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American Music at its BEST! – The Band with the Staple Singers

Jim — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 08:34:45 +0000

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trhrN39li1M[/youtube]

This version unfortunately omits Mavis’ comment just after the end of the song -”beautiful!” And that it was and is.

Caravan – Van Morrison & The Band

Jim — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 22:25:53 +0000

Thanks to Scott at Powerline for this post celebrating Van Morrison’s 61st birthday and tipping me off to a video on YouTube of Van Morrison singing "Caravan" with The Band during their "Last Waltz". He makes the following observation about this particular performance:

Van’s performance with the Band is memorably documented on film in Martin Scorsese’s "The Last Waltz." Below, courtesy of YouTube, is the clip with Van and the Band performing "Caravan" from "The Last Waltz." Van steals the show. The camera catches Van with the barest hint of a smile as he triumphantly leaves the stage. "Hey, Van the Man," Robbie Robertson exults.

Here’s the YouTube vid:

MP3 Filesharing Disrupts Music Industry Business Model

Jim — Sat, 03 Apr 2004 19:58:00 +0000

But, not because music consumers are "stealing" music. Instead, the Internet and peer-to-peer filesharing disruptively enable musicians to become real business entrepreneurs by creating and maintaining their own distribution channel to their loyal, dedicated and" fanatical" customer base. Tim Oren explains why this is so.