And lex you're adorable!
A simple but amazing song, “Up On Cripple Creek,” is sung from the viewpoint of a truck driver who goes to Lake Charles in Louisiana to stay with a lover called Bessie.
