Robbie Robertson walks through the inspiration behind “The Weight” in a clip from the upcoming documentary, Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band, in theaters February 21st. The clip, shared via Paste Magazine, features Robertson tracing the initial inspiration behind their 1968 classic to his Martin D-28. “On Martin …
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Robbie Robertson staged his first late-night performance in eight years Wednesday with a rendition of “Let Love Reign,” the John Lennon-inspired song from the former Band leader’s new album Sinematic. The Tonight Show house band the Roots backed the guitarist for a brassy take on the track. In a statement, …
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When Eric Clapton first heard the Band, he knew he was done with Cream. “I’m in the wrong place with the wrong people doing the wrong thing,” the guitarist later recalled thinking, and he wasn’t the only one left stunned by the group’s laid-back revolution. Synthesizing R&B, country, blues and …
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