True 'sixties veterans will enjoy the Band documentary Once Were Brothers. And if you don't, then you are not a true 'sixties veteran. (This is known in the trade as the 'No True Scotsman' fallacy. I prefer to call it the No True Muslim Fallacy.)
New Yorker article about the movie.
The Weight. Robertson sat down one day to write a song and peering into his Martin guitar read, "Martin Guitars, Nazareth, Pennslylvania." This inspired the line, "I pulled into Nazareth, feelin' about half-past dead."
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down. Nothing hippy-trippy or psychedelic about these '60s musicians. Pure Americana. Rooted, autochthonic.
I Shall Be Released. The synergy benefited both the Bard and the Band. They helped him move farther from the mind and closer to the earth.
Bonus Cut: Rick Danko and Paul Butterfield, Java Blues
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