“I thought, ‘Wouldn’t it be great to write a song with just one chord?’ And in the restriction of writing with one chord I found a freedom that I’d never found before”: When Neil Diamond broke new ground with The Band’s Robbie Robertson

Music Gear, Equipment, News, Tutorials & Reviews [Unofficial] February 17, 2026

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“That song had to stay on that one chord to maintain the tension of the whole thing”