Robbie Robertson’s legacy will proceed to dwell on in a newly introduced memoir, titled Insomnia. The late rock legend particulars the story of his longtime pal and collaborator, Martin Scorsese, following his New York Occasions bestselling memoir, 2016’s Testimony.
Robertson’s story with Scorsese goes again a good distance. For 4 a long time, the musician produced music for the director’s movies. Robertson was the songwriter and founding member of the Americana pioneers The Band. Their inventive partnership started when Robertson satisfied Scorsese to direct The Final Waltz, the long-lasting movie of the Band’s farewell efficiency on the Winterland Ballroom on Thanksgiving 1976.
“Both men, already culture-transforming stars before the age of 35, stood at a creative precipice, searching for the beginning of a new phase of life and work,” the ebook’s synopsis reads. “As their friendship deepened into a career-altering collaboration, their shared journey would take them around the world and down the rabbit hole of American culture in the long hangover of the 70s.”
Insomnia additionally options reminiscences with entertainers like Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, Federico Fellini, Sophia Loren, Sam Fuller, Liza Minelli, and Tuesday Weld.
When Robertson handed away in 2023 in Los Angeles after a protracted sickness, Scorsese paid homage: “Robbie Robertson was one of my closest friends, a constant in my life and my work. I could always go to him as a confidante. A collaborator. An advisor. I tried to be the same for him. It goes without saying that he was a giant, that his effect on the art form was profound and lasting. There’s never enough time with anyone you love. And I loved Robbie.”
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