#BigPinkWeek - Twitter Hashtag

about 1 year ago

On this day in 1968, Music From Big Pink was released. As we mark the anniversary, Levon Helm takes us back: “From chopping wood to playing music,” life at Big Pink was simple, soulful, and real. 🪓🎶 🎥 Once Were Brothers #MusicFromBigPink #BigPinkWeek

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@TheBandOfficial

about 1 year ago

The anniversary of 'Music From Big Pink' is next week, so we figured we’d start the celebration a little early. Here’s The Band performing “This Wheel’s on Fire” live at Syria Mosque in Pittsburgh, 1970. 🔥 #BigPinkWeek

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@TheBandOfficial

about 2 years ago

"Like everyone else who encounters Garth for the first time, Bob [Dylan] was blown away." - Levon Helm 📸 @ElliottLandy #BigPinkWeek #MusicFromBigPink

TheBandOfficial's tweet photo. "Like everyone else who encounters Garth for the first time, Bob [Dylan] was blown away." - Levon Helm

📸 @ElliottLandy #BigPinkWeek #MusicFromBigPink https://t.co/yLchk4Czni

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@TheBandOfficial

about 2 years ago

"Richard did the cooking, I did the vacuuming, and Rick did the outside work." In a 2014 Rolling Stone interview, Garth Hudson reflects on life at Big Pink. 🏡🎶 #MusicFromBigPink #BigPinkWeek 🎥 Rolling Stone

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@TheBandOfficial

about 2 years ago

"I pulled into Nazareth" The inspiration for "The Weight" came from a single word inscribed inside Robbie Robertson's Martin D-28 guitar. “He said the guitar gave him the first line of the song, and everything flowed from there,” said Martin employee Dick Boak. #BigPinkWeek

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@TheBandOfficial

about 2 years ago

“We were rebelling against the rebellion. If everybody was going east, then we were going west and we never once discussed it.” - Robbie Robertson Celebrating the birth of Robbie Robertson, born this day in 1943. 📸 @ElliottLandy #BigPinkWeek

TheBandOfficial's tweet photo. “We were rebelling against the rebellion. If everybody was going east, then we were going west and we never once discussed it.” - Robbie Robertson

Celebrating the birth of Robbie Robertson, born this day in 1943.

📸 @ElliottLandy #BigPinkWeek https://t.co/3mOgjnPTpA

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@TheBandOfficial

about 2 years ago

"We wanted Music From Big Pink to sound like nothing anyone else was doing. This was our music, honed in isolation from the radio and contemporary trends, liberated from the world of the bars and the climate of the Dylan tours." - Levon Helm 📸 @ElliottLandy #BigPinkWeek

TheBandOfficial's tweet photo. "We wanted Music From Big Pink to sound like nothing anyone else was doing. This was our music, honed in isolation from the radio and contemporary trends, liberated from the world of the bars and the climate of the Dylan tours." - Levon Helm

📸 @ElliottLandy #BigPinkWeek https://t.co/6rbObCIfom

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@TheBandOfficial

about 2 years ago

From chopping wood to playing music, Levon Helm remembers the simple pleasures of The Band's time at Big Pink. 🪓🎶 #MusicFromBigPink #BigPinkWeek 🎥 Once Were Brothers

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@TheBandOfficial

about 2 years ago

"'Tears of Rage' started the record, and as it played Bob looked at me like he barely recognized me. At the end of the song, he yelled out, 'That was incredible, Richard!' Richard acted a little bit shy but thrilled." - Robbie Robertson 📸 @ElliottLandy #BigPinkWeek

TheBandOfficial's tweet photo. "'Tears of Rage' started the record, and as it played Bob looked at me like he barely recognized me. At the end of the song, he yelled out, 'That was incredible, Richard!' Richard acted a little bit shy but thrilled." - Robbie Robertson

📸 @ElliottLandy #BigPinkWeek https://t.co/VYcoGdGGnX

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@TheBandOfficial

about 2 years ago

"We discovered a whole vocal thing that we weren't aware that we even had." Richard Manuel on the groundbreaking sound of #MusicFromBigPink 🎤🎶 #BigPinkWeek 🎥 Once Were Brothers

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@TheBandOfficial

about 2 years ago

"Back when people were stacking up Marshall amps and blowing out their ear drums, The Band was down in the basement at Big Pink trying to get a balance." - Rick Danko #BigPinkWeek #MusicFromBigPink 📸 @ElliottLandy

TheBandOfficial's tweet photo. "Back when people were stacking up Marshall amps and blowing out their ear drums, The Band was down in the basement at Big Pink trying to get a balance." - Rick Danko #BigPinkWeek #MusicFromBigPink

📸 @ElliottLandy https://t.co/EpMmmG0Wwj

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@TheBandOfficial

about 2 years ago

Witness Rick Danko's incredible vocals as The Band performs "This Wheel's on Fire" from their album #MusicFromBigPink live at Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, 1970. 🎤 #BigPinkWeek

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@TheBandOfficial

about 2 years ago

"Rick found us this ugly pink house...a sanctuary to write and create." Robbie Robertson talks about moving to Woodstock, where Bob Dylan had already settled, and finding Big Pink. 🏡🎶 #MusicFromBigPink #BigPinkWeek 🎥 Once Were Brothers