Robbie Robertson of The Band on playing with Bob Dylan

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Former guitarist and principal songwriter for The Band, Robbie Robertson, while discussing his new autobiography, called Testimony, at Saputo Auditorium at Lower Canada College in Montreal Friday, November 18, 2016, talks of how he and his bandmates came to play with Bob Dylan. (John Kenney / MONTREAL GAZETTE)

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@barrychambers4047 4 жыл бұрын

Robbie's not only a master musician he's one of best story tellers around!

@rockmommanoff5224 3 жыл бұрын

Bob Dylan and the Band sound was unlike no other. It cannot be copied or reproduced. It remains one of a kind.

@cynthialangley7338 11 ай бұрын

🌹What a storyteller. RIP amazing Robbie.

@ncooty 4 жыл бұрын

Some lights are so bright, it takes a while for your eyes to adjust.

@ferociousgumby 3 жыл бұрын

Bob has an unshakeable faith in what he's doing. It's pretty awesome. When we watch old videos of those performances, we fall over backwards with awe. Yes, those people WERE wrong! There is such a lesson in this. "The world came around, and we didn't change a note." Whew!

@ExcitedAnacondaSnake-hg8ec 5 ай бұрын

Bob was bold and brave but it was obvious it ate him to death hence the 5 years off following getting booed around the world.

@kevinstanley4016 11 ай бұрын

RIP Robbie. True gentleman and musician.

@geraldsiclovan6179 4 ай бұрын

Mko.

@shadowknight9807 4 жыл бұрын

I've tried to relate this story to others - I gave up - only listening to this can you get it. They "absolutely hated" it!! Every time I listen to this I am smiling - I can't help it.

@haroldmartin7499 4 жыл бұрын

Perhaps being boo'd is one our deepest fears ?

@irchristo 4 жыл бұрын

"I've never met anyone quite like Bob Dylan before . . . " Neither has anyone else, Robbie, neither has anyone else.

@nelsonx5326 4 жыл бұрын

Did that greasy pimp Robertson actually say that? What a bore.

@smkxodnwbwkdns8369 Жыл бұрын

I have. Go to a prestigious liberal arts college and find the english department. Find the decorate students. There’s a lot of bob dylans.

@irchristo Жыл бұрын

@@smkxodnwbwkdns8369 Like you bot? Are YOU a Bob Dylan? Such an ignorant comment you've made.

@wordstorm Жыл бұрын

@@smkxodnwbwkdns8369 The decorate students? You mean the ones who specialise in stencilling and wallpaper hanging. Yeah, I can see how they’d absolutely be exactly the same as one of the leading cultural icons on the planet.

@jam-nc8ut 11 ай бұрын

When they did start preaching that sermon, it was one of the greatest sounds that would ever be heard. RIP Robbie, the music world will never be the same without you.

@tattyshoesshigure5731 5 жыл бұрын

Robbie has a great way of telling this wonderful story... so funny!

@sheehy933 4 жыл бұрын

I've grown to really appreciate Robbie Robertson's playing over the years. Every note says something. There is no filler in his playing and it always compliments the song.

@ExcitedAnacondaSnake-hg8ec 5 ай бұрын

One of the greatest I ever heard. He could have hired anyone.

@marianfrances4959 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing history right there. Always proud of Robby Robertson and forever a Dylan fan.👍😉🇨🇦💜🌟⭐🌟🌟🌟

@Boatperson 4 жыл бұрын

The Last Waltz is still an all time fav! And Robbie at Woodstock doing Going Home..........what a fabulous time in history!!

@robertlepper5460 11 ай бұрын

Goin' Home ?

@MrEdkern Жыл бұрын

I was there at one of the first concerts of bob dylan and the hawks. November 12, 1965 at the cleveland music hall. The band was only in their early 20s and it was a great show. Cleveland was one of the only concerts that they did not boo. You could hear a pin drop. I have seen dylan 35 times since then and met dylan on july 17,1991. He was walking down by lake erie by himself the day of his concert. He was very nice to me and shook my hand. Told him i was at the 1965 concert. I got a smile from him. God bless you mr. Dylan.

@raecoyote 6 жыл бұрын

Wow what a great story teller Robbie is and the story itself! Priceless! 🙌🏻

@jakwad6990 4 жыл бұрын

I was only born in 68. So I came upon Dylan in the early 80s. I didn't get the problem with his transition from folk to rock. I still don't. I'll say this, never has there been better recordings than Dylan and The Band produced! Love them all!!!

@Heeyynnooww 2 ай бұрын

Well it only made sense to people in the context of the time. Dylan’s electric trilogy is typically seen as the peak of his discography these days (Bringing It All Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited, Blonde On Blonde) but some people are just so stubborn. They don’t like change ironically

@normanclancy3285 2 жыл бұрын

On July 31st 1999, Levon Helm and Rick Danko of The Band played for the last time together at my home in New York. Luckily, I recorded them playing and the sound is impeccable and they sound amazing. If you would like a copy let me know. Support your local musicians!!

@sail1292 Жыл бұрын

Are you related to the musical group the Clancy Brothers?

@johniorio7951 Жыл бұрын

i remember that period, Rick Danko getting written up in relix magazine a little bit later....that's a life experience.....like the time i hung out with mt idol, herb Alpert , at age 13.....i recall right before 9/11 i saw levon helm play the blues club near the trade center.....levon walk off front stage towards me!!.....then looks right at me, then high 5's me!!...God bless you clancy brother, i will pass on the tape, i hope that you will share it here.....remember abbie hoffman said: free means that you don't pay!!

@RB-pr4er Жыл бұрын

@@sail1292 I grew up listening to the Clancy brothers and Tommy

@katarinahollander9343 Жыл бұрын

Hello Norman Clancy. What a fine offer! Thank you. How can I get in touch with you?

@charlesvespoli3961 5 жыл бұрын

I was in the audience at newport when bob went electric half of us loved it

@teogo 5 жыл бұрын

I know Dylan often sings about this.

@andrewhoyle1521 5 жыл бұрын

Sooooo jealous, i was 25 years too late

@vincentschmitt392 5 жыл бұрын

you lucky!

@robertlepper5460 5 жыл бұрын

@Kaptain Kid I think the words of the songs were very important to the audiences. I don't think the acoustics were that brilliant so you were going to a concert unable to hear the words

@bobpatetta3448 5 жыл бұрын

And I was in the audience at Forest Hills soon thereafter. Same thing. Since it was a tennis stadium, somebody threw a tennis ball at him.

@appleknocker56 11 ай бұрын

They were ahead of the times & it took ppl awhile to see pure genius!

@dahlbaker 4 жыл бұрын

I saw them live on 02/02/74 at Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor, MI. A great concert to be sure. RIP Richard, Rick, and Levon.

@jamesmcdade8624 5 жыл бұрын

Well I remember going to see The Band & the Grateful Dead in Jersey City & the wave hit me like a brick. Then a Madison Square Garden show at sometime in the early to mid-70s was like a freight train & up on the side of the stage you could see the place just going wild. Dylan staggering all over the stage while the music just pulsated with energy...The Band was just this incredible machine blasting down the tracks. Later in the mid 70s when I got to meet members of The Band and the Grateful Dead in different situations it became obvious to me that each member of each band were well established musicians in their own right. There was or was not magic on any given night...but mostly there was magic.

@frankangelo7336 Жыл бұрын

I was at that concert in Jersey City. Amazing night

@firefightergoggie 5 жыл бұрын

I remember seeing a film of Dylan in a dressing room after one of these chaotic shows. The folk doinks were booing him, abusing the band and carrying on like idiots...but Bob noticed something. They always sold out the shows. They were playing to packed houses every single time. And his records were selling like hotcakes. But...they "hated" him.

@pak47man 5 жыл бұрын

That's a really interesting point. Not being a "folkie" - I was into soul and jazz and ripping rock 'n' roll - I thought they were a bunch of pretentious hypocrites. I have calmed down a bit with age, but man, were they wrong. But as you say, maybe not totally, because they kept paying the man. My favourite takedown of the folk scene is still: A Mighty Wind, the film by Christopher Guest. If you haven't seen it, it's right on the money.

@badshoehabit 4 жыл бұрын

The appropriately named Pennebaker film, 'Don't Look Back'.

@laurieheustis2393 4 жыл бұрын

I'm thinking was this the transition Bob Dylan was making from acoustic to electric, and the folkies didn't like it so much.

@DD-gi6kx 3 жыл бұрын

interesting take...I've always thought the day Dylan played an electric guitar as the greatest day for music

@mattblack9069 2 жыл бұрын

Ah they were jealous

@robertlevasseur6843 5 жыл бұрын

And that is what you have to do when you want to change the status quo. Say what you will about Bob Dylan, he has never been one to pander to the audience. In the end that may be his biggest contribution.

@Hexon66 4 жыл бұрын

Not sure why you felt the need to turn it into a backhanded compliment, but, okay. Fair enough.

@Diggy7Diggs 4 жыл бұрын

one of the only true originals of the 20th century. he was doing it for him

@richmotroni 5 жыл бұрын

Robbie is 100% right! Rock on, Robbie!

@eslermanu47 6 жыл бұрын

Robbie was the talent songwriter great musician

@Euroca75005 5 жыл бұрын

Two musical geniuses: Robbie Robertson and Bob Dylan

@andrewthegraciouslordrober327 3 жыл бұрын

Levon would agree about Bob. His book suggests the Band were collectively the authors of their songs, but RR stole the writing credits. I wonder if that's why RR hasn't done anything significant musically since then.

@tyrapp262 2 жыл бұрын

@@andrewthegraciouslordrober327 He's gained more fans from his solo work from people who didn't even know about The Band. More to the point ... how come Levon wrote no songs after Robbie left. None in his solo albums. How could Robbie steal any of Levon's songs if he didin't write any?? LOL.

@andrewthegraciouslordrober327 2 жыл бұрын

Ty Rapp Well, if he's reached new audiences, they haven't exactly made their presence known. I'm afraid I think the eponymous solo album by RR is a typical bit of 80s output, overproduced, empty and vacuous, beefed up by other "stars" to give it cred, and is such a long leap away from the earthy nature of sings by the Band, it's almost as if ..... two different people wrote them (😳). , "Redboy" has one idea and no good songs to back it up, "Storyville" has no good songs and no good tunes, and any other albums he's made havent even been noticed, they are so lacklustre. It's so strange that someone out of whom so many great songs just poured for so long - both words and music - cannot come up with either now, yet he managed to write those songs all on his own when he was in the Band.... Levon made plenty after recovering from cancer - try "Electric Dirt" and "Dirt Farmer". I think both got awards, but could be wrong. Electric's a Levon doing Americana covers, but Dirt Farmer is all his, and sounds right out of the "Basement Tapes".

@tyrapp262 2 жыл бұрын

@@andrewthegraciouslordrober327 Helm didn't write any songs in his solo output. Even Larry Campbell who wrote songs for him said he was not a songwriter. Robertson got nominated for record of the year for his first album. Whatever awards Helm got was with little competition in the "Americana" category which is about even with "Polka" record of the year on the importance list. "Storyville" was critically acclaimed by RS. If you go to his videos you will find all kinds of accolades. I'm also pretty sure more people know more about Robertson's songs than Helm's, and outsold him as well. Your idea he didn't write good records is like your opinion man, just I as I don't care much for Levon's hillbilly music. It lacks something, particularly memorable songs. I don't hear anything close to the original Band music on his. Some of Robbie's is much closer to the Band's original melodies, with the only difference being his voice rather than the others.

@nancyrobinson7764 6 жыл бұрын

Bob is definitely an individualist . He filters all that he sees and hears through his unique intellectual process. Dylan wouldn’t be the musical master he has been for decades if he was a yes man . Praise God that Dylan does music and song/writing the way he does. We have been blessed to live in the same time as the Laureate Winner for poetic expressions in Lit., one of Bob’s accolades ☮️👍🏼

@mandoist 6 жыл бұрын

He's a Poet.

@nancyrobinson7764 6 жыл бұрын

Kevin L. “Laureate Winner for Poetic Expressions “ , gives a clue that he’s a POET via writing lyrics 🌈

@jasonwyman1873 5 жыл бұрын

"As reading declines around the world, literary prizes are more important than ever. A big prize means a jump in sales and readership even for a well-known writer. But more than that, awarding the Nobel to a novelist or a poet is a way of affirming that fiction and poetry still matter, that they are crucial human endeavors worthy of international recognition." -Anna North from "Why Bob Dylan Shouldn’t Have Gotten a Nobel." "Get out of the way if you can't lend a hand."

@TheFossie12 5 жыл бұрын

True yeah - ‘love to help ya out Anna - which way did you come in’

@GD-me2lv 5 жыл бұрын

@@nancyrobinson7764 "The ghost of electricity howls in the bones of her face"

@peterjongsma5297 Жыл бұрын

I am laughing my head off. You guys had balls of Fire. Go Bob Dylan and The Band.

@Hibsclass 6 жыл бұрын

Robbie Robertson is without doubt a true legend - thank you so much for the music 🖖

@patrickreilly7256 6 жыл бұрын

Mark Golightly: A legend in his own mind...!!!

@Hibsclass 6 жыл бұрын

Patrick Reilly I presume you feel that he's talking himself up, if you were an integral part of some of the best music ever then you'd have the right to brag, also jealousy is a rotten attribute as well.

@nedlambton6602 4 жыл бұрын

I have my doubts about that.

@TelecasterLPGTop 6 жыл бұрын

I went to one of those gigs in Sydney Australia they were amazing. No booing from this little black duck. I remember Dylan introducing "Like a Rolling Stone," to the audience. "Remember how this one goes well this is how it goes now ?"

@randyc5650 6 жыл бұрын

I have been to many Dylan concerts and the game seems to be "Who can be the first to decipher the song he is playing now". That's part of the thrill. Also, he turned out to be a decent guitar player. Almost as good as Robbie.

@barbarapowell137 5 жыл бұрын

I saw the movie last waltz and fell in love with the band and Robbie robertson

@richardgibbs5565 5 жыл бұрын

Dylan created Folk / Rock. I loved it back then and still do.

@francine5601 5 жыл бұрын

So So Beautiful ... you are so amazing Robbie so grateful

@simonedevlin7710 3 жыл бұрын

Robbie Robertson has to be one of my favorite musicians of all times. Bob had a vision of what "The Band" could do in collaboration with his musical prowess.This is a moment of musical greatness to hear R.R's version of the concerts which changed the face of the lyrical landscape in time and space.

@trevorcalhoun4530 2 жыл бұрын

I have always believed in the music of the Band and Bob Dylan from the first time I saw them, singularly and together! Legendary I tell you….legendary!!!!

@aliasdyln33 4 жыл бұрын

So, in short . . . Bob Dylan was being himself. Works for me!

@sandrajeanne6132 5 жыл бұрын

Love Robbie Robertson & The Band, AND really LOVE Dylan, since my High School days, when The Band had already disbanded. Have gone on to listen & Love Robbie's more recent stuff, & found this interview interesting. Musicians don't always gel & jive, & it's interesting to hear what it took to change that!

@NoName8711 5 жыл бұрын

if you think about it, mid sixties Dylan was more of a protest singer than early sixties Dylan I saw the movie last waltz and fell in love with the band and Robbie robertson

@ghostrider2664 4 жыл бұрын

If Dylan hadnt gone electric, I never would have given his music a chance. Certain songs of his, that I LOVE, wouldnt have been written. And I dont know if he wouldve lasted or faded away with the rest of the folk scene, into footnotes. He was right to go electric, the folkies were totally lame, and Dylan won the Nobel Prize. So.....yeah.

@robertwiesler381 3 жыл бұрын

That's a very good and true comment I agree with you Greetings from Austria, my friend

@mad_cat_1st 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah. The folksies were pretty snooty. I watch the Woodstock movie all the time, and the footage with Joan Baez just screams out "you don't belong here". The only good act that didn't feature a full rock band was Richie Havens. He actually played for 3 hours and made up "Freedom" in the moment because he ran out of songs. Always liked The Band. "Cripple Creek" is one of my favorite fishing songs. "Like A Rolling Stone wouldn't have been nearly as effective and powerful as an acoustic number. Garth's organ riffs made the whole tune work.

@randomguy- 2 жыл бұрын

Although he deserved it as well as any other, the Nobel prize is a sham and I am sure Bob Dylan would agree. His real price is the way he has affected young minds for over 50 years. The way musicians, and writers, across the ages cite Dylan as one of their influences. Dylan is a poet.

@hippydippy 2 жыл бұрын

Stupid comment. Without the folkies, Dylan would never have came to be in the first place Sparky.

@kocnn 6 жыл бұрын

Man that was excellent! any aspiring musicians should listen to this and only this before they tour!

@imannonymous7707 5 жыл бұрын

Bob dylan truly is my biggest influence and i grew up long after his hay days. Im canadian so obviously the band is too...but how loyal was dylan to stand by them thru 66 ..i respect the hell out of them all....rip richard rick and levon

@GUITARTIME2024 5 жыл бұрын

Levon was American

@chrysolyte5 5 жыл бұрын

Mmmmmmmm :) chills, love this! Fabulous! Saw my Dylan in Little Rock (mid 80's) and Levon all over NW Arkansas

@DavidWilliams-jf7cr 5 жыл бұрын

all the folk music lovers were pissed at bob for swiching to electric, i remember what a change it was for teenagers at the time to see this folk-hero hippie, who was one of a kind, dive into a differant style of music. people actually felt a sense of betrayal, though i always liked whatever dylan was doing with THE BAND, THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES

@carljamison6374 5 жыл бұрын

The last concert I ever attended was Bob Dylan and the Band at the Felt Forum 1972 , great memories.

@Actanonverba01 4 жыл бұрын

Effin incredible story of vision and persistence. Effin classic music in retrospect.

@virgildoc 5 жыл бұрын

thanks we saw dylan and the band in 1974 at the spectrum in philly what a great concert what a high that was

@judyweintraub267 4 жыл бұрын

I saw the last concert of that tour, on Valentine’s Day, actually there were 2 concerts that day & I was at the earlier one if I remember right, the recordings for the Before the Flood album were from those sets-the last performance of the last tour of Dylan & the Band, in LA at the Forum. It was the first Dylan concert I’d seen since September 3 1965 at the Hollywood Bowl, my first one. I still have the ticket stub from that one. Now all these concerts are on you tube, I don’t have words for what it’s like, listening to that whole concert now, remembering things I forgot & feeling it. I never thought I’d ever hear that again, just a memory, but now anyone can hear it, it’s historic stuff. No one had heard highway 61 revisited then, it was released a few days before but kids didn’t know that, it was only the second public performance of Desolation Row, & Ballad of a Thin Man, so mind blowing, lyrics & arrangements. The only other performance of those songs was a week before, at Forest Hills, a couple days before the release of the album-Robbie Robertson, Levon helm, Harvey Brooks & Al Kooper, both performances, tight.

@MrRainrunner 5 жыл бұрын

The Band Man!! Robbie was the leader of the best group that ever was! I miss ya!

@albertandrews130 4 жыл бұрын

Only the leader in The Last Waltz ,in truth The Band was a collective

@tyrapp262 2 жыл бұрын

@@albertandrews130 Actually Robbie was always the go-to guy throughout the years. He was de facto band leader.

@joesimon2018 6 жыл бұрын

That's truly what real art is all about

@pietbliksem 4 жыл бұрын

I've always backed Bobby for having the guts to stick to his guns and follow his muse; against all those crazy odds. I also preferred the earlier acoustic songs, but I never had a problem with him doing as his own conscience and creative sense directed. I also came over to the 'electronic' songs after much listening and now they're just as important to me as the guitar and harp songs I loved so much from the beginning. Its all quintessential Bob Dylan and he had the honesty, courage and unmitigated balls to stand strong. There are too many fans out there - I'm a fan myself as well, mind you, but not that kind - that think they have a right to dictate to a musician what he should perform. Bobby proved to me that to be honest to the well of inspiration, you have to drink what it gives you and not pee into it by doing what is easy and convenient. Or it will dry up on you.

@rnk2641 4 жыл бұрын

When I was a teen in the 70's I knew about Bob Dylan of course and thought he was some kind of musical genius but as to really listening to him I did not so much. I had friends that were into him and they listened for me. That was fine. But when that live concert double album came out with the band backing him, man that blew me away. If Dylan's gonna play like this I'm gonna be one of his biggest fans. I loved it so much. All along the Watchtower, other songs, just amazing, so powerful, kinda raw but with all the poetry of Dylan on display. At the time i was clueless to the majority of Dylan fans thinking his rock'n'rolling sucked. Totally didn't know enough to know that what I thought was the greatest music I'd heard in my young life was supposedly so against the grain. Funny to look back on and think about. I wore that vinyl out man.

@mikearchibald744 2 жыл бұрын

LOL, I'll have to start. I always thought all along the watchtower was a song hendrix made up, but of course he was no poet except with the guitar.

@dabble778 5 жыл бұрын

Great interview, charming man

@fullergardens2638 4 жыл бұрын

Nice to hear this man speak!

@tcl5853 6 жыл бұрын

Wonderful interview !

@steves672 10 ай бұрын

The small sequence, Bob's singing "Like a Rolling Stone" is so unbelievable great, that I cannot imagine that poeple booed in the audience!

@brianparrishmusic 6 жыл бұрын

Lovely interview.

@philsooty61 2 жыл бұрын

the bands rendition of "when I paint my masterpiece" is magic!

@FTStratLP 6 жыл бұрын

Very, very interesting. Thanks so much for sharing.

@kelviecarlile1058 Жыл бұрын

Love this guy. And the sheer force of creativity and everything that goes with that must have been something. Imagine up at big pink and just the energy of the times. Amazing how great the band and Dylan were. Together they had a special energy and tone that Dylan could never come close to with anyone else and Robbie and the rest of the "hawks"didn't even try.

@ChrisLupetti 6 жыл бұрын

I really enjoy this video. I could watch it over and over again, and often do.

@marinawalker5745 5 жыл бұрын

Me too!! 🤣🤣🤣

@k4847 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah Robbie is a stand up comik too who wooda thunk it? I watched the That was GREAT Lets do a whole Tour" comment over 'again and cracked up lol

@THE-HammerMan 5 жыл бұрын

Great interview segment! Made me want to watch the full interview, which is fantastic as well! THANKS ROBBIE- luv ya' man!

@garysmith8096 6 жыл бұрын

Very interesting thanks Gary

@Drakemiser 2 жыл бұрын

I loved the double album recording of these shows.

@michele-33 Жыл бұрын

@Drake Miser, I'm a huge fan of Bob's and The Band. I'm not familiar with the double album you mentioned - can you tell me the name please? Thanks in advance.. God bless 🕯️

@pauldeveaux1517 6 жыл бұрын

I find it interesting how much hate there is for Mr. Robertson. I discovered The Band because of The Last Waltz, so I am inclined to like him. He's prophetic in that movie when he says that it is impossible to survive life on the road. In time, Richard Manuel and Rick Danko would sadly prove him right. Does he have a big ego? Well, yes but I'm guessing most Rock Stars do. He's a great talker, I recommend highly his autobiography.

@vgr112261 6 жыл бұрын

Paul DeVeaux it is impossible for those who abuse alcohol and drugs to survive the road. Paul McCartney, Dylan, Elton John, U2, et all have survived the road quite nicely, thank you.

@robertbruce8492 6 жыл бұрын

Paul DeVeaux The level of vitriol is not unlike that directed towards Mike Love. In Robbie’s case, it’s largely from those who looked at one side of the story, via Levon’s autobiography, and accepted it as gospel. I made this mistake as well...until logic dictated to me that there is more to the story than just Levon’s version. I did my due diligence and came to realize that many who were close to the situation had a differing opinion. For example, John Simon...the Producer on the first 3 albums...stated that Robbie wrote the songs that Richard didn’t write. Ronnie Hawkins pointed out that Robbie took care of business while Richard, Rick, and Levon were chemically incapacitated during the 70’s. I’m not saying that I think that Robbie is a saint. I’m simply pointing out that he’s not the Antichrist, either.

@vgr112261 6 жыл бұрын

Rick B i don’t disagree. Robbie was talking in generalities. Heroin is a game changer.

@user-gm1fc2sp1n 5 жыл бұрын

Robert Bruce so from what I seen Robbie only has 4 solo soungs on big pink meaning he wrote 4 and manual has I think 4 to. then on the later work he was pretty much gets cridet for writing soungs except a few we're helm and others were sited as soung writers. I don't care ether way I go bye the cridets in the CD or online. and I just dig the tuns not my family so idc if that made money or not just that that got big enough for me to hear them today still. but there producer saying those manual credits are what gifts from Robbie. ja

@kevinmccarthy4088 5 жыл бұрын

Robert Bruce Yeah I've followed these guys for a long time and felt pretty bad for Levon. But having read the story from several angles now it just seems apparent that Robbie was the only one (and I guess Garth too) who didn't collapse from the fame, money, and adulation. The others kind of folded from the pressure. No slam against them at all, loved them dearly, but they couldn't stay out of the drugs and the mess of the 70's nor keep their heads straight.

@felixfelix1477 6 жыл бұрын

Fantastic. Made me laugh out loud. 😂

@hank1519 4 жыл бұрын

Such a great story from one legend about another legend!

@davidritchie5683 3 жыл бұрын

I saw the concert in Sydney in 1966. The first half was acoustic and the second electric. He's right there was booing in the second half BUT a lot of the crowd loved it. I remember walking out of the stadium saying "what a great backing band."

@1rwjwith 6 жыл бұрын

What Robbie Robertson generously leaves out of the story in interviews like this one (out of kindness to Levon Helm) and what is seldom mentioned is that Levon Helm QUIT the initial DYLAN/HAWKS tour in 1965 after little more than a month. It is told in detail in several sources and books. Apparently he could not take the crowd reaction and did not like the music they were making. HELM was replaced after a couple drummer tries by MICKEY JONES and HE is the drummer on the 1966 World tour and all the famous clips seen of Dylan and the Hawks then. Levon did not come back till the "Hawks" got a record contract and were in Woodstock in the Big Pink era in 1967! Levon Helm was Fantastic as were all the other Band members they all were indispensable to THE BAND but lets not forget the facts. Great interview.

@susanminsos677 5 жыл бұрын

Robertson is more generous to Helm than he (Helm) deserved.

@artmoss6889 5 жыл бұрын

I find that the less I know about the personal lives of musicians, the more I enjoy their music. I always hate to hear about artists I admire acting in selfish or hurtful ways.

@Iminsidethebeltway 4 жыл бұрын

I never went to many concerts, maybe a dozen, butfortunately, I saw Bob Dyland and The Band in about 1973. My recollection is that the audience loved it. I sure did.

@picnicpointopenmic572 4 жыл бұрын

Fascinating video, wish there was more.

@codybluetarp 11 ай бұрын

Creative tension. Robbie knew the power of it to both divide and to inspire; but mostly to inspire. As I listen to his work, mourning his passing. Thank you for your contributions to music and understanding, Robbie Robertson.

@itaintmebabe714 5 жыл бұрын

Those last words were very encouraging. Thank you

@jeannibarber1799 4 жыл бұрын

So glad you stuck with it

@ignacio.carral 6 жыл бұрын

this is a great treasure

@uriahbburnside4335 4 жыл бұрын

Great stuff from a great musician. His autobiography is awesome!

@srg123ify 4 жыл бұрын

For along time I was only listening to bobs acoustic stuff it wasn’t until like a rolling stone that everything changed

@haha5571 6 жыл бұрын

lucky to be alive in times to see these guys talk about it, even more so if you had gone to the concerts... #TimeMachine

@Klaudiart 6 жыл бұрын

Indeed.

@Alkes777 4 жыл бұрын

Caught them in Central Park in 1971. Elbows on the stage right below Rick playing his fretless bass.

@gaggle57 5 жыл бұрын

The Newport '65 Dylan never changes. He knows which way the wind blows.

@albertandrews130 4 жыл бұрын

The Hawks did not back Dylan at Newport

@maryjaneb.5893 Жыл бұрын

I have always loved Dylan and The Band. Thanks for the back story Robbie!

@wallystopher6583 6 жыл бұрын

Yes, Robbie, thank you for your observations. Funny how people were paying to boo. All those shows, you'd think one being more memorable wouldn't stay with you. But, Robbie, don't you remember Austin? I got there fairly early and watched all these other long-haired men and women streaming in. I thought just me and a few friends were letting our hair grow out, yet here were 4/5ths of the audience kicking in the long-hair tribes era at the first Dylan concert in Austin. We didn't throw anything, we didn't boo, we were right there with you. The first half of Bob alone onstage some frat rats kept yelling out for "Song to Woody." Bob finally replied, "Let's be reasonable about this." He was wering a tight mod checked outfit and Beatle boots. Curtain came down, puzzling sounds, curtain came up and y'all blasted into the first song. Loud for sure. Go ahead! We're with you. The musicians were all in tune, the harmonica was right on the edge of painfully loud. Everything was PERFECT. Came time for a lead guitar solo and Bob was right in front of you, facing you, and you were playing great guitar.The whole thing was awesome. I thought I was gonna have a heart attack, stoned and thrilled and blown away. If not the greatest concert I ever attended, it was up there in the top five, and at least three of those were Dylan concerts.

@oliveeisner8964 5 жыл бұрын

Was that 65 Austin concert at the old round Palmer Auditorium? They might have called it Municipal Auditorium back then. South of the river. I grew up in Austin but I was four yrs old in 65. time machine!!!

@Alum-- 4 жыл бұрын

Olive Eisner ;

@DirkRevisited 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this snippet. Soooo funny !

@AlohaMichaelDaly 6 жыл бұрын

amazing

@LilMissPatriot Жыл бұрын

What a great interview. I've been a major Dylan fan since the early 60s and I also like The Band!

@mellow5123 11 ай бұрын

I love this. Thank you.

@magicalpilgrim 11 ай бұрын

RIP Robbie, you are the best❤

@tomparker8932 4 жыл бұрын

yea it was a real time of change for sure....still alive and well

@ZionForman 5 жыл бұрын

Robbie is great, anyone who says otherwise is a dope

@danielfronc4304 3 жыл бұрын

I've followed The Band, all of the members, for 50 years and with J.R.R. you have to keep your hand on the pockets where your wallet and small bills fold might be. Lets just say he has a way of turning a tale and mesmerizing you, like a hypnotist.

@georgebudimir7801 Жыл бұрын

Love this video.

@blueishxx 11 ай бұрын

fabulous interview rip

@callmeishmael7452 4 жыл бұрын

Great interview.

@lin8148 4 жыл бұрын

Robbie was so beautiful.

@catherineogorman4388 4 жыл бұрын

He was so gorgeous. Age ravages all who have the gift of ageing!!!

@luizcelso7599 Жыл бұрын

Tive sorte de ter comprado o album do The Band/Bob Dylan, um dos melhore disco que eu já tive.

@gmajorspresents 6 жыл бұрын

Totally hillarious.

@thomaschristianwilliams4542 3 жыл бұрын

Great message!

@leftyspade 2 ай бұрын

Great one and totally correct- The Band and Dylan were out of this world great.

@theonemodifier 5 жыл бұрын

Great story telling here!

@comedybeersexappeal 5 жыл бұрын

Just watched "The Last Waltz" the other night (again)...they really were great.

@catherineogorman4388 4 жыл бұрын

Watched The Last Waltz last night...blown away!! Brilliant.

@musicola7371 5 жыл бұрын

Winter '66 Westchester County Center. No boo's from that audience. Watershed concert.

@Goomer 6 жыл бұрын

That was great.

@denisbacic2449 4 жыл бұрын

You guys from the band and boby and all similar to you from that music world a legends,and that is the fact,god bless

@devinjerryfreedomisfree4599 5 жыл бұрын

if you think about it, mid sixties Dylan was more of a protest singer than early sixties Dylan

@jakehoward2493 3 жыл бұрын

How do you mean?