Robbie Robertson

El concepto de globalización se considera algo bastante moderno pero según el autor de este libro, no es así. De hecho la humanidad ha experimentado tres diferentes oleadas de globalización en los últimos cinco siglos. Robbie Robertson hace una reinterpretacion de la historia de la humanidad como un proceso de globalizacion creciente, que se ha acelerado en los ultimos cinco siglos. Cada una de ellas ha cambiado el contexto en el que viven los humanos y la forma en que se ven a si mismos y al mundo. En concreto, ha hecho posible el desarrollo de una conciencia global. Pero todavia es una conciencia debil y vulnerable y para entender la importancia de una conciencia global hay que contextualizar la globalizacion historicamente. Y eso es lo que hace el autor de este libro. Sobre todo conocer que problemas internacionales, guerras o crisis economicas ha provocado cada ola de globalizacion y aprender las lecciones de la historia para analizar si la actual ola de globalizacion podria conducir en la misma direccion.

The rock legend tells the story of his wild ride with Martin Scorsese as friends, adventure-seekers, and boundary-pushing collaborators with all the heart of his New York Times bestselling memoir TestimonyIntense, exciting, deliriousTHE TIMESThrilling, beautiful, honestTELEGRAPHA wild rideROLLING STONE---For four decades, Robbie Robertson produced music for Martin Scorseses films, a relationship that began when Robertson convinced Scorsese to direct The Last Waltz, the iconic film of the Bands farewell performance at the Winterland Ballroom on Thanksgiving 1976.The closing of the Bands story with that landmark concert thrust Robertson into a new and uncertain world. With his relationship with his bandmates deteriorating and his marriage collapsing, Robertson arrived on Scorseses Beverly Hills doorstep only to find his friend in similar straits. Before the night was out, Scorsese had invited him to move in. Both men, already culture-transforming stars before the age of thirty-five, stood at a creative precipice, searching for the beginning of a new phase of life and work. 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 seventies. Buffeted on either side by temptation and paranoia, veering closer to self-destruction than either wanted to admit, together they had devoted themselves to a partnership defined by equal parts admiration and ambition.With a cast of characters featuring Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, Federico Fellini, Sophia Loren, Sam Fuller, Liza Minelli, Tuesday Weld, and many more, Insomnia is an intimate portrait of a remarkable creative friendship between two titans of American arts, one that would explore the outer limits of excess and experience before returning to tell the tale.

Robbie Robertsons singular contributions to popular music have made him one of the most beloved songwriters and guitarists of his time. With songs like The Weight, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down and Up on Cripple Creek, he and his partners in the Band fashioned a music that has endured for decades, influencing countless musicians.In this captivating memoir, written over five years of reflection, Robbie employs his unique storytellers voice to weave together the journey that led him to some of the most pivotal events in music history. He recounts the adventures of his half-Jewish, half-Mohawk upbringing on the Six Nations Indian Reserve and on the gritty streets of Toronto; his odyssey at sixteen to the Mississippi Delta, the fountainhead of American music; the wild, early years on the road with rockabilly legend Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks; his unexpected ties to the Cosa Nostra underworld; the gripping trial-by-fire of going electric with Bob Dylan on his 1966 world tour and their ensuing celebrated collaborations; the formation of the Band and the forging of their unique sound, culminating with historys most famous farewell concert, brought to life for all time in Martin Scorseses great movie The Last Waltz. This is the story of a time and place - the moment when rock n roll became life, when legends like Buddy Holly and Bo Diddley crisscrossed the circuit of clubs and roadhouses from Texas to Toronto, when the Beatles, Hendrix, the Stones and Warhol moved through the same streets and hotel rooms. Its the story of exciting change as the world tumbled through the 60s and early 70s and a generation came of age, built on music, love and freedom. Above all, its the moving story of the profound friendship among five young men who together created a new kind of popular music.Testimony is Robbie Robertsons story, lyrical and true, as only he could tell it.

«Un libro de recuerdos y sorpresas, testimonio personal de una época mágica de la música norteamericana, relatado por alguien que estuvo allí, en el centro de todo. Puedes sentir la música en cada pa

The rock legend tells the story of his wild ride with Martin Scorsese as friends adventure seekers and boundary pushing collaborators with all the heart of his New York Times bestselling memoir Testimony For four decades Robbie Robertson produced music for Martin Scorsese s films a relationship that began when Robertson convinced Scorsese to direct The Last Waltz the iconic film of the Band s farewell performance at the Winterland Ballroom on Thanksgiving 1976 The closing of the Band s story with that landmark concert thrust Robertson into a new and uncertain world With his relationship with his bandmates deteriorating and his marriage collapsing Robertson arrived on Scorsese s Beverly Hills doorstep only to find his friend in similar straits Before the night was out Scorsese had invited him to move in Both men already culture transforming stars before the age of thirty five stood at a creative precipice searching for the beginning of a new phase of life and work 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 seventies Buffeted on either side by temptation and paranoia veering closer to self destructi