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Played The Band's Academy of Music performance [0] last night when I got the news. It's right up there with The Last Waltz. Great and timeless music. Hell some of my favorite Grateful Dead performances were covers of his music. RIP Robbie. Enjoy your weekends fellow heady folks (~);)

[0] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNtcW2LqveU&list=OLAK5uy_khf...

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My favorite music lore is the Dead, The Band, Dylan and Lennon interplayed.

- the The Dead covering Dylan live consistently

- the Dead’s weight covers over the years. I’m fairly Brent Mydland’s last-ish live song was the Weight and he sang the “I’ve gotta go but my friends can stick around” verse. Chilling but feels right.

- Jerry and the Dead supporting Dylan with a joint tour in the 80’s when Dylan was a washed up alcoholic

- Jerry’s got a great Dear Prudence cover that I believe yoko said it was how the song was meant to be played. Plus a bunch of other JCB/Dylan covers.

True musicians!

I was there. It started three hours late. They showed a samurai movie with subtitles while we waited. My GF was sick from all the smoke. Dylan seemed drunk. But it is a fantastic album!

Wasn't that around the time Dylan was having lots of problems with drink?

I have always thought that Dylan showed up drunk, and they started late, so he could sober up a bit. It was New Year's Eve, 1971.

Greatest live album of all time IMHO

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