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Jaime Royal Robertson [1] OC (July 5, 1943 – August 9, 2023) was a Canadian musician of Indigenous ancestry. [2] He was lead guitarist for Bob Dylan in the mid-late 1960s and early-mid 1970s, guitarist and primary songwriter of The Band from their inception until 1978, and a solo artist.
The album was Robertson's first foray into writing music specifically inspired by his Mohawk heritage. Robertson brought in his son Sebastian Robertson to handle the drums on "Golden Feather", "Skinwalker", "It Is a Good Day to Die" and "Words of Fire, Deeds of Blood". His daughter Delphine Robertson sings backing vocals on "Coyote Dance".
Miscellaneous appearances by Robbie Robertson Year Title Album Notes 1973 "Raised on Robbery" Court and Spark: 1983 "Between Trains" The King of Comedy: original songs 1986 "Modern Blues" and "Main Title" The Color of Money: 1988 "Christmas Must Be Tonight" Scrooged: 1994 "Slo Burn", "Let the Good Times Roll" (with Cassandra Wilson), and "Bad ...
Long before Robbie Robertson became Martin Scorsese’s go-to film composer or music supervisor, the Canadian singer-songwriter-guitarist had a cinematic, storytelling edge to his songwriting.
Robbie Robertson, The Band’s lead guitarist and songwriter who in such classics as “The Weight” and “Up on Cripple Creek” mined American music and folklore and helped reshape ...
Robbie Robertson, the leader of the pioneering Americana group the Band, entered the pantheon of great rock songwriters early in his career. By the time the group released its self-titled second ...
Ghost Dance, the third novel in a children's fantasy trilogy by Susan Price; ... "Ghost Dance", a 1994 song by Robbie Robertson on the album Music for The Native ...
Robbie Robertson left a legacy of storytelling behind him when he died at age 80 on Aug. 9 in Los Angeles. It’s not just the tales he concocted for his work with the Band and, later, his solo ...