The Last Waltz
on the rise and fall of fame, power, delusion, and "progress"
Last week I saw a remastered release of The Last Waltz, the 1978 Martin Scorsese film featuring The Band in their farewell concert, complete with a star-studded lineup of rock legends from the sixties and seventies. Interviews with the members of The Band paint a clear picture that they’d played out the string. After touring for sixteen years, leader Ro…