the third last waltz
tula and friends pay tribute again to the band's "the last waltz" on saturday.
Thanksgiving weekend again brings Ray Smith and the rest of Tula to The Dame, 367 East Main, for another local adaptation of The Last Waltz. Smith first staged the celebration in 2006 on the 30th anniversary of the final concert (dubbed “The Last Waltz”) by the original lineup of The Band. Smith has again gathered a massive assemblage of local and regional artists to play The Last Waltz tunes as they were performed at the original 1976 concert, from Up on Cripple Creek to I Shall Be Released.
The players, writers and singers for Saturday’s third Last Waltz will include Otto Helmuth, Willie Eames, Fred Sexton, Eric Smith, Robbie Cosenza, Clack Mountain String Band, Gabe Hensley, Matt Patterson, Mike Tevis, Andy Mason, Chris Sullivan, Ed McClanahan, Gurney Norman and Maurice Manning.
Tula’s tribute to The Band’s The Last Waltz begins at 8 p.m. Saturday. Cover charge is $8. Call (859) 231-7263.
I am a native Kentuckian and freelance journalist who has been writing about contemporary music for the Lexington Herald-Leader since 1980. I have not a lick of honest musical talent myself, just a pair of appreciative ears for jazz, folk, blues, bluegrass, Americana, soul, Celtic, Cajun, chamber, worldbeat, nearly every form of rock 'n' roll imaginable and, when pressed, the occasional tango and polka.