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It Makes No Difference

from 9​/​99​-​2​/​00 by Snipe Hunt

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I can remember going to see "The Last Waltz" at the midnight movie when I was in high school in the late '70s in San Antonio. Then (as now), the performance that knocked me out was Rick Danko singing "It Makes No Difference." It's like you can hear his heart breaking as he played his last gig with the guys he'd been on the road with for over a decade--The Band. And after that time, his life was essentially a sad decline of drug addiction and non-essential musical releases and shows.

The studio version of this song by The Band is not that great, because the group was already disintegrating by that time in a haze of interpersonal conflicts and drug problems. But this live version is one of the most emotional, powerful moments of rock and roll that I know, and I've always felt like I wanted to perform this song in bands I'm in so that it stays alive and out there in the world.

Vic sings what I think is his best vocal ever on our recording. I hope we did it justice.

It Makes No Difference
(© R. Robertson)

Here is the video of that magic live version from The Last Waltz concert, 1976:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP7r12Rg490

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from 9​/​99​-​2​/​00, released March 1, 2000
Snipe Hunt:

Scott Brannock: bass; Walter Ehresman: lead & rhythm guitar, background vocals; Vic Ramirez: lead vocals, rhythm guitar; Pat Devaney: drums.

p. 2000 Brannock/Devaney/Ehresman/Ramirez

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Called "the quintessential Austin DIY artist" by famed local disc jockey Charlie Martin , Walter Ehresman was an eccentric presence in the Austin music scene from the '80s until his 2015 move to Mexico. A prolific songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and recording artist...and a restless musical spirit, always looking for something new, expressed with fearlessly honest, socially-conscious lyrics. ... more

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