Featuring The THE BAND Band with the TTBB Horns and Guest Performers
(Long Island, NY) The THE BAND Band will perform a tribute to The Band’s legendary farewell concert “THE LAST WALTZ” on Saturday, October 10, 2015, 8:00 PM at the YMCA Boulton Center for the Performing Arts, 37 West Main Street, Bay Shore NY 11706. Tickets: General $40.00 VIP Club $35.00, http://boultoncenter.org/ or 866-811-4111.
The Band is undeniably one of the greatest and most influential groups in the history of rock and roll. Their 1968 debut album, Music From Big Pink, was ranked #34 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the top 500 greatest albums of all time. The Last Waltz, their farewell concert, took place at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco on Thanksgiving Day 1976. It represented the artistic culmination of their storied career with the original configuration of Rick Danko, Richard Manuel, Garth Hudson, Levon Helm and Robbie Robertson, who made their mark in the 1960’s as Bob Dylan’s backing band. More than a dozen special guests performed, including Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Van Morrison, and Neil Young. It was famously immortalized in Martin Scorsese’s documentary film of the same name, and is considered by many to be the greatest concert film ever made.
While The Band may be long gone from the stage, The THE BAND Band is keeping their sound and spirit alive and well with authentic, true-to-form renditions of their legendary repertoire. This group of veteran musicians showcases the astounding breadth and depth of The Band’s distinctively original Americana music with classics such as Up on Cripple Creek, The Weight and The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, as well as deeper cuts from The Band’s vast catalog.
Rex Fowler of renowned folk-rock duo Aztec Two-Step states, “Sadly we’ll never see or hear The Band perform live again, but if you want a close second and want to be transformed by the magic and spirit of The Band’s music….The THE BAND Band…delivers BIG TIME.”
Since 2007, The THE BAND Band has shared the stage with notables Richie Havens, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Aztec Two-Step, Marshall Crenshaw and more. The individual band members have performed or toured with original Band members Rick Danko and Levon Helm, as well as Bruce Springsteen, Chuck Berry, John Hall, Patti Smith, Keith Richards, Steve Forbert, Paul Butterfield, Mike Bloomfield, Roy Rogers, Roger McGuinn, Robbie Dupree, Max Weinberg, Clarence Clemons, Willie Nile, Maria Muldaur, Genya Ravan, Jimmy Vivino, The Shirelles, and many others.
