'The Last Best Waltz': Musicians pay tribute to The Band

The Last Best Waltz, an homage to The Last Waltz, the farewell concert of the Canadian-American rock group The Band, will be held at Montana State University-Northern's Little Theatre Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m., featuring six local and state bands.

The show was organized primarily by KNMC Station Manager Dave Martens and Montana Actors' Theatre Artistic Director Grant Olson, the former of whom has been interested in doing a multi-band show for some time now.

Martens said he wanted to see an event where local bands come together around a theme for some time and that desire coalesced...