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Thu, 22 Nov 2007 16:33:41 +0000

[...] Thankful I am NOT a Jets Fan this Thanksgiving wrote an interesting post today!.Here’s a quick excerptRonnie Hawkins pitched Robbie Robertson on joining his band with one undeniable sentence: “Son, you won’t make much money, but you’ll get more pussy than Frank Sinatra.” That’s what most heterosexual males call “a decent offer.” Some 15 or so years later, Hawkins stood with Robertson and the other four brilliant members of The Band on the Winterland stage on Thanksgiving day in 1976. It’d mark the last time these five performed together as one of the greatest mostly non-American, American rock b [...]

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RS — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 16:29:49 +0000

you should read Levon Helm’s book “This Wheel’s on Fire” (if you haven’t already) – really interesting take on the the band, the last waltz, and well, his daily hate for robbie robertron (at some point he even gloats “i am so much awesomer than robbie because my movie was critically acclaimed whereas his movies sucked!)

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