[Jim Moonan]

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There is nothing more enjoyable to me than a good story told well. Here's Robbie Robertson retelling a true story of when Bob Dylan asked him and Levon Helms (and eventually the whole band) to join him on tour. It encapsulates how creative energy overcomes everything.

https://youtu.be/wXtow6a4E-k
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[Mark McDonnell]

That was great Jim. And I'm always a sucker for footage of Dylan from 65/66. Though something about the reverence for these rock'n'roll/showbiz war stories does always remind me a bit of the cab driver from Spinal Tap. My dad used to bang on about Sinatra like this guy and it did my head in ha.

https://youtu.be/ZJxS_1LzUKw

[Tim McGrath]

Haven't seen Robertson since "The Last Waltz." Yikes. The guy who wrote "The Weight" really put some on.

[Simon Hunt]

Thanks, Jim. Like Mark, I have an interest in the period, and I always find Robbie interesting.

Tim, it looks to me like you had a joke you wanted to make rather than anything of much interest to say. I'd call it a cheap shot even if I wasn't a fan (and hadn't always thought JRR in fact particularly handsome). Seriously, we're going to call writers fat now? Man's appearance changes in 40 years between 33 and 73?! Total shocker.

[Tim McGrath]

He seems very comfortable with himself, so he doesn't need you to defend him. But when the difference is that apparent it's difficult not to notice. No biography of Orson Welles would fail to mention his weight.

[Andrew Mandelbaum]

What Simon said.
Come on. Dumb post. No body likes that kind of shit no matter their comfort levels or personal body size criteria.