The album that changed Roger Waters’ vision of music

At first glance, it is difficult to find many points of contact between the music proposed at the end of the Sixties by the very English Pink Floyd Of Roger Waters and that American roots of the BandThe fact is that the now 81-year-old English musician was literally captivated by listening to the North American group’s debut album from 1968 “Music From Big Pink”.

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“Music From Big Pink” Roger Waters
He explained: “That record changed everything for me. After Sgt Pepper, it’s the most influential record in the history of rock ‘n’ roll. It influenced Pink Floyd deeply, deeply, deeply. Sonically, the way the record is constructed, I think Music From Big Pink is fundamental to everything that came after.”

The Band composed the album after leaving his role as Bob Dylan’s band (pardon the pun). Three songs on “Music From Big Pink” are written by Bob Dylan: “Tears of Rage” with Richard Manuel, “This Wheel’s on Fire” with Rick Danko and, finally, “I Shall Be Released”.

There Band It was composed of the pianist and singer Richard Manuelfrom the bassist Rick Dankofrom the guitarist Robbie Robertsonfrom the keyboardist Garth Hudson and from the drummer Levon Helm. After “Music From Big Pink” The group released six more albums before breaking up on November 25, 1976 with one last legendary concert at Winterland in San Francisco, which, filmed by the director Martin Scorsesebecame an equally legendary documentary film, “The Last Waltz”In 1983 the band reformed without Robbie Robertson and released three more albums in the 1990s before calling it quits for good in 1999.