I did some work for this guy a while ago -
I can't say that I'm into it as much as I am Robbie Robertson or Buffy Ste Marie but if you happen to be listening to it in the desert out here some evening during spring or fall it takes on a whole different meaning.
I did some work for this guy a while ago -
I can't say that I'm into it as much as I am Robbie Robertson or Buffy Ste Marie but if you happen to be listening to it in the desert out here some evening during spring or fall it takes on a whole different meaning.
Robertson is also Canadian. I believe his first gig was with a Canadian legend, Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks along with Levon Helm. Robertson has said many times it was Hawkins' insistence on perfection that drew the attention of Bob Dylan, an association that led to The Band.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_Hawkins
They were a regular band we danced to in my teens.
Best song: "Somewhere down the crazy river..." you gotta love the line "...the wind just kind of pushed me there..."
'Take a picture of this...'
"Whoa, this is sure stirring up some ghosts for me!"
That song stirred up some ghosts for me, too- the beat poets, Jack Kerouac- I was too young at the time but really got into that scene later.
Those lyrics are wonderful.
It's a remarkable thing that what I think of as a landmark American song, 'The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down' was written by a Canadian.
And yeah, he was a Ronnie Hawkins' Hawk.
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