The onetime Band leader on the art of creating timeless sounds, the album as a journey, and the resurfacing of the ever-mysterious “Madame X.”
When Robbie Robertson met Jimi Hendrix in New York’s Greenwich Village in 1966, Hendrix (then going by the name of Jimmy James) was intent on learning about a subject crucial to his future as an artist. “He only wanted to talk about songwriting,” revealed Robertson.