An interesting confluence of birthdays today: Robbie Robertson and the RZA. You could say that both have spent considerable time as musical masterminds presiding over groups of formidable talents; would that make the Wu-Tang Clan the Band of hip-hop? I guess it would.
Since I just downloaded a groovy new table-making plug-in for WordPress, let’s look at them in table form, shall we?
| Robbie Robertson | The RZA | |
|---|---|---|
| Birth Name | Jaime Robert Klegerman | Robert Fitzgerald Diggs |
| DOB | July 5, 1943 | July 5, 1969 |
| Hometown | Toronto | Brooklyn |
| Personal Factoid | Mother was Mohawk, father was Jewish | Named after Bobby and John Kennedy |
| Professional Factoid | Produced Neil Diamond's "Beautiful Noise" | Appears on Shaquille O'Neal's "Shaq-Fu: Da Return" |
| Musical Groups | The Band, Levon & the Hawks, Little Caesar & The Consuls, Robbie Robertson and the Rhythm Chords, Robbie & The Robots, Thumper & the Trambones | Wu-Tang Clan, Gravediggaz, All in Together Now |
| Eccentric Musical Associate | Garth Hudson, Bob Dylan | Ol' Dirty Bastard |
| Best-Known Compositions | The Weight, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, Up on Cripple Creek | Bring the Ruckus, Protect Ya Neck, C.R.E.A.M. |
| Movie Appearances | Carny, The Crossing Guard | Ghost Dog, Funny People, American Gangster |
This IS Groovy.