Robbie Robertson

Jaime Royal Robbie Robertson July 5 1943 August 9 2023 was a Canadian musician He was lead guitarist for Bob Dylan in the midlate 1960s and earlymid 1970s guitarist and songwriter with the Band from their inception until 1978 and a solo artist Robertsons 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 Canadas Walk of Fame with the Band and on his own He is ranked 59th in Rolling Stone magazines 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