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Once Were Brothers

It was better than beingon an oil rig in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico.Robbie played...

It was better than being
on an oil rig in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico.
Robbie played the tapes that they had made,
"The Basement Tapes"

Full Transcript

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It was better than being on an oil rig in the middle
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of the Gulf of Mexico. Robbie played the tapes
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that they had made, "The Basement Tapes".
Duration
8 seconds
Views
44
Timestamp in Movie
00:44:02
Uploaded
May 28, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, history
Production
Bell Media,White Pine Pictures,Imagine Documentaries,Diamond Docs,Universal Music Canada,Imagine Entertainment

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Movie Summary

A confessional, cautionary, and occasionally humorous tale of Robbie Robertson's young life and the creation of one of the most enduring groups in the history of popular music, The Band.
* Katie's been gone * - Once Were Brothers 00:20
* Katie's been gone *
Helm: We had never that kind of time - Once Were Brothers 00:06
Helm: We had never that kind of time
In the Catskills, and we don't have a show to play that night, - Once Were Brothers 00:12
In the Catskills, and we don't have a show to play that...
A lifestyle that we got to love - Once Were Brothers 00:09
A lifestyle that we got to love
We'd be concerned with fixing the tape recorder - Once Were Brothers 00:06
We'd be concerned with fixing the tape recorder
* We can talk about it now * - Once Were Brothers 00:27
* We can talk about it now *
It didn't sound like anything we did - Once Were Brothers 00:11
It didn't sound like anything we did
* Pulling that eternal plough * - Once Were Brothers 00:26
* Pulling that eternal plough *
We had done a lot of pre-production work, of course, - Once Were Brothers 00:17
We had done a lot of pre-production work, of course,
* We can talk about it now * - Once Were Brothers 00:08
* We can talk about it now *
I thought, "I gotta do some writing - Once Were Brothers 00:12
I thought, "I gotta do some writing
I look in the guitar, and inside, - Once Were Brothers 00:09
I look in the guitar, and inside,
And they're made in Nazareth, Pennsylvania. - Once Were Brothers 00:04
And they're made in Nazareth, Pennsylvania.
* I pulled into Nazareth... * - Once Were Brothers 00:06
* I pulled into Nazareth... *
Going from Canada - Once Were Brothers 00:15
Going from Canada
(humming and playing tune) - Once Were Brothers 00:07
(humming and playing tune)
* And... * - voices: * And, and, and * - Once Were Brothers 00:12
* And... * - voices: * And, and, and *
* I pulled into Nazareth * - Once Were Brothers 00:38
* I pulled into Nazareth *
* And... and... and... * - Once Were Brothers 00:06
* And... and... and... *
Manuel: I remember listening to playbacks - Once Were Brothers 00:08
Manuel: I remember listening to playbacks