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The Greatest Live Performances of All-Time: Number 6

Almost halfway there! If you're a Johnny Come Lately, number 10 was Talking Heads' Once in a Lifetime. Number 9 was the Grateful Dead's Bertha. Number 8 was the Beatles rooftop concert. Number 7 was The Who's Young Man's Blues, from Live at Leeds. Scroll down to see videos of each song.

Number 6 can only be Joni Mitchell's Coyote, performed at the Last Waltz in 1976. The Last Waltz was the final concert of The Band. If you didn't know, there was a band called The Band. Most bands break up quietly. Not The Band. They turned it into a federal case, inviting their friends to play along. See how they all got along during this song? So why did The Band stop performing together. I believe it was because they weren't getting along. That did not stop Joni from turning in a tour de force.

Joni Mitchell is fantastic. I have never heard a bad Joni song. She played guitar like no one else, using alternate tunings, giving her a unique sound. Throw in her Canadian voice and you got the best performance from a great concert. It was The Band's concert, but Joni Mitchell stole the show.

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