Episode #209 | 11.26.24
Martin Scorsese, The Band, and The Last Waltz: A Thanksgiving Story
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In this episode:
Martin Scorsese’s death wish. Bob Dylan’s theft. Robbie Robertson’s cocaine purchase. Four thousand pounds of turkey. Two thousand pounds of candied yams. Eight hundred pounds of pies and ninety gallons of gravy. What’s it all mean? It means that DISGRACELAND has a Thanksgiving episode about the making of The Last Waltz that you’ll be grateful you listened to.
This episode contains themes that may be disturbing to some listeners, including suicide. If you’re thinking about suicide, help is available. Call or text the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988.
Sources
The Last Waltz (The Criterion Collection) (Commentary track by Martin Scorsese and Robbie Robertson; liner notes by Amanda Petrusich)
Testimony, by Robbie Robertson
This Wheel’s on Fire: Levon Helm and the Story of the Band, by Levon Helm with Stephen Davis
Across the Great Divide: The Band and America, by Barney Hoskyns
Small Town Talk, by Barney Hoskyns
I Think About This Legendary Neil Young Story a Lot (The Cut)
‘The Last Waltz’ With Robbie Robertson Is One of Rock’s Great Docs (NY Times)
Martin Scorsese Receives Honorary Golden Bear Award from Wim Wenders (Hollywood Reporter)
Credits
Hosted by Jake Brennan.
Written by Zeth Lundy.
Copy edited by James Sullivan.
Scored and mixed by Matt Beaudoin.
Additional music and score elements by Ryan Spraker.
DISGRACELAND theme song, “Crenshaw Space Boogie,” written and produced by Jake Brennan. Performed by Jake Brennan, Bryce Kanzer, Jay Cannava, and Evan Kenney. Mixed and engineered by Adam Taylor.
*illustrations by Avi Spivak @avispivak