When a movie called The Last Waltz came out, I couldn't wait to go and see it because it had Bob Dylan in it.
It was summertime in Boston - I got my roommate and another friend of hers - a guy named Larry - to go with me - we took the public transportation and were there, in the theater.
About 10 minutes into the film there's this scene between songs where Robbie Robertson and a couple of other members of The Band - Rick Danko and Richard Manuel - are sitting around talking with film director Martin Scorsese about their days of touring on the road.
..."For some reason it seemed like a good idea. We got to this place...This joint, in Fort Worth, Texas. It was burned out, bombed out, the roof wasn't even on the place anymore.
"Secret rooms!"
"And that's when they decided to call it The Skyline Lounge. And we got there and set up and...A big place. Huge. A bar way at the back, and a big dance floor.
"Real old."
"So we set up the first night, and go down to the place to play. And we go in there, and there's about, in this huge place, there's about 3 people in the audience.
A one-armed go-go dancer and a couple of drunk waiters. A couple over here and a couple over there. ...
And a fight starts!
[they start laughing]
"There isn't enough people in the place to get - angry!
And we found out, a few years later, that it was Jack Ruby's club.
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