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Robbie Robertson

Robbie Robertson

Sound · 1943 – 2023 · Toronto, Ontario

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).

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  • Movie6.0

    The Crossing Guard

    1995 · 294 votes

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    The Last Waltz

    1978 · 320 votes

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    Movies Are My Life

    1988 · 4 votes

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    Reel Injun

    2010 · 40 votes

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    Lennon or McCartney

    2014 · 29 votes

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    Festival Express

    2003 · 26 votes

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    Carny

    1980 · 43 votes

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    Saturday Night Live

    1975 · 527 votes

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    Classic Albums

    1997 · 8 votes

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    Mr. Scorsese

    2025 · 31 votes

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    MTV Rockumentary

    1989 · 1 votes

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    Native America

    2019 · 3 votes