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Robbie Robertson August 9, 2023 RIP and Thanks for the Memories. Please Like and Subscribe, it's what enables small channels to share music and the links to great artists.
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Mini - Bio below. From @SouthernRocker community page. RIP Robbie Robertson, Bob Dylan's lead guitarist for many years and a co-founder of the Band. He was instrumental in developing roots rock and the Americana genre in the late sixties and seventies. He later had a successful solo career and worked with director Martin Scorsese composing soundtracks for his films from 1978 until his passing. He was awarded the "Order of Canada" and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. He died Aug. 9 at the age of 80 after a year-long battle with prostate cancer.
From: Variety - Guitarist-songwriter-singer Robbie Robertson, who led the Canadian-American group the Band to rock prominence in the 1970s and worked extensively with Bob Dylan and Martin Scorsese, has died. He was 80. In a statement, Robertson's manager of 34 years, Jared Levine, said, "Robble was surrounded by his family at the time of his death, including his wife, Janet, his ex-wife, Dominique, her partner Nicholas, and his children Alexandra, Sebastian, Delphine, and Delphine's partner Kenny. He is also survived by his grandchildren Angelica, Donovan, Dominic, Gabriel and Seraphina. Robertson recently completed his fourteenth film music project with frequent collaborator Martin Scorsese, 'Killers of the Flower Moon. In lieu of flowers, the family has asked that donations be made to the Six Nations of the Grand River to support a new Woodland Cultural Center.