Robbie Robertson
Personal Info
Known For
Sound
Known Credits
52
Gender
Male
Birthday
1943-07-05
Day of death
2023-08-09 (80 years old)
Place of Birth
Toronto, Ontario
Robbie Robertson
Biography
Jaime Royal "Robbie" Robertson (July 5, 1943 – August 9, 2023) was a Canadian musician. He was lead guitarist for Bob Dylan in the mid-late 1960s and early-mid 1970s, guitarist and songwriter with the Band from their inception until 1978, and a solo artist. Robertson's work with the Band was instrumental in creating the Americana music genre. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Canadian Music Hall of Fame as a member of the Band, and into Canada's Walk of Fame, with the Band and on his own. He is ranked 59th in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 greatest guitarists. He wrote "The Weight", "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down", and "Up on Cripple Creek" with the Band and had solo hits with "Broken Arrow" and "Somewhere Down the Crazy River", and many others. He was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, and received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Songwriters. Robertson collaborated on film and TV soundtracks, usually with director Martin Scorsese, beginning in the rockumentary film The Last Waltz (1978) and continuing through dramatic films including Raging Bull (1980), The King of Comedy (1983), The Color of Money (1986), Casino (1995), Gangs of New York (2002), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), Silence (2016), The Irishman (2019), and Killers of the Flower Moon (2023).
Known For
Saturday Night Live
Mr. Scorsese
Classic Albums
Salt Lake City 2002 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Light the Fire Within
Robbie Robertson: A Retrospective - From the Band to the Rock'n'Roll Hall Of Fame
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013
Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica
Bob Dylan & The Band: Down In The Flood
Charles Lloyd - Arrows Into Infinity
The Crossing Guard
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007
Road Songs: A Portrait of Robbie Robertson
Life Is a Carnival: A Musical Celebration of Robbie Robertson
The Last Waltz
Guitar Legends EXPO '92 at Sevilla - The Folk Rock Night
Shakin All Over: Canadian Pop Music in the 1960s
Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll
Reel Injun
The Band - Live At The Academy Of Music 1971
Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble
Festival Express
Elvis Presley: The Searcher
Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band
Movies Are My Life
The Dancing Man of L.A.
Martin Scorsese Directs
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
You Are What You Eat
MTV Rockumentary
Lennon or McCartney
Wolves
Robbie Robertson: Going Home
Carny
Woodstock Diary
Native America
Eat the Document
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
World Tour 1966: The Home Movies
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
One World, One Voice
The Band: Stage Fright (50th Anniversery Ed.)
Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On
Revisiting 'The Last Waltz'
Ronnie Hawkins: Still Alive and Kickin
Buffy Sainte-Marie: A Multimedia Life
Classic Albums: The Band - The Band
The Allman Brothers Band: Live at Great Woods
Asteroids: Deadly Impact
Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm
Curse of the Axe
Dakota Exile
