![]() While all the anger now Neil? This may be the last time Bob Dylan actually sang his songs. What a joy to see Neil Young (with Joni Mitchell on backup) play "Helpless" and seem to be having such a great time. Watching Muddy Waters quiver with emotion, Eric Clapton's fingers flying across the neck of his guitar while Robbie Robertson struggles to keep up, and Neil Diamond on the cusp of his "middle-aged women/all arena two decade tour" trying desperately to fit in with the real musicians all make this worth the price of admission. The enhanced visual and audio are wonderful. At the time I thought it was OK and slightly interesting to see the list of guest performers. I had not seen "The Last Waltz" since 1978 when I saw it at the college campus theatre with the worst possible picture and sound. Reviewed by ferguson-6 8 / 10 raw onstage performances The friendships, the harmonies, the hijinks, and the wear and tear add up to a last waltz. ![]() Offstage, he interviews the Band's five members, focusing on the nature of life on the road. Scorsese's camera explores the interactions onstage in the making of music. Some numbers they do alone, some songs include guest artists from Ronnie Hawkins (their first boss, when they were the Hawks) to Bob Dylan (their last, when as his backup and as a solo group, they came into their own). Thanksgiving, 1976, San Francisco's Winterland: the Band performs its last concert after 16 years on the road.
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