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Seems most commenters know him from the Band, so I thought I'd share how I know him instead since I seem to be in the minority. When I was a kid my father gave
by windowshopping 3y ago
Seems most commenters know him from the Band, so I thought I'd share how I know him instead since I seem to be in the minority.
When I was a kid my father gave me a copy of "Music for the Native Americans"[0], an album he put together in collaboration with several Native American artists as a soundtrack for a documentary. It's my favorite album ever written. I know that's just because I grew up listening to it so it rooted itself somewhere deep in my brain during my formative years, but I hope someone else might find it now and hear something beautiful in it too.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_for_The_Native_Americans#:~:text=Music%20for%20The%20Native%20Americans%20is%20a%201994%20album%20by,inspired%20by%20his%20Mohawk%20heritage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_for_The_Native_Americans....
- drumhead 3y agoIf he did that today it would be called "cultural appropriation" and his reputation would be trashed. But thankfully he did it years ago so we've still got a chance to hear this sort of rare music.
- IanHalbwachs 3y agoHis mother was First Nations
- slac 3y agoHis mother was Cayuga and Mohawk. I fail to understand why he would be accused of cultural appropriation? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbie_Robertson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbie_Robertson
- drumhead 3y agoIf he wasn't native American?
- windowshopping 3y agoOkay, but he was, so.... this comment is pretty empty. And even if he wasn't, he made this music in collaboration with First Nations musicians. I don't think there's a taboo against people working with each other who aren't of the same ethnic background. Cultural appropriation accusations usually come up when someone who has nothing to do with a certain ethnic background starts drawing on it for something - and even then those accusations are often pretty empty.
- jordanf 3y agoThanks for the recommendation. Just listened to it this morning. Really beautiful album.