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Robbie Robertson

Personal Info

Known For

Sound

Birthdate

1943-07-05

Day of Death

2023-08-09

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).

Filmography (44)

⭐ 0 Role: Self (archive footage)

Life Is a Carnival: A Musical Celebration of Robbie Robertson

2024
⭐ 7.5 Role: Self

Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On

2022
⭐ 0 Role: Self (archive footage)

The Dancing Man of L.A.

2021
⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

The Band: Stage Fright (50th Anniversery Ed.)

2021
⭐ 5.5 Role: Self

Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble

2020
⭐ 6.8 Role: Self

Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band

2020
⭐ 7.6 Role: Self

Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World

2017
⭐ 5.3 Role: Self (voice)

Lennon or McCartney

2014
⭐ 6.0 Role: Guitar

Charles Lloyd - Arrows Into Infinity

2014
⭐ 5.8 Role: Self

Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013

2013
⭐ 6.0 Role: Chitarra Solista voce

The Band - Live At The Academy Of Music 1971

2013
⭐ 10.0 Role: Self

Bob Dylan & The Band: Down In The Flood

2012
⭐ 0 Role: Narrator

Curse of the Axe

2012
⭐ 6.2 Role: Self (archive footage)

Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm

2010
⭐ 7.0 Role: Self

Reel Injun

2010