RIP Robbie Robertson

[micropolitan guy]

Loved The Band. Saw them with Clapton in 1974. Have almost every album through "Islands." I think "Stage Fright" is my favorite, followed by 'Cahoots."

Someone is trying to make a documentary on the Dead/Band/Allman's concert at Watkins Glen in 1973. I'd pay to see that, I didn't go but have friends who did.

 

[Neutral Corner]

The Band certainly projected the image of a close knit brotherly unit, but subsequent events have revealed a lot of cracks in that facade. The music remains great.

A crux of a lot of the friction in The Band appears to be Levon Helm's demand to get more credit in the writing of the songs and Robertson's insistence he deserves most of it himself.

My one gripe with Robertson was his need to be the center, the face, the focus. The Band had five solid to excellent musicians, five guys who could write, four who could sing. There was an awful lot of teamwork that made that music happen, and Robbie was generally available to take a lot of credit for it. His ego caused more than his share of problems.

 

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Bob Dylan Pays Tribute to Former Bandmate Robbie Robertson

 

[Hermes]

Robertson's involvement with Dawes introduced me to them and they subsequently became one of my favorite bands of the last 15 years.

 

[X-Hack]

"The Weight" is one of very few songs that I never, ever get sick of.

But I was as much of a fan of Robbie's solo work as his work with the Band. Particularly his self-titled solo debut from the 80s (with heck's Half Acre, Somewhere Down The Crazy River, Broken Arrow, etc.) and Storyville, which was just wonderful.

 

[I Should Coco]

Robertson's involvement with Dawes introduced me to them and they subsequently became one of my favorite bands of the last 15 years.

When I first heard Dawes, their lead singer reminded me so much of Jackson Browne. I later found out that Browne was a big early backer of the group.

"From a Window Seat" and the album it's on, "Stories Don't End," are among my favorites from the 2010s.

 

[Chef2]

Good on CBS for going to break with "The Weight".

 

[Neutral Corner]

I was perhaps somewhat unfair to Robbie above. He was the guy who played ringmaster for that group of guys, and at least two of them became stone addicts and he had to deal with the resulting fallout. It can't be fun being forced to play the adult in the room. I still think that he enjoyed the role and that it fed his ego, but there were a lot of factors (and egos) at play there.

 

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[Mr._Graybeard]

When I first heard Dawes, their lead singer reminded me so much of Jackson Browne. I later found out that Browne was a big early backer of the group.

"From a Window Seat" and the album it's on, "Stories Don't End," are among my favorites from the 2010s.

I hadn't heard of Dawes before. I'll have to look for when they come around on tour. I've only listened to a few of their songs on YouTube, but I think I heard some Neil Young guitar stylings, along with enough musical diversity to make them interesting.