The Band at Chicago's Taste of Chicago in the 1990's - January 2025

I've been on a renewed journey with The Band since Garth Hudson passed away earlier this month.  YouTube is pretty good about surfacing things that I haven't come across before.  But, here's something from Wikipedia that I learned about The Band:  they played the Taste of Chicago.  Twice.  TWICE.

Now...check out the years:

The Band at Chicago's Taste of Chicago

Back-to-back 1993 and 1994.  A couple nights after John Hiatt and a few days before Kool & the Gang, Emmylou Harris and Dwight Yokam in 1993.  And the night after Barry White in 1994.

Now...Richard Manuel died in 1986.  And Robbie never came back to The Band after The Last Waltz.  

They were touring in support of the album Jericho - which features the Bruce Springsteen song "Atlantic City".  Which...if we're honest...feels like it is OWNED by The Band.  They completely own this version they played on Letterman.

I haven't found any footage from the show, but I presume the people in attendance those two nights in the early 1990's were basking in the glow of the Michael Jordan-ear Bulls championships and were able to take in three of the original five: Levon, Garth and Rick.  

If I had a time machine...

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