<P> Neil Young followed, singing "Helpless" with backing vocals by Joni Mitchell who remained off stage . According to Robertson's commentary on The Last Waltz DVD, this was so her later appearance in the show would have more of an impact . Mitchell came on after Young and sang three songs, two with the backing of Dr. John on congas . </P> <P> Neil Diamond was next, introducing his "Dry Your Eyes" by saying, "I'm only gonna do one song, but I'm gonna do it good ." Robertson had also produced Diamond's album Beautiful Noise the same year and co-wrote "Dry Your Eyes", which during the concert he hailed as a "great song". Diamond's appearance was not popular with all of the other performers . In his autobiography, Levon Helm was critical of the inclusion of Diamond, not discerning any musical connection to The Band . A persistent rumor claims that when Diamond came off stage he remarked to Dylan, "Follow that," to which Dylan responded, "What do I have to do, go on stage and fall asleep?" However, Diamond claims that they were just joking around with each other before either of them performed, and Diamond never said anything like "follow that!" or "top that!" </P> <P> Van Morrison then performed two songs, a special arrangement of "Tura Lura Lural (That's an Irish Lullaby)" as a duet with Richard Manuel and his own show - stopper, "Caravan". </P> <P> Canadians Young and Mitchell were then invited back out to help The Band perform "Acadian Driftwood", an ode to the Acadians of Canadian history . The Band then performed a short set of some more of its songs before Bob Dylan came on stage to lead his former backing band through four songs . </P>

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