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The Weight: When a Song Becomes an Anthem

Joanna Colangelo | Posted 05.12.2013 | Entertainment
Read More: Rick Danko, Richard Manuel, Garth Hudson, Levon Helm, Music From Big Pink, Robbie Robertson, Bob Dylan, The Band, Entertainment News
Joanna Colangelo

Like any song that's morphed into our musical vernacular, "The Weight" has come to exist as a backdrop in American folk culture. It pops up in films when the scene is meant to express something uniquely "American" that dialog just can't seem to capture.

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The Best Rock Concert Movie -- and What Makes It Better on Blu-Ray

John Farr | Posted 03.25.2013 | Entertainment
Read More: Eric Clapton, Rick Danko, Richard Manuel, Garth Hudson, Laszlo Kovacs, Muddy Waters, Levon Helm, Martin Scorsese, Vilmos Zsigmond, Joni Mitchell, The Last Waltz, Bob Dylan, Robbie Robertson, The Band, Entertainment News
John Farr

It's my (and many others') pick for the best rock concert movie ever: Martin Scorsese's The Last Waltz. For those in the dark, this was Scorsese's filming of The Band's farewell concert at San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom on Thanksgiving Day, 1976.

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