Collective Unconscious, the band that set the bar in magnificent album shows brings to life one of the greatest rock concerts of all time, “The Last Waltz.”
The audience will hear hits including “Up on Cripple Creek,” “The Shape I’m In,” “The Weight,” and “The Night they Drove Old Dixie Down,” along with many of their deeper tracks like “Across the Great Divide,” “It Makes No Difference,” “Life is a Carnival,” and “Chest Fever.”
Before it was a three-disc album, “The Last Waltz” was a 1976 farewell concert by The Band, filmed by director Martin Scorsese and made into a documentary of the same name. The concert itself was on Thanksgiving in San Francisco. The Band, whose members include Levin Helm, Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko, Garth Hudson, and Richard Manuel, were joined on stage by more than a dozen special guests, including Paul Butterfield (“Mystery Train”), Eric Clapton (“Further On Up the Road”), Emmylou Harris (“Evangeline”), Dr. John (“Such a Night), Joni Mitchell (“Coyote”), Van Morrison (“Caravan”), and, of course, the man who made them famous, Bob Dylan (“Baby Let Me Follow You Down,” “Forever Young,” and “I Shall Be Released”).
“The Band” was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked them No. 50 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time, and in 2008, The Band received the Grammy’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
The 10-piece ensemble consists of:
- Jeff Engholm – vocals, bass, acoustic guitar
- Muggsy Lauer – vocals, electric guitar
- Nathan Nesje – vocals, acoustic & electric guitar
- George Maurer – keyboards
- Erin Vork – keyboards, vocals
- Scott Chabot – drums & percussion
- Richard Witteman – trumpet
- Brian Pearson – trumpet
- Mike Anderson – saxophones
- Ken Vork – trombone
