January 24, 2007

Dylan, the Band, and a Broadway musical

Robert Robertson Won’t Stand on CeremonyRR: I just like the challenges of different things. Like right now I’m doing this Native American Broadway Musical. It’s really pushing me up against the wall and making me do some stuff that I’m excited about. I’ve never done anything like that before. I’m working with brilliant people on it. That’s really interesting to me. I’ve just done some music for Martin Scorsese’s new film, The Departed. I’ve worked on most of his movies ever since The Last Waltz in one capacity or another. Sometimes it’s not even describable exactly what it is that I’m doing on some of these movies, but it’s really just brainstorming and figuring out and trying and going against the grain and trying some things just for the filmmaking experience. So, that’s always fun and Marty’s a really good buddy of mine. I always like the opportunity for us to do stuff together. So, I’m doing that and I’m working on a collection of music for children. None of it’s got anything to do with the usual path.

4 comments:

Rob said...

Robertson's connection to Dylan may be of interest to some. Think of the subtle Native ways he may have influenced Dylan. But this is why I helpfully post the key passages for readers...so they don't have to slog through whole articles.

Anonymous said...

Why so critical of Robbie, Russ? Robertson's an icon, and he's earned it. More power to him. If his 45-year career as a songwriter, musician and producer is evident of what to expect, I'm anxiously awaiting to see what he comes up with. Sound like you're eatin' too many sour grapes lately...

Rob said...

Are you sure that subheading was DEVASTATION and not DECIMATION? ;-)

Rob said...

Needless to say, we've already discussed the (present) definition of "decimation." And I shared the definition of "semantics" with you in my response to Adam Beach's Big News.