The Band : 'The Last Waltz' - 40 Years Ago

On the night of Thanksgiving in 1976, The Band played at Winterland in San Francisco, along with several guest artists.

Martin Scorsese documented the farewell concert in his 1978 film The Last Waltz.

Here's video of the full concert, over four hours:

0:00:00 - Introduction / Up on Cripple Creek
0:05:54 - Shape I'm In
0:10:15 - It Makes No Difference
0:18:02 - Life Is A Carnival
0:22:50 - This Wheel's On Fire
0:27:24 - The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show
0:31:18 - Georgia On My Mind 0:35:08 - Ophelia
0:39:20 - King Harvest (Has Surely Come)
0:43:30 - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
0:48:20 - Stage Fright
0:53:24 - Rag Mama Rag
0:57:32 - Introduction / Who Do You Love (with Ronnie Hawkins)
1:02:45 - Such A Night (with Dr. John)
1:08:32 - Down South in New Orleans (with Dr. John)
1:13:29 - Mystery Train (with Paul Butterfield)
1:19:35 - Caledonia (with Muddy Waters)
1:26:19 - Mannish Boy (with Muddy Waters)
1:33:55 - All Our Past Times (with Eric Clapton)
1:38:37 - Further On Up The Road (with Eric Clapton)
1:45:27 - Helpless (with Neil Young)
1:51:20 - Four Strong Winds (with Neil Young)
1:56:52 - Coyote (with Joni Mitchell)
2:02:00 - Shadows And Light (with Joni Mitchell)
2:07:36 - Furry Sings The Blues (with Joni Mitchell)
2:13:42 - Dry Your Eyes (with Neil Diamond)
2:17:08 - Tura Lura Lural (with Van Morrison)
2:21:13 - Caravan (with Van Morrison)
2:27:20 - Acadian Driftwood (with Joni Mitchell and Neil Young)
2:34:18 - Poem (Emmett Grogan)
2:36:02 - Poem (Hell's Angel Sweet William)
2:39:12 - JOY! (Lenore Kandel)
2:40:40 - Prologue to The Canterbury Tales (Michael McClure)
2:42:05 - Get Yer Cut Throat Off My Knife / Revolutionary Letter #4 (Diane DiPrima)
2:45:05 - Transgressing The Real (Robert Duncan)
2:46:50 - Poem (Freewheelin' Frank Reynolds)
2:48:17 - The Lord's Prayer (Lawrence Ferlinghetti)
2:49:47 - Genetic Method 2:56:10 - Chest Fever
3:01:56 - The Last Waltz Suite: Evangeline
3:07:34 - The Weight
3:12:52 - Baby Let Me Follow You Down (with Bob Dylan)
3:15:39 - Hazel (with Bob Dylan)
3:19:30 - I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) (with Bob Dylan)
3:24:30 - Forever Young (with Bob Dylan)
3:30:09 - Baby Let Me Follow You Down (Reprise) (with Bob Dylan)
3:33:33 - Everyone Comes Onstage
3:36:33 - I Shall Be Released (with Bob Dylan, Ringo Starr & Ron Wood)
3:41:12 - Instrumental Jam 1 (The Band with friends)
3:52:48 - Instrumental Jam 2 (The Band with friends)
4:12:17 - Don't Do It
4:17:58 - Bill Graham Outro

The Last Waltz - Trailer



Performances from the film The Last Waltz:












Rest in peace-- Richard Manuel, Rick Danko, and Levon Helm.