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Once Were Brothers

* We can talk about it now * * It's that same old riddle * * Only startingFrom the middle...

* We can talk about it now * * It's that same old riddle * * Only starting
From the middle * * I'd fix it
But I don't know how * Robbie: We had come out
with a different sound, a different sensibility.
The music didn't sound anything like what we did with Ronnie Hawkins,
like anything we did as Levon and the Hawks

Full Transcript

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* We can talk about it now *
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* It's that same old riddle *
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* Only starting From the middle *
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* I'd fix it But I don't know how *
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Robbie: We had come out with a different sound,
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a different sensibility. The music didn't
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sound anything like what we did
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with Ronnie Hawkins, like anything we did
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as Levon and the Hawks.
Duration
27 seconds
Views
50
Timestamp in Movie
00:45:02
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.
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
And... I don't have anything to compare it to, - Once Were Brothers 00:39
And... I don't have anything to compare it to,
Robbie: I was very excited - Once Were Brothers 00:06
Robbie: I was very excited
He's like, "Wait a minute. Who wrote that?" - Once Were Brothers 00:12
He's like, "Wait a minute. Who wrote that?"
He said You wrote that And I could just see - Once Were Brothers 00:07
He said You wrote that And I could just see
* He said "Do me a favor, son, * - Once Were Brothers 00:33
* He said "Do me a favor, son, *
After the place was about to close down, - Once Were Brothers 00:08
After the place was about to close down,