More than just one of the greatest concert films ever made, Martin Scorsese's THE LAST WALTZ (1978) is an at once ecstatic and elegiac summation of a vital era in American rock music. Buy our new Blu-ray 4K UHD release and get a peek inside our amazing new edition of the film here! https://www.criterion.com/films/29460-the-last-waltz Invited to capture the farewell performance of the legendary group the Band at San Francisco’s Winterland Ballroom on Thanksgiving, 1976, Scorsese conceived a new k

Happy birthday to Joni Mitchell. Her performance of Coyote at The Last Waltz was unforgettable. “Joni’s songs might have been the most challenging of the night… but we sailed through that one like a cool breeze.” —Robbie Robertson | THE BAND

1.3M views · 14K reactions | A month before The Last Waltz, The Band hit the Saturday Night Live stage and performed four songs during the show’s second season. This clip of “Stage Fright” captures just a slice of the fire they brought that night. | THE BAND | Facebook