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comment by coffeesp00ns

Helpless is pretty great as well, with Joni doing the backing vocals offstage.





thenewgreen  ·  3947 days ago  ·  link  ·  

No doubt. I've heard it told that other than Robbie, no one in the band really knew Neil and he wasn't exactly welcomed with open arms. You can see Danko seems dismissive during the song etc. None the less, it sounds great. -He's so damn "young" -pun completely intended.

I could have done without the Neil Diamond song though. "Come Dry Your Eyes" is probably my least favorite tune from that night.

coffeesp00ns  ·  3947 days ago  ·  link  ·  

from what I heard no one but Robbie wanted Neil Diamond there, and he was a real dick. Notice the trend here though: most of that night was really about Robertson, IMO. the rest of the band wanted to keep going, keep playing, keep touring, but he wanted to do other things so he pulled the plug.

For better or worse, that decision lead to one hell of a night of music.