Posted on 08/09/2023 1:11:09 PM PDT by Chode
Guitarist-songwriter-singer Robbie Robertson, who led the Canadian-American group the Band to rock prominence in the 1970s and worked extensively with Bob Dylan and Martin Scorsese, has died. He was 80.
According to an announcement from his management, Robertson died Wednesday in Los Angeles after a long illness.
In a statement, Robertson’s manager of 34 years, Jared Levine, said “Robbie was surrounded by his family at the time of his death, including his wife, Janet, his ex-wife, Dominique, her partner Nicholas, and his children Alexandra, Sebastian, Delphine, and Delphine’s partner Kenny. He is also survived by his grandchildren Angelica, Donovan, Dominic, Gabriel and Seraphina. Robertson recently completed his fourteenth film music project with frequent collaborator Martin Scorsese, ‘Killers of the Flower Moon.’ In lieu of flowers, the family has asked that donations be made to the Six Nations of the Grand River to support a new Woodland Cultural Center.”
‘Robbie and Eric trading solos on Thanksgiving in 1976 at Winterland:’
some pursuits in life are well attuned for success; trading riffs with Clapton has never been one of them...
You are a person of impeccable taste, dfwgator. I have about ten thousand albums in my collection. Every single Cracker album would be in my top 100. They are certainly a top-ten band for me. It’s amazing to me that they haven’t gained wider recognition over all these years.
Beautiful song!
It’s “Fallen Angel.” Peter Gabriel drums.
Love it!
“The Weight” is my favorite Band song - so perfect in structure, lyrics and music.
The best version is The Band with the Staple Singers from the Last Waltz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRTqa6Y6eWY
When I was in Vietnam in 1968 we had only a dozen rock albums. The post exchange of course was always full of Country. But one of those dozen albums was Music From Big Pink. I must’ve heard it 200 times and never tried of it. I still listen to it from time to time. RIP, Robbie
Garth last man standing
Levon and Robbie can get back to arguing royalties now
Robbie could write a good Americana country rock tune for a Canadian
100%
amen...
yup, never gets old... RIP
RIP
That’s my favorite too. I have a digitally remastered copy of The Last Waltz onDVD.
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RIP
Take a load off, Robbie.
Damn. Just damn. I’ve always been a huge fan of “The Band,” and now their front man has passed away. Requiescat in pace, Robbie. You shall be relieved.
RiP andb tks so much for all the music..........his later solo work ...will more than stand the test of time, ....some of the best albums ever made.....
One of the greatest collaborations of the past century. A brilliant guy. Hope he was a believer.
The Last Waltz is one of my favorite “rockumentaries” - love that version of “The Weight.”
Excellent suggestion - we are always looking for a movie for Thanksgiving and “Planes, Trains and Automobiles” has been viewed too many times.
All of us are HUGE fans of “Last Waltz.”
Thanks for posting The Weight from The Last Waltz - I set it up on the dinner table and we all watched it.
Have a DVD somewhere of The Last Waltz - hope it didn’t get tossed...
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