Robertson was very proud of his First Nations Heritage ---- Mohawk and Cayuga from the Six Nations Reserve just southwest of Toronto. He did much to help and promote indigenous musicians. While best remembered for his work with The Band, you might check out stuff he did with Red Road Ensemble, such as the songs "Ghost Dance" and "Heartbeat Drum Song." BTW, the video you checkout was directed by Martin Scorcese! The backup vocalist was Sam Llanas of the BoDeans. I've always envied Robertson's husky, bourbony voice ---- since mine sounds like a chipmunk on cannabis.
You might want to see a movie Robbie was in, with Jody Foster and Gary Busey, called 'Carny'. Great flick! Good acting by Robbie, showing that mysterious carnival side of his nature.
The movie is avaible for free here on Utube. If like me you are female and like good looking men you will love it. The movie is not bad, but Robbie have never looked better, just gorgeous and sexy, and his acting were quite belieaveable, not Oscar material, but he plays the role very convincingly. could be because as Barney Hoskyns wrote in his biography of The Band, Robbie played a man not unlike himself, taking on too much, wearing too many hats.
Every Sunday morning my ex husband would play Cat Stevens and Robbie Robertson. It was his version of going to church powerful music with inspirational words. Thanks for taking me back to when life was easier and happy. ❤🇨🇦🇨🇦
One of the guys in the band in this video (see 3:54) is another great Canadian artist named Daniel Lanois. Daniel is also a talented songwriter, but he's more known as a producer for such artists as Bob Dylan and Peter Gabriel. Most famously he co-produced U2's Joshua Tree (along with Brian Eno, who he's collaborated with on other projects). Here's one of his songs to check out (and, yes, that's Aaron Neville of the Neville Brothers doing backup singing) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-w-JtAcpKtYQ.html
Thanks Tash. He also wrote many movie sound tracks for Martin Scorsese. He used to hang out in the hot Arkansas nights with band buddy Levon Helm where locals fished with dynamite. Sure would be a crazy river. No doubt a little voodoo reference too, (voodoo seduction) well known in the deep south. Love "The night they drove old Dixie down" that he wrote. It's about destroying the railroad line to starve the Confederate army of supplies and the defeat of the Confederacy from the viewpoint of a poor southerner in no position to have slaves but was conscripted to fight.
FALLEN ANGEL by Robbie Robertson Are you out there Can you hear me Can you see me in the dark I don't believe it's all for nothing It's not just written in the sand Sometimes I thought you felt too much And you crossed into the shadowland And the river was overflowing And the sky was fiery red You gotta play the hand that's dealt ya That's what the old man always said Fallen Angel Casts a shadow up against the sun If my eyes could see The spirit of the chosen one In my dream the pipes were playing In my dream I lost a friend 'Cause some day we will meet again Fallen Angel Casts a shadow up against the sun If my eyes could see The spirit of the chosen one All the tears All the rage All the blues in the night If my eyes could see You kneeling in the silver light Fallin', fallin', fallin' down Fallin', fallin' down Fallin', fallin', fallin' down Fallin', fallin' down Fallen Angel Casts a shadow up against the sun If my eyes could see The spirit of the chosen one All the tears All the rage All the blues in the night If my eyes could see You kneeling in the silver light If you're out there can you touch me Can you see me I don't know If you're out there can you reach me Lay a flower in the snow
I think you'll appreciate this interview with Daniel Lanois who produced this album for Robbie Robertson. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xezr6wFIJ0U.html Daniel Lanois is another Canadian legend. He has been a producer for many great artists, and his solo-work is sadly unappreciated masterpieces.
Hey Tash! Thought about you a lot today. One of your teen idols, 🎉🎉🎉ALANIS MORISSETE🎉🎉🎉🎉 is playing in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, for the first time tonite! And there's a second show added tomorrow night. Both shows sold out immediately. Should be a blast!
Was he a ladies man? Maybe at times, but Robbie was one of the more stable members of The Band (didn't do drugs or abuse alcohol), and got married at 25, having several children in a marriage that lasted over 30 years. He maintained a friendly relationship with his ex, then had a girlfriend for about 20 years who he married about 5 months before his death. I never heard of him running around, he was a hard worker, so probably didn't have time for that, and I think family was important to him.
You got some of it right. I was almost done with Robbie's book, when I heard he died, very sad. I have loved The Band since I first heard up on Cripple Creek in the late sixties. His book was fascinating, he is very honest about his drug use, pot, cocaine, pills, however unlike Rick (my favorite after Robbie)Richard and Levon, he did not do heroin. He was also perhaps more ambitious than the other guys, and the music always came first, whereas, especially Richard alcohol and drugs came first. You are right he didn't drink much, his family was very important to him, and he credits his wife for keeping him grounded, when they other guys were carousing and crashing cars. As for a ladies man, I think he was, certainly before he met Dominique, his first wife. They had 3 children, and when Robbie is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame he thanks his wife for putting up with him for 27 years. However, I believe not long after The Last Waltz, they separated. He says in an interview he called up Martin Scorsese telling him his wife threw him out and he didn't know what to do. Scorsese told him he could live with him, because he wife had left him. They lived together for some time, and supposedly stayed up all night doing cocaine. Apparently he moved back in with his wife, there is not much information about their divorce, I think she was very private, and Robbie honored that, I also think he didn't want to divulge too much about his private life. Although in his book he is very open about his childhood, his abusive stepfather. Did he cheat on his wife who knows, he was unbelieveable good looking and charming when he was young, it would be understandable if he did, I'm sure he had many chances. He writes about one incident when The Band was playing in London, after the concert Rick somehow got a hold of Bianca Jagger and Britt Ekland. Robbie said he does not remember anything about that night, but the next morning Rick showed up clean shaved, because he as Rick said "Somebody didn't want whisker burns", might Robbie's way of saying he might have spend the night with one of those ladies. As far as I can tell from the internet he dated his second wife about 4 years before they got married. He was not perfect, but he was hardworking, and ambitious. I don't hold any of that against him, I love his songwriting, guitar playing his storytelling, his charisma.
