This coming Friday Nov 21, I get to sing again with this great group of musicians in Cobourg at The Victoria Hall…..heres a little blurb… On the American Thanksgiving in 1976 at San Fransico’s Winterland Ballroom, THE BAND performed their final concert. They called this evening their ‘LAST WALTZ’ and invited many of their friends to join in the celebration. Martin Scorsese’s film of this event is recognized as one of the best concert films of it’s era. Producer and Musical Director, Lance Anderson, has put together an All Star Canadian cast of award winning Blues and Roots musicians to perform the music of that memorable evening. Backed by a band that includes Jerome Levon Avis (Levon Helm’s godson) on drums and vocals, Terry Blersh (guitar), Dennis Pinhorn (The Hawks) on bass, Rob Gusevs (B,S and T) on organ and Lance Anderson (Shakura S’Aida) on piano and vocals, this is a group of seasoned veterans who love this music. the band will also include a four piece horn section including, David Dunlop on Trumpet, Gord Meyers (Blood, Sweat and Tears) on Trombone and Tuba, Chris Murphy (Maple Blues Band) on Baritone sax and Simon Wallis (Lighthouse) on Tenor sax. We will have guest artists join the ensemble to sing the music of other artists at the Last Waltz. The fabulous Paul James doing songs by Bob Dylan, Chuck Jackson (Downchild Blues Band), Jimmy Bowskill and Johnny Max, (Ronnie Hawkins, Van Morrison), and other special surprise guests. THE BAND is a Canadian National treasure. Four members of this legendary roots music group were from Southern Ontario. They were originally put together as ‘The HAWKS’ by Ronnie Hawkins and later gained international recognition as Bob Dylan’s Band on his ground breaking electric tours. the music they created reeked of southern rural life, like ‘Up On Cripple Creek’, ‘The Night They Drove Ol’ Dixie Down’, or the gospel soaked ‘The Weight’. This 90 minute evening will include a wide selection of BAND songs from the concert, including ‘Life is a Carnival’, ‘The Shape I’m In’, ‘Rag Mama Rag’, ‘It Makes No Difference’, Ophelia and lots more. Also songs by the guest which include Neil Young’s ‘Helpless’, Paul Butterfield’s ‘Mystery Train’, Van Morrison’s ‘Caravan’ and more…. Come and join us to celebrate on this, the 38th Anniversary weekend of this historic concert. Come to hear the music played as it should be …. from the heart. “From the opening notes of a mandolin-aided slide show tribute to the late Levon Helm, we knew this was going to be a very special night. It wasn’t just the musicianship, which was second to none. It was the energy…. They have brought forth a live music gem that is worthy of any stage I know of and probably more that I don’t.” - P. Rellinger – Kawartha News -
Posted on: Wed, 05 Nov 2014 21:18:00 +0000
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