Conference mr1pst::music

    re: .0 Yes, yes, yes
    
    One of the most enjoyable days I had in the early 70's was spent in
    the Oakland Coliseum. A day on the green as they called them, still
    do I believe.
    
    The show started at 10:00 a.m. and lasted til around midnight.
    
    Jesse Colin Young opened followed by Joe Walsh and Barnstorm. The
    show closed with Crosby Stills Nash and Young. The third act was
    The Band with Bob Dylan. The amount of music and the quality which
    was played throughout the day was amazing. 
    
    The Band definately deserves their own topic. I've always felt they
    never got the recognition that they deserve.
    
    Jim C.
    
    

    ... and there's not a whole lot wrong with
    
    	Stage Fright
    	Northern Lights (pretty much my fav)
    	Cahoots
    
    		... for that matter.  I can live without the oldies album.
    
    							M

Ah, yes!  Robbie Robertson is one of my favorite songwriters!
I first got turned on to The Band back in the 70's when I was
wowed by a local band doing "The Shape I'm In".

"I just spent 6 days in the jailhouse
 for the crime of having no dough.
 Now here I am out on the street again
 for the crime of having nowhere to go."

-Hal

    Northern Lights is the only one I'm not familiar with (I even have
    Moondog Matinee). When was it released?

    I had Cahoots and that big live one, but they were both lost in the
    great "misplaced milk-crate during a move" incident of 1975. I'd rather
    not discuss that now. <sob>

    --Ron

    
    'Northern Lights' contains one great, great song...."Acadian
    Driftwood". This is quintessential Band.
    
    One of the things I thoroughly enjoyed about this group (besides the
    writing) was the instrumentation they used and the way they orchestrated
    it. They could employ the use of mandolins, fiddle, soprano sax,
    and squeezebox to provide atmosphere within a tune. When they used a horn
    section, they weren't afraid of just taking a low-brass instrument like
    a tuba and giving it an 'oom-pah' phrase in just the right part. (The
    excellent arranging on 'Rock of Ages' is full of this stuff.) Again,
    for atmosphere, and it contributed to what a previous noter called 
    'timelessness'. 
    
    But Garth Hudson's keyboard playing was sublime. I know he used to use
    either a Thomas or a Lowrey organ--and it had a different sound than
    the Hammond. But he knew how to work that thing. He could make it sound 
    like a hurdy-gurdy, a reedy old manual-pump church organ, or something 
    pretty majestic. Everyone else who played a Hammond more or less fell 
    prey to using the same registration on the instrument, and just varied
    the percussion. Garth was less flash than a lot of other players, but
    employed the instrument's versatility more. But make no mistake, he is 
    a hell of a good player.
    
    You've made me want to go home and put 'Rock of Ages' on the deck tonight.
    A beautiful collection of music. And live, to boot.
    
    Peter
    

    Yes, "Acadian Driftwood" is a masterpiece.  I love all the Band
    material, but a few songs stand out in my mind as having gone beyond
    the usual level of excellence into an area where songwriting, 
    storytelling, the pace of the song, the instrumentation, everything 
    just comes together perfectly.
    
    Two others that come to mind in this category are "The Rumor" from
    Stage Fright and "The Moon Struck One" from Cahoots.
                        

>    'Northern Lights' contains one great, great song...."Acadian
>    Driftwood". This is quintessential Band.

  "Northern Lights, Southern Cross" also contains Danko's "It Makes No
  Difference", the Helm number "Ophelia", and a couple more of note.
  
  That album was between "Rock of Ages" and "Islands", right?  It's much
  better than "Islands" IMO.   - Jay

  P.S.  I think "Rock of Ages" (complete version), mentioned in .-1, is a
        better Band sampler (for purposes of loaning to friends) than most
        of the compilations that have come out...  Including the latest, "To
        Kingdom Come".

re: .7

>  "Northern Lights, Southern Cross" also contains Danko's "It Makes No
>  Difference", the Helm number "Ophelia", and a couple more of note.
  
Just so  no one is confused, Robbie Robertson wrote both of those,
although Danko and Helm sang lead on them.

I always used to wonder why RR wrote most of The Band's songs, but never
sang lead on them.  Recently I heard his solo albums.  Now I understand. :-)

-Hal

    Yes, he gives new meaning to the phrase "can't sing". Makes you wish
    he'd brought Bob Dylan in to sing lead.

    Some of my fave Band tunes:

        Tears of Rage
        The Weight
        Chest Fever
        Unfaithful Servant
        Whispering Pines
        The Night They Drove...
        Stage Fright

    --Ron

    Well, Robbie Robertson may not be able to sing, but he was certainly
    good looking when he was young!
    
    Lorna
    

re: .10

>    Well, Robbie Robertson may not be able to sing, but he was certainly
>    good looking when he was young!
    
He's still rather distinctive looking, don't you think?

-Hal

P.S.  Damn good guitar player, too!

    Just think of it Lorna. Just you and Robbie sitting in from of a roaring
    fire. Just you and Robbie and his...cigar. <cough><cough>

    --Ron

    RE: Garth Hudson

    On Big Pink it sounds like he's using two different organs. The organ on
    some tracks sounds like a tone wheel Hammond. Others are definitely not.
    By stage Fright I don't think that I heard anything that sounded like
    a Hammond. But I don't really know.

    RE: Big Pink

    I've read that when they where ready to release Big Pink, the hadn't
    come up with a name. So interestingly I've noticed just recently that on
    my vinyl Big Pink LP, the record label doesn't say The Band anywhere. It
    just says Music From Big Pink and lists the and producer.

    Last year while stroling past an aisle rack of CDs in a Lechmere I
    noticed a CD by The Band. It's a live CD. I thought "wha?". It's
    from Capital Records. It's a subset of tracks from "Rock of Ages"
    mentioned a few notes back, the one that I lost. I don't like the
    horn arrangements or the recording and the audience sounds like it was
    asleep.

    RE: Robbie Robertson

    His first solo CD "Robbie Robertson" was pretty good in my opinion. The
    first three tracks alone are probably worth the price. And as a special
    treat for Lorna, Bono and the Edge appear on two tracks. Others include
    the BoDeans, Garth Hudson, Terry Bosio, Peter Gabriel, Manu Katche,
    Larry Klein, Abe Laborial, Tony Levin, and Daniel Lanois.

    I never heard much from his Storyville LP, but after his Saturday Night
    Live appearance I was afraid to buy it.

    
    RE: Other faves that I forgot to mention:

    From Big Pink:
        To Kingdom Come
        Caledonia Mission
        [Richard Manual's] Lonesome Suzie (what a haunting vocal!)
        Long Black Veil

    From The Band:
        Across the Great Divide
        Lookout Cleveland
        Jemima Surrender
        Rockin' Chair
        King Harvest

    --Ron    

  And of course a "The Band" discography shouldn't omit the Band-only cuts
  from the '67 Dylan/Band "Basement Tapes" and the live '74 Dylan/Band
  "Before the Flood".

  [Noone asked but...  I happen to think the '67 Dylan/Band versions of
  "Tears of Rage" and "I Shall Be Released", with Dylan vocals, are every
  bit as good as the Band versions from Big Pink.  Maybe because I heard
  them first and got attached to them...]

  And if anyone hasn't heard Dylan and The Band sans Levon ("The Hawks)
  circa '66 -- it's the Highway 61/Blonde on Blonde approach taken live,
  heavier on the guitar.  - Jay

    Re: "Rock of Ages" CD
    
    There are at least three versions out there.  
    
    The first version of the CD was put on a single disk but dropped some
    tracks from the LP.  This caused a furor and it was reissued in its
    entirety (on two CDs?).
    
    Meanwhile, Capitol's Special Markets (SM) sublabel has released a disk
    that contains some of the live material with a new (cheesy) cover and
    a title which I forget.  I've seen it in dept. store bargain bins for
    $6-7 pretty regularly.
    
    							Brian

>    Meanwhile, Capitol's Special Markets (SM) sublabel has released a disk
>    that contains some of the live material with a new (cheesy) cover

    That's the one I picked up, Brian. The name? Why, they used the title of
    the only Band tune to make the top 10 (I think). The one that was mauled
    by none other than Joan Biaz. Those marketing guys at Capital Records
    are pretty darn sharp, eh?

    --Ron

    ... and meanwhile, I hear this morning that Levon Helm is going to be
    interviewed on a local radio station to talk about the Band's new
    album.  So what we all want to know, of course, is whether Robbie
    Robertson is writing/performing for the album or not.  Anybody know?
    
    Re: SNL performance
    
    Robbie looked either sick or nervous.  In either case, I still think it
    was a scintillating performance... just to show not everybody thought
    it sucked (heh heh).  Storyville is a very good record.  Robbie
    Robertson fans will not be disappointed.

Levon Helm is going to be a Lauriat's in Boston (Copley something store)  today
(I think) to sign copies of his book.  I saw an ad in the Globe book section 
yesterday.  Not sure of the time.  If you're interested, give them a call.

Walker

    re .11, I haven't gotten a *real* good look at what Robbie Robertson
    looks like these days.  I missed the referenced SNL appearance, and the
    pictures on the covers of his two solo CD's are not really clear.  But,
    I'd certainly welcome the opportunity to find out what he looks like
    these days (in person would be good!)  :-)
    
    re 12, Hopefully, I would soon make Robbie forget about the cigar.  :-)
    (I mean, if I'm going to daydream about sitting alone in front of a
    roaring fire with him, I may as well dream that I can make him forget
    about the cigar while I'm at it!)   (He smokes a cigar?!!  I noticed
    they were all smoking cigarettes like fiends during The Last Walz
    video.)
    
    re Robbie Robertson's solo albums:
    
    Someone was kind enough to send me tapes of his two solo albums and I
    really like them a lot.  My favorite on the first one is "Sweet Fire of
    Love" which Bono manages to turn into a U2 song.  :-)
    
    But, I absolutely *love* Storyville.  I think it's a wonderful album,
    and I'm glad I discovered it.  It's true he's not a really good singer,
    but I think the music, lyrics and arrangements more than make-up for
    it.  It sort've reminds me of Peter Gabriel's "Us" album, but I like it
    even better.
    
    Lorna
    

    ... as long as we're naming names...
    
    I think the best pieces on the first solo album are "Broken Arrow" and
    "Somewhere Down the Crazy River."

    re .20, I like Somewhere Down the Crazy River, too.  I'd heard that on
    the radio before, and didn't know who did it until I listened to the
    album.
    
    Lorna
    

re: .20

>    I think the best pieces on the first solo album are "Broken Arrow" and
>    "Somewhere Down the Crazy River."

While I like the song "Broken Arrow", I really didn't care for the
arrangement.  Definitely too much Daniel Lanois and Peter Gabriel for
my taste.  Compared to the nice, clean arrangements of The Band, it 
was just too cluttered and, let's see, maybe "mushy" would be a good
word.

-Hal

    Is "Broken Arrow" the same one Rod Stewart had a recent hit with?
    
    fred deady

    Re: "Somewhere Down the Crazy River"
    
    The SDtCR video was directed by Martin Scorcese.
    Robbie R. has supplied the soundtrack for some of
    MArty's movies, and they've spent quite some time together.
    
    henrik

>    Is "Broken Arrow" the same one Rod Stewart had a recent hit with?

    Fred,

    Same song. I like Stewart's voice for it but the arrangement left me a
    little cold.

    --Ron

    I prefer the Robbie Robertson version of "Broken Arrow", but what does
    it mean when he says, "Who else is going to bring you a broken arrow?" 
    What is the significance of giving someone a broken arrow?  
    
    It sounds so meaningful in the song, but I find myself thinking, "No,
    but why would I want one anyway?"  :-)
    
    Lorna
    
    ps - and, what does it have to do with Neil Young's ranch? :-)
    

    Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. It's fun to wonder what someone means
    in song lyrics but I learned my lesson after working on Whiter Shade of
    Pale for a year, then reading that the lyricist said that the words have
    absolutely no meaning at all, that they just sounded good. Having grown
    up on a reservation, maybe he actually found a broken arrow once and
    gave it to someone he really cared about. It's a great lyric, anyway.
    Like so many of his, it creates such rich images in my mind. "A bottle
    of rain". Heavy.

    --Ron

    re: .27 Whiter Shade of Pale = Interesting time at a bar while on
    hallucinogens. 
    
    At least that is what a member of Procol Harum, can't remember his
    name, mentioned during a radio interview many many moons ago.
    
    Jim C.
    

    re .27, Robbie Robertson grew up on a reservation?  In Ontario?  I
    thought he was from Ontario?  He doesn't look like a Native American.
    
    re .28, I always thought A Whiter Shade of Pale was a song about me
    trying to get a tan in the summer!
    
    Lorna
    

>    re .27, Robbie Robertson grew up on a reservation?  In Ontario?  I
>    thought he was from Ontario?  He doesn't look like a Native American.

    Yes. Ontario sounds right but I'm not certain. I believe that his father
    is/was Jewish and his mother native American. Someone correct me if I
    have this wrong.

    --Ron

    re .30, wow, unusual combination, but sure turned out to be visually
    pleasing, in his case.  :-)
    
    Lorna
    

    lorna,
    
    can we keep this R R topic focused on his music, please ;-)
    
    you women all treat men like sex objects.  ;- O
    
    willie

    I am a huge RR fan and started the notes files on him (#120).
    
    re. 27:  
    
    I thought I heard him on the Whoopie Goldberg show saying that
    he was from Toronto.  I know he is Canadian regardless of what 
    province he comes from.
    
    
    re:   Martin Scorcese
    
    I guess they were roommates for a while and he also produced
    The Last Waltz (one of the best concert videos ever) and I believe
    "Carny" that Robbie did with Gary Busey and Jodie Foster.  They have
    been friends for a long time.
    
    
     re .11
    
    Robbie looks better than ever - in fact he is gorgeous especially
    with those bedroom eyes of his.  I also saw him on SNL and he looked
    so nervous to me and no one knew who he was until he starting singing
    The Weight and then it dawned on everyone who he was.  I also love
    Storyville and his first album.  Play them all the time.  
    
    
    re.  17
    
    I don't think Robbie wrote or sang on the Bands new album since
    him and Levon Helm have only spoken a few words to each other
    in the past 10 years (rumor has it).  I read an article on the
    new album and it pretty much stated that Robbie had nothing to
    do with it.     
    
    
    But to get back to the original topic "The Band" - the Big Pink is
    one of the best and Rock of Ages isn't too shabby either.
    
    Monique
    

	The BANDS new album is named Jerico, just heard a cut called
	Atlantic City on the radio. Liked it.

	Regards
	Steve

    I always thought that "Somewhere Down the Crazy River" was one of the
    sexiest songs I've ever heard, although it probably has more to do with
    the steamy video and Robbie's sultry voice more than the lyrics.
    
    kim

    re .33, do you know why Robbie Robertson and Levon Helm don't like each
    other anymore?  I'm just curious.  (I suppose I *could* buy Levon's new
    book, but I glanced through it in a bookstore, and I didn't care much
    for the writing style...also, I'm not very interested in Levon Helm.)
    
    Also, I wonder if Rick Danko and Robertson are still friends?  I think
    Danko had a better voice than Helm.  In The Last Waltz video Rick Danko
    was really sort've cute, too.  (not as cute as Robbie, but few are) :-)
    Anyway, I was watching the 30th Anniversary Celebration for Bob Dylan
    video, and I was appalled at how much Rick Danko has aged in the past
    17 yrs.  He's barely recognizable as the same person.  It was
    depressing.  Levon Helm looks exactly the same,though, except his hair
    and beard turned gray.  Strange how different people age.  
    
    Lorna
    

    Two songs that I love from the Storyville album are - well, not sure of
    the titles since I have a tape someone gave me that doesn't have song
    titles - :-) - but, one of the songs keeps repeating the phrase "don't
    let the rapture pass you by" and another one has the phrase "what about
    love, let's forget about tomorrow" (something like that).  Anyway, love
    those two songs!
    
    Lorna
    

      I don't know why Levon Helm and Robbie don't talk anymore.  Rumor
      also has it that since Robbie wanted to leave the band and he wrote
      all or most of the songs the Band decided to dis-Band.  So Robbie
      is faulted why the Band was no longer together after The Last
      Waltz.  But who knows.
    
      Lorna:  I also love those 2 songs you wrote about.  He once said
              that he would never have been able to write those kind of songs
              while he was with the Band since those songs are too romantic
              or sentimental and he was too young at the time to understand
              those kinds of feelings.
    
    
    re: the Bob Dylan Tribute
    
    I also thought that Rick Danko did not age well but Levon Helm looks
    the same or better than he used too.  I was very surprised though that
    Robbie wasn't on that show at all.  Best part of the show was when
    the audience boo'd Sinead O'Connor off of the stage.  
    
    Later,
    
    Monique
    

    re .38, well, for me the best part of any show that has Neil Young, is
    Neil!  :-)
    
    Lorna
    

    re .35

    yeah, now we're talking.  "Somewhere Down the Crazy River" is indeed
    a very sensuous video.  And who cares what Robbie looks like, Maria McKee
    is one hot tamale!

    :-)  <--(please note smiley face to acknowledge feeble attempt at humor
             in intentionally making somewhat sexist remark re Ms McKee)

    I haven't seen the "Crazy River" video :-( but I did see Maria McKee in
    concert at the Paradise a couple of months ago, and she was great! 
    What a voice.  Love it.  I'll admit she does have a nice smile, too. 
    :-)
    
    Lorna
    

    I also love the video "Somewhere Down the Crazy River" - so much that
    I taped it.  I personally hate Maria McKee but not because of her
    singing.  I really like this guy in California and he was going
    out with her at the time.  This was about 7 years ago but old
    feelings don't die quickly.
    
    Monique

    
    
    Saw Rick Danko do a solo concert, just him and an acoustic guitar, here
    in Galway. Most of the material were culled from Band Albums and some
    standard folk and contry songs. There was a distinct country feel about
    the concert. Time has not been too kind to him appearance wise but the
    voice is still great. 
    
    A few hours before the show I was passing the venue , a Galway hotel,
    so I decided to call in and see about tickets for the show. I just 
    happened upon Rick rehearsing. I hung around until he had finished, he
    came over and we chatted for a few minutes. He came across as a really 
    genuine friendly guy. 
    
    After the show he stayed in the bar for a few drinks and was very
    approachable. There was about 100 people at the concert and I wondered 
    why is he doing this? 
    
    
    Well that was my few moments of fame %^)
    
    Des.   

    re .43, maybe he's doing it because he likes to sing and play the
    guitar.  :-)
    
    I'm glad he still has a good voice, because I liked his voice much
    better than Levon Helms (Levon Helms sounds something like John Fogerty
    to me), and he didn't sing alone at the Dylan tribute so I wondered.
    
    It's really neat that you got to meet him.
    
    Lorna
    

    	Rick does a lot of solo gigs around here (central mass.) and yes
    time was not so kind to him, but lots of booze and drugs will take
    there toll.....Rick is very friendly and is more then happy to hang out
    and party after a gig, as I had the pleasure of doing just that about 6
    years ago in Northboro.....
    
    	about the Last Waltz and over dubs....I've always noticed that the
    LP release did not match the movie's soundtrack....its always bugged
    me, like the Clapton part, Eric's guitar slips off the strap and Robbie
    jumps in and with a neat solo to cover Eric's mishap. The LP version
    omits this screw-up (I like the screw-up personally).
    
    	Levon is Levon, GREAT ! Garth IMO was the quite backbone to the
    Band, he was like a teacher (as noted in the movie TLW)....Richard was
    IMO the one with the best voice, to bad he had such a troubled life and
    took his life when it looked like the Band was about to come back....
    
    	Robbie's solo releases are different but still very powerful...
    
    I have not read the two books about the band that have come out in the
    past year but I will hopefully get them for Christmas :') (gotta start
    leaving little hints around the house :'))
    
    	Chris

There is an article about the Band in Musician magazine this month. It's pretty 
clear that Levon Helm, Gart Hudson and Rick Danko aren't real high on Robbie 
Robertson. Seems like Danko feels that years ago Robbie tried to "take over the 
Band" and dominate it. Hmmm? The great thing about those early albums always was 
that the Band WAS a band where the sum was greater than the individual parts. Like 
the Beatles, I suppose. Any way, tehre are some pretty hard fellings among the 
members so I wouldn't look for a reunion concert any time soon.

I've heard a lot of the work by the individual members of the Band, and Robbie 
Robertson's work seems (to me) to be the most realized. Sure, some of it sounds 
like Lanois and Gabriel, but Lanois was the producer so there shouldn't be a 
surprise there. I really like "Broken Arrow".

Paul 

    re .46, Danko sings back-up on one of the songs on Robertson's
    Storyville album, so they must've been on speaking terms at the time
    that was recorded.
    
    Anyway, The Band (minus) Robbie are going to be at The Paradise, in
    Boston, on NY's Eve.
    
    Sometimes from some of the things I've read I get the impression that
    the other members of The Band were just jealous of Robbie Robertson. 
    Or, maybe they're just mad that he left.  Personally, I don't have much
    interest in seeing them without him.  I think he was the most
    interesting and talented member of the group.  (Also, needless to say,
    the best looking.)
    
    Lorna
    

    Having one member become dominant in a band is awfully common.  In
    almost every well-known case this seems to eventually lead to trouble:
    the Band, the Who, Boston, Creedence, etc.
    
    It probably only gets worse when you end up like the Band, touring on
    material largely written by the one guy who isn't there.  I'm surprised
    that after all these years they've recorded again.
    
    
    							Brian  

    The current incarnation of the Band was on Letterman last night. I
    thought they were fairly good. They certainly exceeded my somewhat low
    expectations given the absence of two if the founders. The piece they
    did was in the great tradition of their earlier music. I should have
    recorded it so that I could listen to it again. I'm interested in
    hearing more of this release.

> The piece they did was in the great tradition of their earlier music. 

Didn't they do their version of Bruce Sprinsteen's "Atlantic City"? I watched
the first part of Letterman, but had to switch over to MST3K before The 
Band came on.... 8^)

alan

    Right, that's it. Didn't know it was Springsteen's. I don't follow his
    stuff much. Their treatment of it was reminiscent of their old days.
    Mandolin, accordian, Levon singing lead.

> Right, that's it. Didn't know it was Springsteen's. I don't follow his
> stuff much. 

It's off of Bruce's acoustic-oriented 'Nebraska' album. Several other bands
have also done covers of "Atlantic City".

alan

    guess who.
    i have sleazed onto the system via  a kindly deccie.
    still unemployed but going to see john hiatt at end
    of month.  i know this isn't the hjk know
    excuse typos butr can't erase in 'reply'.
    anyone, i will occasionally be abel to say hi.
    
    if fen 51  typo screw up
    
    have fun.  will be in touch.
    
    willie

    I happened to catch the video of Robbie Robertson's "What About Now,"
    from the Storyville album, yesterday on TV.  I love the song, and the
    album, but it was the first time I'd ever seen the video.  (I don't
    watch much television.)  Anyway, the video answered the question I had
    earlier as to whether Robbie Robertson is still good looking, and the
    answer is - he looks great for a guy in his late 40's.  :-)  As well as
    being a talented songwriter and guitar player, I think that Robbie
    Robertson is one of the most attractive men in the world.
    
    Lorna
    

re       <<< Note 542.54 by VAXWRK::STHILAIRE "Food, Shelter & Diamonds" >>>
                            -< nice song and video >-

>    answer is - he looks great for a guy in his late 40's.  :-)  As well as
>    being a talented songwriter and guitar player, I think that Robbie
>    Robertson is one of the most attractive men in the world.
    
How would you rate Charles Nelson Reilly?

    re .55, I don't know.  Why?  The name is familiar but I can't put a
    face to it.
    
    If it helps, I wouldn't rate anybody I've ever seen as high as Robbie
    Robertson, except maybe Bruce Springsteen.
    
    Lorna
    

    re .56, oh, and, Bowie.  I rate Bowie very highly.
    
    Lorna
    

    I caught some snippets of the Band doing The Weight at the R&R Hall of
    Fame ceremonies Wednesday night, complete with Robbie and his longtime
    pal Eric. I think Shaeffer et al were up there too. Best sound bite I
    ever heard.

    And for the record, I still say the R&R Hall of Fame should be in
    Memphis, Tennessee.

    --Ron

  It's been commented in recent "forthcoming box" notes, but...
  
  Vol.2 of the Bob Dylan "Bootleg Series" apparently will reconstruct the
  '66 Dylan & The Hawks (= The Band - Levon) concerts in the UK.
  
  I don't know if it's J. Robbie's best guitar, but it seemed real good in
  '67.  Even if the official mixes that have surfaced on the Dylan
  "Biograph" and "Masterpieces" packages don't seem to quite match the
  rawness of original boot.
  
  Hope they keep the between-songs "patter"...

    Acoustic-loving audience member: "Judas!"  <general applause>

    Dylan <leading in to kickoff of "I Don't Believe You">":
       "I don't believe you...  You're a liar...  A f*cking liar..."
  - Jay

    re .58, I caught that snippet, too, and thought Robbie looked *so*
    good...
    
    Lorna
    

    Got a note in the U.S. mail the other day, it said that the band has
    cut a new album.  The title is "Jericho".  Anyone know anything about
    this album?

    re .61, I know the album has a pink house on the cover, and that Robbie
    Robertson was not involved.  It's been out for a few months I think.
    
    Lorna
    

    I saw the movie "Carny" last night, a movie produced by Robbie
    Robertson in 1980.  It stars Robertson, Jodie Foster, and Gary Busey,
    and is about people working in a traveling carnival.  As a movie it was
    just okay, but Robertson looked fantastic throughout.  He was
    definitely an extremely handsome guy when he was young.
    
    Lorna