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When the Band decided to stop touring, they asked a young director named Martin Scorsese to put their farewell concert on film. In an excerpt from his new memoir, Testimony, guitarist-songwriter Robbie Robertson recalls the night of Thanksgiving 1976, where electric performances by legends such as Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell created rock history.

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The Band’s “The Last Waltz” performance by Joni Mitchell and Robbie Robertson, Thanksgiving 1976. A then up and coming director, Martin Scorsese, filmed the concert, resulting in a documentary, “The Last Waltz,” released in 1978.

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