Lars, if you come to Bellmore in May to see Rick maybe In the spirit of the new improved Guestbook I want to publicly thank Lars97 and Serge for their answer to my Lets show Jan how much we appreciate his hard work. People may make absurd comments, but as Sting once said in a song "it takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile". Also I wish everyone would respect Jan's request for a peaceful guestbook. I'm sure I will make it worth the effort. I own many rare Band tapes and cd's and I am looking to make a trade for a tape. I SENSE THE LOVE STARTING TO TAKE HOLD!!!!!WOODSTOCK FOREVER!!!!!ALL LA GLORY.THIS GUESTBOOK IS THE BEST JAN!!!!!TAKE A LOAD OFF. I always wondered why there wasn't more of him in the movie, but now I think I know. It seems to me that Richard, God Bless Him, was completely out of it. The numbers of musicians they have ultimately influenced is immeasurable.Īt any rate, I just find this very interesting. Danko’s bass playing and Hudson’s organ playing are especially praised, again especially by Harrison.īottom line for me is that The Band were and are an extremely important influence on modern music. Rough performances of "Caledonia Mission", "To Kingdom Come" and "I Shall Be Released" were recorded by the Beatles, though none have been officially released. The Band are cited perhaps more often than anyone else beside Chuck Berry by the Beatles during these sessions. George Harrison, especially, is quoted throughout the book as praising The Band during the Let It Be sessions.
It is based on the unreleased tapes recorded throughout the month of January 1969 as the Beatles were recording the music finally released on "Let It Be". I just finished reading a book called "Get Back: The Unauthorized Chronicle of the Beatles’ Let It Be Disaster", by Sulpy and Schweighardt.
At any rate, all this had led me to suspect that the Band were at least one influence on the Beatles starting their "Get Back" project. Obviously, the Beatles were fans of the Band. Of course, eventually Harrison and Starr recorded with the Band on Starr’s "Ringo" album, Ringo played at the Last Waltz, and Danko and Helm were members of Ringo’s first "All - Starrs" band. George Harrison is on record many times praising the Band, and at one point commented that Robbie Robertson was the luckiest song writer in the world because he was writing songs to be sung by the greatest voice in the world: Levon Helm. Lennon was quoted as saying that when he sees acts like The Band doing what they are doing, it made him wonder why the Beatles couldn’t do something like that. Over the years, I have read qoutes from Lennon and McCartney praising the Band, or Dylan and the Band (McCartney metions having seen the Isle of Wight performance). And, like "Moondog Matinee", the Beatles recorded a large number of oldies during these sessions, though they were never released (but widely available on bootlegs). Basically, they wanted to try getting back to a "purer" form of recording, like that used by the Band on Big Pink and the Brown Album.
For those of you who don’t know, the original idea behind the Beatles’ "Get Back" project was that they get back to their roots, and record without all the overdubs and studio tricks that they had become accustomed to. Both the film and the album were originally to have been called "Get Back"). (Ultimately released in a mutated form as their "Let It Be" album. I offer up the following for no other reason that it’s something to ponder, and will perhaps stimulate a little discussion.įor years, I have wondered how much of an influence the Band were upon the Beatles’ decision to record their aborted "Get Back" album. Rob Walker From: Waterloo, New York, USA (about 35 miles north of Watkins Glenn) Personal attacks and degrading comments about others, were removed at the end of this month. This was the first time the Band guestbook was censored. Guestbook for the Band WWW pages, January '98īelow are the entries in the Band guestbook from January 1998.