{"id":187943,"date":"2023-08-10T09:19:22","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T13:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=187943"},"modified":"2023-08-10T14:22:22","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T18:22:22","slug":"r-i-p-robbie-robertson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=187943","title":{"rendered":"R.I.P. Robbie Robertson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jREUrbGGrgM\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\nWe&#8217;re saying goodbye to so many legends. This one&#8217;s hard. I immediately thought of the interview Robbie Roberson gave at the very beginning of the documentary <i>Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World<\/i>. The documentary starts with Link Wray, and Robertson&#8217;s memories of seeing him on television in the late &#8217;50s and being blown away &#8211; not just by his music &#8211; but that &#8230;. <i>he was an indigenous person too<\/i>. Robertson couldn&#8217;t BELIEVE it. He came from a musical family, everyone played music, but here was a guy on TELEVISION, rocking harder than anyone else ever had before him, changing the sound, changing the way guitars were played &#8211; and &#8230; the world opened up to this young boy. If Link Wray could do it, if an &#8220;Indian&#8221; could make it big, then he could make it big too. Anyway, I looked for a clip of that interview on YouTube and couldn&#8217;t find it, although the film&#8217;s trailer starts with him. <\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8E1VVadxjRw\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>All of tributes pouring in from his friends and colleagues and fans are beautiful and sad: Martin Scorsese, Joni Mitchell &#8230; I love his collaboration back in the &#8217;80s with my pal Maria McKee. She&#8217;s been sharing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CvvYRBCvUHV\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">some of her memories<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cvv2IzurKdJ\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>. He seems to have been universally loved. <\/p>\n<p>What are we supposed to do now? Someone like Robbie Robertson leaves a big hole when they go. The hole can&#8217;t be filled with a replacement. But the music he made will play on forever. <\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Image-8-10-23-at-9.18-AM-e1691673533943.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"468\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-187946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Image-8-10-23-at-9.18-AM-e1691673533943.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Image-8-10-23-at-9.18-AM-e1691673533943-200x134.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Image-8-10-23-at-9.18-AM-e1691673533943-400x267.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Image-8-10-23-at-9.18-AM-e1691673533943-100x67.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re saying goodbye to so many legends. This one&#8217;s hard. I immediately thought of the interview Robbie Roberson gave at the very beginning of the documentary Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World. 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