Robbie Robertson has passed away :-(


LOVE this guy! The Band was one of my favorites.

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R.I.P. Robbie...thanks for the tunes!!!

One of my favorite quotes:

Robertson said in 1968. “We just don’t think a name means anything. It’s gotten out of hand, the name thing. We don’t want to get into a fixed bag like that.”

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That 1987 debut album was my fav for close to 2 decades. I only started listening to the Band after getting into RR solo material. My fav meeting of the minds was the movie the Color of Money. My fav director, musician, and actor.

@yyzsantabarbara: Robbie acted in one movie, Carny (1980), in which Jodie Foster and Gary Busey star. Have you seen Robbie’s autobiographical film Once Were Brothers? Very interesting, well worth your time.

Not to minimize Robertson, but Band drummer Levon Helm was in a lot more movies than was Robbie, and Helm’s last two solo albums garnered him a Grammy for each. Levon’s albums draw from his Southern U.S.A. roots (particularly Hillbilly and Blues), while Robbie went in a more modern direction for his solo albums.

By the way, to hear some of Robbie’s best guitar playing, listen to the John Hammond, Jr. album So Many Roads, on which he, Levon, and Band organist Garth Hudson appear. Mike Bloomfield had been hired to play guitar on the sessions, but when he arrived at the studio Robertson was already plugged in. After hearing Robbie play, Mike moved over to piano. ;-) Robbie also plays on Hammond’s I Can Tell album.

It was The Hawks work with Hammond that brought them to the attention of Dylan, who hired them away from John. It wasn't until Music From Big Pink was being readied for release that The Hawks became The Band. At one point in time they were known as Levon & The Hawks. I have a coupla Atco Records 7" 45's from that era, which sold poorly.

Listening to Robbie Robertson's self titled solo circa 87 right now.  Has always been one of my favorite LPs

@bdp24 I have not seen Once we Were Brothers. I will try to check it out. I was reading a very long article about Quincy Jones the other day and I was thinking this is the most interesting man in the world. Robbie should also be very interesting.

On the Color of Money he did the score. I do not think he was in it. I do recall seeing the movie Carney. 

Problem with having a good audio system is I no longer watch TV or movies.