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| Born | Jaime Royal Robertson July 5, 1943 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | August 9, 2023 (aged 80) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1957–2023 |
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| Children | 3, including Sebastian |
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| Formerly of | The Band |
Jaime Royal Robertson[1] OC (July 5, 1943 – August 9, 2023) was a Canadian musician of Indigenous and Jewish ancestry. He was the lead guitarist for Bob Dylan's backing band in the mid-late 1960s and early-mid 1970s. Robertson was also the guitarist and primary songwriter of The Band from its inception until 1978, after which time he enjoyed a lengthy solo career.
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; he was also inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame, both with the Band and on his own. Robertson is ranked 59th in Rolling Stone magazine's 2011 list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time.[2] He wrote "The Weight", "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down", and "Up on Cripple Creek" with the Band. Robertson also had solo hits with "Broken Arrow" and "Somewhere Down the Crazy River", among others. He was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame and received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Songwriters.[3]
Robertson collaborated on film and TV soundtracks, usually with director Martin Scorsese. His soundtrack work began with the rockumentary film The Last Waltz (1978) and included dramatic films such as 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). Robertson scored Killers of the Flower Moon shortly before his death;[4] the film was dedicated to his memory[5] and garnered him a posthumous nomination for Best Original Score at the Academy Awards.[6]
- ^ Robertson, Sebastian (2014). Rock and Roll Highway: The Robbie Robertson Story. New York: Henry Holt and Co. ISBN 978-0-8050-9473-2.
- ^ "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". Rolling Stone. November 23, 2011. Archived from the original on December 30, 2015. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
- ^ Warner/Chappell. "Robbie Robertson: Our Artists and Producers". Retrieved April 27, 2017.
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