Robbie Robertson: Leader of The Band and Architect of Shangri La
Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond
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The Night They Drived Old Dixie Down, Up on Cripple Creek, Whispering Pines
"There was a muddiness to it that suited the music. It was earthy, and I wanted that," he says. "We mixed that the guys in the band, we were all in there moving the album." The mastering guy's name is Bob Ludwig; you've got to get him to master your record,. So we take the record to Bob Ludwig, and he puts on the tape of the mixes and everything, and he says, oh, boy. He's like Tony Mae.
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