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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Robbie Robertson of The Band is a great storyteller and what a story he has to tell in his memoir Testimony. He started playing with Ronnie Hawkins when he was a young teenager, worked with Bob Dylan and some of the best musicians of his era, and ended his rock and roll road career with one of the greatest concerts of all time captured in Martin Scorcese's The Last Waltz. The story is also very sad as one singer after another succumbs to drugs and alcohol. While Robertson managed to keep himself together, probably because of his intense commitment to his music, other members of the band were pulled in and eventually led to the end of the group after some 16 years on the road. Robertson ends the memoir with the concert at Winterland. He has gone on to work with Scorcese on other films. Garth Hudson is the only other member of the group still alive. In the end, the story is bittersweet. The mystique surrounding The Band, Bob Dylan, Big Pink, and the Woodstock and Saugerties area has always been close to my heart. My husband and I had a summer place in the area - granted it was several years after they had left - and I always kind of hoped I would run into some of these people on the back roads. So it was very interesting for me to read about The Band's life there, their music, their families, etc. Full of anecdotes and snippets of all the famous people, musical or otherwise, who populated their world was fascinating and enjoyable to read. If you're a fan, you should definitely like this book. Robertson was the guitarist and principal songwriter with the rock band The Band. Born in Toronto he joined Ronnie Hawkins band The Hawks which eventually became the band for Bob Dylan's Going Electric tour, Eventually the Hawks became The Band producing seven studio albums and ending their collaboration with a farewell concert in San Francisco called The Last Waltz which was filmed by Martin Scorsese. This is a very detail autobiography full of very personal details about Robertson, his band mates, friends and supporters many very famous and house hold names. A good study of the environment around a rock & roll band in the 1960's and '70's. This was a thrilling ride for the whole way through. Robertson manages to weave clocks of story together to form a coherent, persuasive, defining, and momentous whole. There are so many anecdotes and short snippets here to savour and take solace in. Being a huge member of The Band, I also found that (since the work revolved around its inception and duration) that this effectually served as both a prime piece for Robertson's life as well as The Band's career. Overall, it was a great ride and I loved every minute of it. 5 stars. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
In this captivating memoir, Robbie Robertson shares the journey that led him to some of the most pivotal events in music history. Robertson and his partners in The Band fashioned a music that has endured for decades, influencing countless musicians. One of the most beloved songwriters and guitarists of his time, now he employs his storyteller's voice to weave together the journey that led him to some of the most pivotal events in music history. It's the story of a time when rock 'n' roll became life, when music legends moved through the same streets and hotel rooms, and above all, the profound friendship among five young men who together created a new kind of popular music.
"Robbie Robertson's singular contributions to popular music have made him one of the most beloved songwriters and guitarists of his time. With songs like 'The Weight,' 'The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down,' and 'Up on Cripple Creek,' he and his partners in the Band fashioned music that has endured for decades, influencing countless musicians. In this captivating memoir, written over five years of reflection, Robbie Robertson employs his unique storyteller's voice to weave together the journey that led him to some of the most pivotal events in music history. He recounts the adventures of his half-Jewish, half-Mohawk upbringing on the Six Nations Indian Reserve and on the gritty streets of Toronto; his odyssey at sixteen to the Mississippi Delta, the fountainhead of American music; the wild early years on the road with rockabilly legend Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks; his unexpected ties to the Cosa Nostra underworld; the trial by fire of 'going electric' with Bob Dylan on his 1966 world tour, and their ensuing celebrated collaborations; and the formation of the Band and the forging of their unique sound, culminating with history's most famous farewell concert, brought to life for all time in Martin Scorsese's great movie The Last Waltz. This is the story of a time and place--the moment when rock 'n' roll became life, when legends like Buddy Holly and Bo Diddley crisscrossed the circuit of clubs and roadhouses from Texas to Toronto, when the Beatles, Hendrix, the Stones, and Warhol moved through the same streets and hotel rooms. It's the story of exciting change as the world tumbled through the '60s and early '70s, and a generation came of age, built on music, love, and freedom. Above all, it's the moving story of the profound friendship among five young men who together created a new kind of popular music. Testimony is Robbie Robertson's story, lyrical and true, as only he could tell it."--Dust jacket. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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So...I guess I got a lot from this memoir, but it wasn't quite what I was expecting, and it wasn't flattering. ( )