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Jaime Royal " Robbie " 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 songwriter with The Band from their inception until 1978, and a solo artist. Robertson's work with the Band was instrumental ...
Robbie Robertson - Somewhere Down The Crazy River (Official Music Video) on YouTube. Alternative release. Side A of Canadian single. " Somewhere Down the Crazy River " is a 1987 song by Robbie Robertson, initially released on Robertson's debut solo album Robbie Robertson, with Sam Llanas on backing vocals. [2]
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down. " The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down " is a song written by Robbie Robertson. It was originally recorded by his Canadian-American roots rock group The Band in 1969 and released on their eponymous second album. Levon Helm provided the lead vocals. The song is a first-person narrative relating the economic ...
(From left to right) Garth Hudson, Robbie Robertson, Levon Helm, Richard Manuel and Rick Danko of The Band pose for a group portrait in London in June 1971. - Gijsbert Hanekroot/Redferns/Getty Images.
Besides Robertson, the group featured Arkansan drummer-singer Levon Helm and three other Canadians: bassist-singer-songwriter Rick Danko, keyboardist singer-songwriter Richard Manuel and all ...
10. "Ophelia" (1976) A song about a lost lover, "Ophelia" captures Robertson and the Band in particularly high spirits, crossing the elegant New Orleans funk of Allen Toussaint with the deft ...
The music for the piece was written by guitarist Robbie Robertson. Total authorship is typically credited solely to Robertson, although the lyrics, according to Levon Helm, were originally improvised by Helm and Richard Manuel, telling the story of a man who becomes sick when he is spurned by the woman he loves. [2]
The Weight. " The Weight " is a song by the Canadian-American group the Band that was released as a single in 1968 and on the group's debut album Music from Big Pink. It was their first release under this name, after their previous releases as Canadian Squires and Levon and the Hawks. Written by Band member Robbie Robertson, the song is about a ...