the man who introduced merino sheep to America. Cutts's wife Mary Jarvis was herself a descendant of John Cutt through her father.

References

External links
Genealogy of the Cutts family in America (1892)
New Hampshire Almanac: History
John Cutt, Seacoast NH
Commission of John Cutt, 1680, The Avalon Project
Gravestone of Hannah Cutt (nee Starr), wife of John Cutt
The Origin of Robert, Richard and John Cutt, Collections, Historic and Miscellaneous, John Farmer, 1824

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"It's a goddamn impossible way of life."

Those words were spoken by Robbie Robertson, guitarist, songwriter and singer, to Martin Scorsese, filmmaker, during an interview that appears in The Last Waltz, the cinematic document of the 1976 farewell concert by Robertson’s revered ensemble, The Band. The way of life to which he referred was what musicians often refer to simply as "The Road" — the life of a touring rock 'n' roller, and the toll that existence has taken on the physical and mental well-being of so many great performing artists.Robertson discussed the sixteen years he and his colleagues spent on the road, first as the backing band for early rock legend Ronnie Hawkins, then working with Bob Dylan on his tumultuous early electric-era tours,