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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.
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Died at
45
Movies
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TV Shows
8.2
Avg Rating
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.
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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).
Gender
Male
Birthday
July 5, 1943
Died
August 9, 2023
Birthplace
Toronto, Ontario
Also Known As
Lennon or McCartney
2014
The Last Waltz
1978
Robbie Robertson: Going Home
1995
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
2005
The Crossing Guard
1995
Carny
1980
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
2017
Reel Injun
2010
Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble
2020
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band
2020
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013
2013
Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica
1992
Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll
1987
Revisiting 'The Last Waltz'
2002
Martin Scorsese Directs
1990
Movies Are My Life
1988
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007
2007
Festival Express
2003
Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson
1999
The Dancing Man of L.A.
2021
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