Before the day was out, Director Martin Scorsese had 400 reels of film, Capitol Records had the makings for a new live album, and 5,000 fans of first-class countrified rock had had one final look at The Band. After 16 years, some of them spent as Bob Dylan's back-up group, Guitarist Robbie Robertson, Bassist Rick Danko, Organist Garth Hudson. Drummer Levon Helm and Pianist Richard Manuel had come to San Francisco's Winterland for their final live performance together.
The host of the Thanksgiving Day get-together, billed as The Last Waltz, was Rock Impresario Bill Graham. He treated his $25-a-ticket patrons to a...
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