I cannot forget walking a couple miles to the old, run down Rialto Theatre in downtown Durham to watch the less expensive afternoon showing of “The last Waltz” just because I liked one song I had heard by The Band.

Hearing more songs, feeling “the vibe” they had with other musicians some I had never heard, and the spirit underlying it all.

I walked back into the bright sunlight, smelled the tobacco from the cigarette factories nearby, and ate at a cafeteria’s $1.99 all you “care to” eat special.

Years later when Coal Miner’s Daughter came out, Levon Helm’s acting as Loretta’s father kept bring up that older “Last Waltz” vibe.