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 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).
Known for
Classic Albums
Self
Lennon or McCartney
Self (voice)
Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble
Self
The Crossing Guard
Roger
The Last Waltz
Self
Carny
Patch
The Dancing Man of L.A.
Self (archive footage)
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band
Self
Chuck Berry - Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll
Self - DVD only
Martin Scorsese Directs
Self
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013
Self
Elvis Presley: The Searcher
Self
Festival Express
Self - The Band
Life Is a Carnival: A Musical Celebration of Robbie Robertson
Self (archive footage)
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007
Self
One World, One Voice
Self
Native America
Self - Narrator (voice)
Eat the Document
Self
Movies Are My Life
Self
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
Self
Reel Injun
Self
Robbie Robertson: A Retrospective - From the Band to the Rock'n'Roll Hall Of Fame
Himself
You Are What You Eat
Woodstock Diary
Self - The Band
Salt Lake City 2002 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Light the Fire Within
Robbie Robertson: Going Home
Self
World Tour 1966: The Home Movies
Self (archive footage)
Bob Dylan & The Band: Down In The Flood
Self
Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson
Self - Mohawk/Cayuga
The Band: Stage Fright (50th Anniversery Ed.)
MTV Rockumentary
Guitar Legends EXPO '92 at Sevilla - The Folk Rock Night
Himself
The Band - Live At The Academy Of Music 1971
Chitarra Solista voce
Buffy Sainte-Marie: A Multimedia Life
Self
The Allman Brothers Band: Live at Great Woods
Host
Ronnie Hawkins: Still Alive and Kickin
Shakin All Over: Canadian Pop Music in the 1960s
Self
Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On
Self
Wolves
Narrator (voice)
Charles Lloyd - Arrows Into Infinity
Guitar
Revisiting 'The Last Waltz'
Self
Curse of the Axe
Narrator
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
Asteroids: Deadly Impact
Narrator
Dakota Exile
Narrator
Saturday Night Live
Self - Musical Guest
Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm
Himself (archive footage)