Jonathan Taplin, the Oscar-nominated filmmaker who produced Martin Scorcese’s first film, Mean Streets, and has written books including The End of Reality: How Four Billionaires Are Selling a Fantasy Future of the Metaverse, Mars and Crypto, served as tour manager for The Band from 1969 through 1976’s The Last Waltz. Taplin remained close with Robertson through the guitarist’s death Wednesday at 81. Reached by phone at his home in Los Angeles, below he discusses Robertson’s career and legacy.
I was producing a tribute to Woody Guthrie in New York for Harold Leventhal, who had been Woody’s manager, with Judy Collins and…
