Testimony

He grew up in Toronto and on the Brantford Six Nations Reserve before heading to Arkansas to join Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks. . ROBBIE ROBERTSON was the guitarist and principal songwriter in The Band. Robertson is also one of the coauthors of the children's book Legends, Icons & Rebels. He lives in Los Angeles an

You can feel the music in every word.” —Martin Scorsese  “Well, once I started, I couldn’t put it down. Longlisted for the 2017 Penderyn Music Book Prize“The guitarist and principal songwriter with The Band has a new memoir out, and it cements his reputation as a master storyteller.” —Guelph Mercury Tribune “Testimony will please hardcore Robertson fans.” —National Post “The ultimate backstage pass.” —Canadian Living“A rollicking, detailed memoir that covers the near-mythical beginni

Gregory Gross said Testimony: the story of The Band. I've read most of the rock star books. Life by Keith Richards was in a league of its own until Robbie Robertson's Testimony. Next to Keiths book this is the best book that has come out of the rock era. Robbie Robertson pulls no punches in describing the rise of the Band during the volatile years of the late sixties and early seventies. All of the excess is presented in detail. If you're a survivor of those times you'll recognize the feel of Woodstock ingrained in the pages. He treats the members of The Band with honest dignity and he avoids the long struggle with Levon Helm over publishing right. Stuart Jefferson said A SHARPLY RECALLED LOOK AT AN EXCITING LIFE.. This thick tome (A SHARPLY RECALLED LOOK AT AN EXCITING LIFE. Stuart Jefferson This thick tome (495 pages) is a testament to Robertson's recall of the many parts of his life, while covering only the first 33 years of his life. From childhood to learning guitar, to hearing the various styles of music that would influence him, to his early days backing Ronnie Hawkins in his backing band the Hawks playing the rough roadhouses and joints, to his crossing paths and playing with Dylan (and not wanting to leave his fellow band members in the Hawks), and then to his time in The Band, to the drugs and money that helped tear the band apart, and finally winding up his story at the le. 95 pages) is a testament to Robertson's recall of the many parts of his life, while covering only the first A SHARPLY RECALLED LOOK AT AN EXCITING LIFE. This thick tome (A SHARPLY RECALLED LOOK AT AN EXCITING LIFE. Stuart Jefferson This thick tome (495 pages) is a testament to Robertson's recall of the many parts of his life, while covering only the first 33 years of his life. From childhood to learning guitar, to hearing the various styles of music that would influence him, to his early days backing Ronnie Hawkins in his backing band the Hawks playing the rough roadhouses and joints, to his crossing paths and playing with Dylan (and not wanting to leave his fellow band members in the Hawks), and then to his time in The Band, to the drugs and money that helped tear the band apart, and finally winding up his story at the le. 95 pages) is a testament to Robertson's recall of the many parts of his life, while covering only the first 33 years of his life. From childhood to learning guitar, to hearing the various styles of music that would influence him, to his early days backing Ronnie Hawkins in his backing band the Hawks playing the rough roadhouses and joints, to his crossing paths and playing with Dylan (and not wanting to leave his fellow band members in the Hawks), and then to his time in The Band, to the drugs and money that helped tear the band apart, and finally winding up his story at the le. A SHARPLY RECALLED LOOK AT AN EXCITING LIFE. This thick tome (A SHARPLY RECALLED LOOK AT AN EXCITING LIFE. Stuart Jefferson This thick tome (495 pages) is a testament to Robertson's recall of the many parts of his life, while covering only the first 33 years of his life. From childhood to learning guitar, to hearing the various styles of music that would influence him, to his early days backing Ronnie Hawkins in his backing band the Hawks playing the rough roadhouses and joints, to his crossing paths and playing with Dylan (and not wanting to leave his fellow band members in the Hawks), and then to his time in The Band, to the drugs and money that helped tear the band apart, and finally winding up his story at the le. 95 pages) is a testament to Robertson's recall of the many parts of his life, while covering only the first 33 years of his life. From childhood to learning guitar, to hearing the various styles of music that would influence him, to his early days backing Ronnie Hawkins in his backing band the Hawks playing the rough roadhouses and joints, to his crossing paths and playing with Dylan (and not wanting to leave his fellow band members in the Hawks), and then to his time in The Band, to the drugs and money that helped tear the band apart, and finally winding up his story at the le. years of his life. From childhood to learning guitar, to hearing the various styles of music that would influence him, to his early days backing Ronnie Hawkins in his backing band the Hawks playing the rough roadhouses and joints, to his crossing paths and playing with Dylan (and not wanting to leave his fellow band members in the Hawks), and then to his time in The Band, to the drugs and money that helped tear the band apart, and finally winding up his story at the le. "A Must Read!!" according to Linda Q. If I could give this book more than 5 stars, I would! I literally could not stop reading. I have loved The Band since MFBP and am a rabid Robbie fan, so I knew I would like Testimony. However, I felt that I had read and collected so much over the years that I already knew everything. I was not prepared for what I would encounter. I started reading the first page and was immediately immersed in another world. Robbie has always been known as an outstanding songwriter/story-teller, but he outdid himself on this book. His words grabbed me by the hand and I walked his journey with him. His writing is

Above all, it's the moving story of the profound friendship between five young men who together created a new kind of popular music. 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 “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 history's most famous farewell concert, brought to life for all time in Martin Scorsese's great movie The Last Waltz.       This is the story of a time and plac