[HN Gopher] Robbie Robertson has died
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Robbie Robertson has died
Author : karaokeyoga
Score : 92 points
Date : 2023-08-09 20:52 UTC (1 days ago)
(HTM) web link (www.nytimes.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.nytimes.com)
| 2OEH8eoCRo0 wrote:
| The Last Waltz is fantastic. Rest in peace.
| jlevy wrote:
| +1 -- nothing better.
| eltondegeneres wrote:
| > his biological father was a Jewish professional gambler named
| Alexander David Klegerman, who had been killed in a hit-and-run
| accident before she met James Robertson
|
| Killing someone and fleeing the scene isn't something that
| happens by accident.
| andrewl wrote:
| You can hit somebody accidentally, and then run from the
| accident intentionally.
| munk-a wrote:
| He was an extremely influential artist and his time with The Band
| was legendary of course - but his solo work is also certainly
| worth investigating especially "Contact from the Underworld of
| Redboy".
| ChristianGeek wrote:
| "Somewhere Down the Crazy River" from his first, self-titled
| album is sublime.
| brianzelip wrote:
| RIP
|
| 'Up on Cripple Creek' was my first explicit introduction to them.
| After buying their 1969 self titled album on a whim, my jaw
| dropped from hearing the original sample from GangStarr's "Beyond
| Comprehension" off their 1990 'Step in the Arena'. That isolated
| drum roll and guitar lick is so mystical. I could listen to those
| brief 3 seconds on loop for hours.
| jlevy wrote:
| Great quote: Speaking of the Band in the 2020 documentary "Once
| Were Brothers," Bruce Springsteen said, "It's like you've never
| heard them before and like they'd always been there."
| NaOH wrote:
| Similarly, this was a great line from the LA Times obituary for
| Robertson:
|
| >As the Band's chief songwriter and grand conceptualist,
| Robertson turned old American folklore into modern myths, a
| knack that gave a timeless quality to such songs as "The
| Weight" and "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"; it was as if
| he had unearthed the songs, not written them.
| SubGenius wrote:
| Sad.
|
| If I had to choose the greatest song ever written, I would not
| hesitate to go with The Weight. The version [0] from The Waltz is
| especially brilliant.
|
| [0] - https://youtu.be/q-w9OclUnns
| oDot wrote:
| No better clapping than Mavis'
| tnecniv wrote:
| She also does an awesome version of For What It's Worth
| karaokeyoga wrote:
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCSzL5-SPHM (better resolution)
| HighChaparral wrote:
| I just love this. Scorsese's camera moves - the way he swoops
| in behind Mavis and then slowly comes back around her as she
| starts to soar. The way he lights up Danko for the start of
| his solo bit. It's just a beautifully put together document
| of a great performance. It was shot separately on a
| soundstage, making it essentially an early music video, and a
| great one at that. That Robertson and Scorsese were still
| working together right to the end just makes it all the more
| poignant and wondrous.
| klausnrooster wrote:
| Another nice version, although the one you linked is my
| favorite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph1GU1qQ1zQ
| SubGenius wrote:
| That's a pretty dope version as well. I do like Marcus King a
| lot.
|
| Also, nice username. ;)
| EFreethought wrote:
| His first solo album is one of my favorites.
| zeruch wrote:
| His solo debut and Storyville are a perfect one-two punch.
| AlbertCory wrote:
| in _Once Were Brothers_ they said when they played it for Dylan
| he looked at Robbie, disbelieving, and says, "You wrote
| _that_? "
| thx wrote:
| my fav era with him was with Bob Dylan, 1966 -
|
| here's a pretty niche video with both of them playing a Dylan
| song that never made an official album release
|
| _On A Rainy Afternoon_
|
| https://youtu.be/qE3owtjQmSc
|
| awesome guitarist / RIP
| tnecniv wrote:
| Bob Dylan talked about how he loved working with him because
| he's the rare guitarist that had all the chops but didn't need
| to show them off.
|
| As an example, here's a clip of him playing with Clapton. He
| takes over right when Clapton's strap slips off his guitar and
| they go back and forth shredding.
|
| https://youtu.be/1WDmMWF83x4
|
| However, if you listen to him with Dylan or The Band, the
| guitar parts are always simple and about fitting the song.
| ubermonkey wrote:
| That's a pretty famous clip -- it's from The Last Waltz, if
| I'm not mistaken -- but I first heard it on Clapton's 1988
| career-retrospective box set _Crossroads_. Back then, the
| video was harder to come by, so my fellow guitar-nerds and I
| didn 't actually realize the hows or whys of the handoff
| until years later.
|
| You can actually SEE that the strap was in a precarious
| position in the clip (it's clear at like 45s). Straps in that
| era didn't have strap locks. It'd just be a chunky post in
| the guitar, and a leather tab at the end of your strap you'd
| force over it. In a normal orientation, it'd be secure
| ENOUGH, but as shown it's been flipped over, which means the
| weight of the guitar itself is pushing on it in a way that
| will absolutely cause the guitar to slip out of it.
| AlbertCory wrote:
| There's a free movie, _Once Were Brothers_ you should watch, for
| his biography.
| masom wrote:
| It would be nice if the post title would include the article
| title, I didn't know who was Robbie Robertson, what they did, and
| why it might be relevant.
|
| https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
| igrekel wrote:
| [flagged]
| eterm wrote:
| Well, if we're going by the news guidelines then most
| obituaries mostly fall foul of the principle:
|
| > "Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports,
| or celebrities, unless they're evidence of some interesting new
| phenomenon"
|
| It feels a bit tasteless to expand further on this, especially
| in this thread, so I typically just flag and move on.
| Vvector wrote:
| "Robbie Robertson, Guitarist and Songwriter With the Band, Dies
| at 80"
| [deleted]
| 1vuio0pswjnm7 wrote:
| You mean like this perhaps:
|
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37072982
|
| The HN software tries to "auto-correct" and so "The Band"
| becomes "the Band". Incorrect.
| capableweb wrote:
| You can edit HN titles after submitting them, and it won't
| auto-correct when editing.
| 1vuio0pswjnm7 wrote:
| If you catch it quick, yes. But it's quite easy to get
| locked out of editing soon after submission.
| john_cogs wrote:
| "Now I don't mind choppin' wood. And I don't care if the money's
| no good."
|
| RIP.
| te_chris wrote:
| RIP to an absolute legend. There's an excellent doc on Netflix
| rn.
| DoodahMan wrote:
| Played The Band's Academy of Music performance [0] last night
| when I got the news. It's right up there with The Last Waltz.
| Great and timeless music. Hell some of my favorite Grateful Dead
| performances were covers of his music. RIP Robbie. Enjoy your
| weekends fellow heady folks (~);)
|
| [0] -
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNtcW2LqveU&list=OLAK5uy_khf...
| dogman144 wrote:
| My favorite music lore is the Dead, The Band, Dylan and Lennon
| interplayed.
|
| - the The Dead covering Dylan live consistently
|
| - the Dead's weight covers over the years. I'm fairly Brent
| Mydland's last-ish live song was the Weight and he sang the
| "I've gotta go but my friends can stick around" verse. Chilling
| but feels right.
|
| - Jerry and the Dead supporting Dylan with a joint tour in the
| 80's when Dylan was a washed up alcoholic
|
| - Jerry's got a great Dear Prudence cover that I believe yoko
| said it was how the song was meant to be played. Plus a bunch
| of other JCB/Dylan covers.
|
| True musicians!
| phirschybar wrote:
| Greatest live album of all time IMHO
| dundarious wrote:
| RIP. Recently heard this interview with him, telling a story not
| actually about himself, but still revealing a lot about himself
| and what making blues music was like at that time.
|
| Robbie Robertson Talks About Sonny Boy Williamson (Language
| Warning) https://youtu.be/90-O6c20PLk
| karaokeyoga wrote:
| https://archive.md/vxISM
| 11thEarlOfMar wrote:
| ...the wind just kind of pushed me this way.
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