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Robbie Robertson

May 02, 2023

For other people named Robbie Robertson, see Robbie Robertson (disambiguation).
"Jaime Robertson" redirects here. Not to be confused with Jamie Robertson.

Jaime Royal "Robbie" Robertson,[1] OC (born July 5, 1943), is a Canadian musician.[2] He is best known for his work as lead guitarist and songwriter for the Band, and for his career as a solo recording artist. With the deaths of Richard Manuel in 1986, Rick Danko in 1999, and Levon Helm in 2012, Robertson is one of only two living original members of the Band, with the other being Garth Hudson.[3]

Robbie Robertson
OC
Robertson in 2001
Background information
Born (1943-07-05) July 5, 1943 (age 79)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • songwriter
  • singer
Instrument(s)
  • Guitar
  • vocals
  • keyboards
Years active1957–present
Labels
Formerly of

Robertson's work with the Band was instrumental in creating the Americana music genre. Robertson has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Canadian Music Hall of Fame as a member of the Band, and has been inducted to Canada's Walk of Fame, both with the Band and on his own. He is ranked 59th in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 greatest guitarists.[4] As a songwriter, Robertson is credited for writing "The Weight", "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down", "Up on Cripple Creek" with the Band, and had solo hits with "Broken Arrow" and "Somewhere Down the Crazy River", and many others. He has been inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, and received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Songwriters.[5]

As a film soundtrack producer and composer, Robertson is known for his collaborations with director Martin Scorsese, which began with the rockumentary film The Last Waltz (1978), and continued through a number of dramatic films, including Raging Bull (1980), The King of Comedy (1983), Casino (1995), The Departed (2006), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) and The Irishman (2019). He has worked on many other soundtracks for film and television.

Early life

Robertson was born Jaime Royal Robertson[6] on July 5, 1943. He was an only child. His mother was Rosemarie Dolly Chrysler, born February 6, 1922.[7] She was Cayuga and Mohawk,[8] raised on the Six Nations Reserve southwest of Toronto, Ontario. Chrysler lived with an aunt in the Cabbagetown neighbourhood of Toronto and worked at the Coro jewellery plating factory. She met James Patrick Robertson at the factory and they married in 1942.[9]

Rosemarie and James Robertson continued to work at the factory where they met. The family lived in several homes in different Toronto neighbourhoods when Robbie was a child.[10]: 55 [11]: 65  He often travelled with his mother to the Six Nations Reserve to visit her family. It was here that Robertson was mentored in playing guitar by family members, in particular his older cousin Herb Myke. He became a fan of rock 'n' roll and R&B through the radio, listening to disc jockey George "Hound Dog" Lorenz play rock 'n' roll on WKBW in Buffalo, New York, and staying up at night to listen to disc jockey John R.'s all-night blues show on WLAC, a clear-channel station in Nashville, Tennessee.[12]: 56 [13]: 65–66 

When Robertson was in his early teens, his parents separated. His mother revealed to Robertson that his biological father was not James, but Alexander David Klegerman, a Jewish man whom she had met working at the Coro factory. He became a professional gambler and was killed in a hit-and-run accident on the Queen Elizabeth Way. She had been with him while James Robertson was stationed in Newfoundland with the Canadian Army, before she married James. After telling Robertson, his mother arranged for the youth to meet his paternal uncles Morris (Morrie) and Nathan (Natie) Klegerman.[14]

Career

When Robertson was 14, he worked two brief summer jobs in the travelling carnival circuit, first for a few days in a suburb of Toronto, and later as an assistant at a freak show for three weeks during the Canadian National Exhibition. He drew from this for his song "Life is a Carnival" (with the Band) and the movie Carny (1980), which he produced and starred in.[15]

The first band Robertson joined was Little Caesar and the Consuls, formed in 1956 by pianist/vocalist Bruce Morshead and guitarist Gene MacLellan. He stayed with the group for almost a year, playing popular songs of the day at local teen dances. In 1957 he formed Robbie and the Rhythm Chords with his friend Pete "Thumper" Traynor (who would later found Traynor Amplifiers). They changed the name to Robbie and the Robots after they watched the film Forbidden Planet and took a liking to the film's character Robby the Robot. Traynor customized Robertson's guitar for the Robots, fitting it with antennae and wires to give it a space age look. Traynor and Robertson joined with pianist Scott Cushnie and became The Suedes. At a Suedes show on October 5, 1959, when they played CHUM Radio's Hif Fi Club on Toronto's Merton Street, Ronnie Hawkins first became aware of them and was impressed enough to join them for a few numbers. [11]: 66 [12]: 56–57 [16] [17]

With Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks

Robertson began shadowing Hawkins. After the Suedes opened for the Arkansas-based rockabilly group Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks at Dixie Arena, Hawkins hired Robertson for the Hawks' road crew.[18] Hawkins recorded two songs co-credited to Robertson, "Hey Baba Lou" and "Someone Like You", for his album Mr. Dynamo (1959), and brought Robertson to the Brill Building in New York City to help him choose songs for the rest of the album.[1]: 14–15 [11]: 66–67 [16]: 45–46 

 
Ronnie Hawkins performing live in 2014. Hawkins hired Robertson as a member of his backup band the Hawks in 1960.

Hawkins hired pianist Scott Cushnie away from the Suedes, and took him on tour in Arkansas with the Hawks. When the Hawks' bass player left the group, Cushnie recommended that Hawkins hire Robertson to replace him on bass.[16]: 49, 51–52 [19]

Hawkins invited Robertson to Arkansas, and then flew to the UK to perform on television there. Left in Arkansas, Robertson spent his living allowance on records and practised intensively each day. Upon returning, Hawkins hired him to play bass. Cushnie left the band a few months later.[19] Robertson soon switched from bass to playing lead guitar for the Hawks.[1]: 20–22 [11]: 68–70, 75  Robertson developed into a guitar virtuoso.[20]

Roy Buchanan, a few years older than Robertson, was briefly a member of the Hawks and became an important influence on Robertson's guitar style: "Standing next to Buchanan on stage for several months, Robertson was able to absorb Buchanan's deft manipulations with his volume speed dial, his tendency to bend multiple strings for steel guitar-like effect, his rapid sweep picking and his passion for bending past the root and fifth notes during solo flights."[21]

Drummer/singer Levon Helm was already a member of the Hawks and soon became close friends with Robertson.[11]: 76  The Hawks continued to tour the United States and Canada, adding Rick Danko, Richard Manuel, and Garth Hudson to the Hawks lineup in 1961.[22]

This lineup, which later became the Band, toured with Hawkins throughout 1962 and into 1963.[11]: 95, 100  They also hired the saxophone player Jerry Penfound and later Bruce Bruno, who were both with the group in their intermediary period as Levon and the Hawks.[23][24]

Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks cut sessions for Roulette Records throughout 1961–1963, all of which Robertson appeared on. The sessions included three singles: "Come Love" b/w "I Feel Good" (Roulette 4400 1961); "Who Do You Love" b/w "Bo Diddley" (Roulette 4483 1963); and "There's A Screw Loose" b/w "High Blood Pressure" (Roulette 4502 1963).[16]: 420 [25]

With Levon and the Hawks

The Hawks left Ronnie Hawkins at the beginning of 1964 to go on their own.[26] The members of the Hawks were losing interest in playing in the rockabilly style and favoured blues and soul music. In early 1964, the group approached agent Harold Kudlets about representing them, which he agreed to do, booking them a year's worth of shows in the same circuits as they had been in before with Ronnie Hawkins. Originally dubbed The Levon Helm Sextet, the group included all of the future members of the Band, plus Jerry Penfound on saxophone and Bob Bruno on vocals.[11]: 105–106 

After Bruno left in May 1964, the group changed their name to Levon and the Hawks. Penfound stayed with the group until 1965.[23] Kudlets kept the group busy performing throughout 1964 and into 1965, finally booking them into two lengthy summer engagements at the popular nightclub Tony Mart's in Somers Point, New Jersey, at the Shore.[12]: 64–66, 68  They played six nights a week alongside Conway Twitty and other acts.[27]

The members of Levon and the Hawks befriended blues artist John P. Hammond while he was performing in Toronto in 1964.[16]: 84–85  Later in the year, the group agreed to work on Hammond's album So Many Roads (released in 1965) at the same time that they were playing the Peppermint Lounge in New York City.[12]: 65  Robertson played guitar throughout the album, and was billed "Jaime R. Robertson" in the album's credits.[11]: 110 

Levon and the Hawks cut a single "Uh Uh Uh" b/w "Leave Me Alone" under the name the Canadian Squires in March 1965. Both songs were written by Robertson. The single was recorded in New York[12]: 66  and released on Apex Records in the United States and on Ware Records in Canada.[28]: 95  As Levon and the Hawks, the group cut an afternoon session for Atco Records later in 1965,[16]: 81  which yielded two singles, "The Stones I Throw" b/w "He Don't Love You" (Atco 6383) and "Go, Go, Liza Jane" b/w "He Don't Love You" (Atco 6625).[16]: 420  Robertson also wrote all three of the tracks on Levon and the Hawks' Atco singles.[28]: 95 

With Bob Dylan and the Hawks

1965–1966 World Tour

See also: Electric Dylan Controversy and Bob Dylan 1966 World Tour

Toward the end of Levon and the Hawks' second engagement at Tony Mart's in New Jersey, in August 1965, Robertson received a call from Albert Grossman Management requesting a meeting with singer Bob Dylan.[28]: 21 [29] The group had been recommended to both Grossman and to Dylan by Mary Martin, one of Grossman's employees; she was originally from Toronto and was a friend of the band.[12]: 68–69 [30] Dylan was also aware of the group through his friend John Hammond,[12]: 69  whose album So Many Roads members of the Hawks had performed on.

Robertson agreed to meet with Dylan. Initially, Dylan intended simply to hire Robertson as the guitarist for his backing group. Robertson refused the offer, but did agree to play two shows with Dylan, one at the Forest Hills Tennis Stadium in Forest Hills, New York on August 28, and one at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on September 3. Robertson suggested they use Levon Helm on drums for the shows.[31]: 5 

Robertson and Helm performed in Dylan's backing band, along with Harvey Brooks and Al Kooper for both shows. The first at Forest Hills received a predominantly hostile response, but the second in Los Angeles was received slightly more favourably.[12]: 70  Dylan flew up to Toronto and rehearsed with Levon and the Hawks September 15–17, as Levon and the Hawks finished an engagement there, and hired the full band for his upcoming tour.[16]: 96–99 

Bob Dylan and the Hawks toured the United States throughout October–December 1965,[32]: 8–9  with each show consisting of two sets: an acoustic show featuring only Dylan on guitar and harmonica, and an electric set featuring Dylan backed by the Hawks. The tours were largely met with a hostile reaction from fans who knew Dylan as a prominent figure in the American folk music revival, and thought his move into rock music a betrayal. Helm left the group after their November 28 performance in Washington, D.C. Session drummer Bobby Gregg replaced Helm for the December dates, and Sandy Konikoff was brought in to replace Gregg in January 1966.[16]: 105, 109 

Dylan and the Hawks played more dates in the continental United States in February–March 1966 of the 1966 world tour. From April 9-May 27, they played Hawaii, Australia, Europe, and the UK and Ireland. Drummer Sandy Konikoff left after the Pacific Northwest dates in March,[12]: 74  and Mickey Jones replaced him, staying with the group for the remainder of the tour. The Australian and European legs of the tour received a particularly harsh response from disgruntled folk fans. The May 17 Manchester Free Trade Hall show is best known for an angry audience member audibly yelling "Judas!" at Dylan; it became a frequently-bootlegged live show from the tour,[33]: 73–76  was eventually released officially as The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live 1966, The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert.[34]: 4 

The European leg of the tour was filmed by documentary filmmaker D. A. Pennebaker, but completion of a planned film was delayed. After recovering from an accident, Dylan decided to edit it himself.[34] ABC television rejected it,[35] and it was never commercially released. It was screened as Eat the Document in 1972 at the Whitney Museum in New York.[36][37]

On November 30, 1965, Dylan cut a studio session with members of the Hawks,[38] which yielded the non-LP single "Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?" Dylan completed the Blonde on Blonde album in Nashville in mid-February 1966, employing Robertson for one of these sessions, which took place on February 14.[39]

The "Basement Tapes" period

See also: The Basement Tapes and The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete
 
The "Big Pink" house in 2006. "Big Pink" was the house where Bob Dylan and the Band's Basement Tapes were recorded, and the music from the Band album Music From Big Pink was written.

On July 29, 1966, Dylan sustained an injured neck from a motorcycle accident, and retreated to a quiet domestic life with his new wife and child in upstate New York.[40]: 216–219  Some of the members of the Hawks were living at the Chelsea Hotel in New York City at the time,[40]: 220  and were kept on a weekly retainer by Dylan's management.[30]

In February 1967, Dylan invited the members of the Hawks to come up to Woodstock, New York to work on music.[30] Robertson had met a French-Canadian woman on the Paris stop of Dylan's 1966 world tour,[41] and the two moved into a house in the Woodstock area.[16]: 135  The remaining three members of the Hawks rented a house near West Saugerties, New York; it was later dubbed "Big Pink" because of its pink exterior.[40]: 220–221 

Dylan and the members of the Hawks worked together at the Big Pink house every day to rehearse and generate ideas for new songs, many of which they recorded in Big Pink's makeshift basement studio.[16]: 137  The recordings were made between the late spring and autumn of 1967.[42] Previous Hawks member Levon Helm returned to the group in August 1967.[28]: 27  By this time, Robertson's guitar style had evolved to be more supportive of the song and less devoted to displaying speed and virtuosity.[21]

In time, word about these sessions began to circulate, and in 1968, Rolling Stone magazine co-founder Jann Wenner brought attention to these tracks in an article entitled "Dylan's Basement Tape Should Be Released".[42][43]

In 1969, a bootleg album with a plain white cover compiled by two incognito music industry insiders featured a collection of seven tracks from these sessions. The album, which became known as The Great White Wonder, began to appear in independent record stores and receive radio airplay. This album became a runaway success[33]: 42–46  and helped to launch the bootleg recording industry.[44]

In 1975, Robertson would produce an official compilation, The Basement Tapes, which included a selection of tracks from the sessions. An exhaustive collection of all 138 extant recordings was released in 2014 as The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete.[42]

With the Band

See also: The Band

1967–1968 (Music From Big Pink)

 
Robbie Robertson performing live with the Band

In late 1967, Dylan left to record his next album, John Wesley Harding (1967). After recording the basic tracks, Dylan asked Robertson and Garth Hudson about playing on the album to fill out the sound. However, when Robertson heard the tracks, he liked the starkness of the sound and recommended that Dylan leave the songs as they were.[16]: 147–48  Dylan worked with the members of the Hawks again when they appeared as his backup band at two Woody Guthrie memorial concerts at Carnegie Hall in New York City in January 1968.[28]: 29  Three of these performances were later released by Columbia Records on the LP A Tribute to Woody Guthrie, Vol. 1 (1972).[45]

Over the course of the "Basement Tapes" period, the group had developed a sound of their own, and Grossman went to Los Angeles to shop the group to a major label, securing a contract with Capitol Records.[28]: 22, 28  The group went to New York to begin recording songs with music producer John Simon. Capitol brought the group to Los Angeles to finish the album.[46] The resulting album, Music From Big Pink,[47] was released in August 1968.[48]

Robertson wrote four of the songs on Music From Big Pink, including "The Weight", "Chest Fever", "Caledonia Mission," and "To Kingdom Come". Robertson is listed in the songwriting credits as "J.R. Robertson". Robertson sang lead vocal on the track "To Kingdom Come"; he would not sing on another Band song released to the public until "Knockin' Lost John" on 1977's Islands.[16]: 158 [46] Two of Robertson's compositions for the album, "The Weight" and "Chest Fever", would become important touchstones in the group's career. "The Weight" was influenced by the films of director Luis Buñuel, in particular Nazarín (1959) and Viridiana (1961), and reflects the recurring theme in Buñuel's films about the impossibility of sainthood. The song portrays an individual who attempts to take a saintly pilgrimage, and becomes mired down with requests from other people to do favors for them along the way. The mention of "Nazareth" at the beginning of the song refers to Nazareth, Pennsylvania, where the C. F. Martin & Company guitar manufacturer is located; it was inspired by Robertson seeing the word "Nazareth" in the hole of his Martin guitar.[1]: 20  Although "The Weight" reached #21 on the British radio charts,[49] it did not fare as well on the American charts, initially stalling at #63.

But the song gained traction following more successful covers by Jackie DeShannon (US #55, 1968), Aretha Franklin (US #19, 1969), and the Supremes with the Temptations (US #46, 1969), and the song's inclusion in the movie Easy Rider (1969), which became a runaway success. "The Weight" has since become the Band's best known song. It has been covered by many artists, appeared in dozens of films and documentaries, and has become a staple in American rock music.[16]: 168–173 [28]: 32 [50][51]

When Music from Big Pink was released in 1968, the Band initially avoided media attention, and discouraged Capitol Records from promotional efforts. They also did not immediately pursue touring to support the album, and declined to be interviewed for a year.[28]: 38  The resulting mystery surrounding the group prompted speculation in the underground press.[46] Music from Big Pink received excellent reviews, and the album influenced many well-known musicians of the period.[citation needed]

1969 The Band

 
The Band in 1969, Robertson is second from the right

In early 1969, the Band rented a home from Sammy Davis Jr. in Hollywood Hills, and converted the pool house behind it into a studio to recreate the "clubhouse" atmosphere that they had previously enjoyed at Big Pink. The band began recording every day in the pool house studio, working on a tight schedule to complete the album.[16]: 176–178  An additional three tracks were recorded at The Hit Factory in New York in April 1969.[47] Robertson did most of the audio engineering on the album.[28]: 41 

The Band began performing regularly in spring 1969, with their first live dates as the Band taking place at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco.[52] Their most notable performances that year were at the 1969 Woodstock Festival and the UK Isle of Wight Festival with Bob Dylan in August.[16]: 201–245 

The Band's album The Band was released in September 1969, and became a critical and commercial success. The album received almost universal critical praise, peaked at #9 on the US pop charts, and stayed in the Top 40 for 24 weeks.[53]: 25  The Band works as a loose concept album of Americana themes,[54] and was instrumental in the creation of the Americana music genre.[47] It was included in the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry in 2009.[55]

The song from this album that had the strongest cultural influence was "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down". The song explores a Confederate man's life after defeat of the South following the American Civil War. It incorporates historical events to create a larger American mythos. Although the Band's original version was not released as a single, a cover version by Joan Baez went to #3 on the charts in 1971 and helped to popularize the song.[16]: 192–193 [56]

Several other tracks from The Band received significant radio airplay, and would become staples in the group's concert appearances. "Up on Cripple Creek" peaked at #25 in late 1969 in the United States, and would be their only Top 30 hit there.[57] "Rag Mama Rag" reached #16 in the UK in April 1970, the highest chart position of any single by the group in that country.[49] "Whispering Pines", co-written by Richard Manuel, was released as a single in France in 1970,[58] and would become the title of a 2009 book about Canadian contributions to the Americana music genre by Jason Schneider.[12] On November 2, 1969, the Band appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show, one of only two television appearances they would make.[28]: 45 

1970–1973 (Stage Fright through Moondog Matinee)

On January 12, 1970, the Band was featured on the cover of Time magazine.[59] This was the first time a North American rock band featured on the cover of the magazine.[60]

The Band rented The Woodstock Playhouse in Woodstock, New York with the intent of recording a new live album there, but the city council voted against it, so they recorded on location, but without an audience. Robertson handled most of the songwriting duties as before.[16]: 235–236  Robertson brought in Todd Rundgren to engineer the album which was recorded in two weeks' time.[61] These sessions became their third album, Stage Fright, which would become the Band's highest charting album, peaking at #5 on September 5 and staying in the Billboard Top 40 for 14 weeks.[53]: 25 

 
Robertson performing live with the Band in 1971

The Band's next album, Cahoots, was recorded at Albert Grossman's newly built Bearsville Studios and was released in October 1971. The album received mixed reviews, and peaked at #24 on the Billboard charts,[28]: 54–58  only remaining in the Billboard Top 40 for five weeks.[53]: 25 

Cahoots is notable for its cover of Bob Dylan's "When I Paint My Masterpiece", as well as for featuring the concert favourite "Life Is a Carnival". The inclusion of "When I Paint My Masterpiece" came about when Dylan stopped by Robertson's home during the recording of Cahoots and Robertson asked if he might have any songs to contribute. That led to Dylan playing an unfinished version of "When I Paint My Masterpiece" for him. Dylan completed the song soon afterwards, and the Band recorded it for the album. "Life Is a Carnival" features horn parts written by producer and arranger Allen Toussaint. It would be the only track from Cahoots the group would keep in their set list through to The Last Waltz concert and film.[28]: 54–55 

The Band continued to tour throughout 1970-71.[52] A live album recorded at a series of shows at the Academy of Music in New York City between December 28–31, 1971,[52] was released in 1972 as the double album Rock Of Ages.[62] Rock of Ages peaked at #6, and remained in the Top 40 for 14 weeks.[53]: 25 

After the Academy of Music shows, the Band again retreated from performing live. They returned to the stage on July 28, 1973,[52] to play the Summer Jam at Watkins Glen alongside the Allman Brothers Band and the Grateful Dead. A recording of the Band's performance was released by Capitol Records as the album Live at Watkins Glen in 1995.[63] With over 600,000 people in attendance,[64] the festival set a record for "Pop Festival Attendance" in the Guinness Book of World Records. The record was first published in the 1976 edition of the book.[65]

In October 1973, the Band released an album of cover songs entitled Moondog Matinee,[28]: 69 [62] which peaked at #28 on the Billboard charts.[53]: 25  Around the time of the recording of Moondog Matinee, Robertson began working on an ambitious project entitled Works that was never finished or released. One lyric from the Works project, "Lay a flower in the snow," was used in Robertson's song "Fallen Angel", which appeared on his 1987 self-titled solo album.[62]

1974 Reunion with Bob Dylan (Planet Waves and Before the Flood)

In February 1973,[66]: 2  Bob Dylan relocated from Woodstock, New York to Malibu, California.[67][68] Coincidentally, Robertson moved to Malibu in the summer of 1973, and by October of the year the rest of the members of the Band had followed suit, moving into properties near Zuma Beach.[citation needed]

 
Bob Dylan and the Band performing at the Chicago Stadium in Chicago, Illinois, on the 1974 reunion tour, Robertson is second from the left

David Geffen had signed Dylan to Asylum Records, and worked with promoter Bill Graham on the concept that would become the Bob Dylan and the Band 1974 Tour. It would be Dylan's first tour in more than seven years.[citation needed]

Meanwhile, Bill Graham took out a full-page advertisement for the Bob Dylan and the Band tour in The New York Times. The response was one of the largest in entertainment history up to that point, with between 5 and 6 million requests for tickets mailed in for 650,000 seats. Graham's office ended up selling tickets off on a lottery basis, and Dylan and the Band netted $2 million from the deal.[12]: 298 [16]: 284–286 [28]: 70 

Amongst the rehearsals and preparations, the Band went into the studio with Bob Dylan to record a new album for Asylum Records that would become the Bob Dylan album Planet Waves (1974). Sessions took place at Village Recorder in West Los Angeles, California, from November 2–14, 1973.[69] Planet Waves was released on February 9, 1974. The album was #1 on the Billboard album charts for four weeks, and spent 12 weeks total in the Billboard Top 40.[53]: 25  Planet Waves was Bob Dylan's first #1 album,[70] and the first and only time Bob Dylan and the Band recorded a studio album together.[16]: 287 

The 1974 tour began at the Chicago Stadium on January 3, 1974, and ended at The Forum in Inglewood, California on February 14.[71] The shows began with more songs from the new Planet Waves album and with covers that Dylan and the Band liked, but as the tour went on, they moved toward playing older and more familiar material, only keeping "Forever Young" from the Planet Waves album in the set list.[72] Dylan and the Band played a number of tracks from the controversial 1965–1966 World Tour, this time to wildly enthusiastic response from the audience where there had been mixed reaction and boos nine years previously.[16]: 291 

The final three shows of the tour at The Forum in Inglewood, California were recorded and assembled into the double album Before the Flood.[71] Credited to "Bob Dylan/The Band", Before the Flood was released by Asylum Records on July 20, 1974. The album debuted at #3 on the Billboard charts, and spent ten weeks in the Top Forty.[53]: 26 

1974–1975 (Shangri-La Studios, The Basement Tapes, and Northern Lights – Southern Cross)

Following the 1974 reunion tour with Bob Dylan, rock manager Elliot Roberts booked the Band with the recently reunited Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young.[52] On September 4, both artists played Wembley Stadium in London, appearing with Jesse Colin Young and Joni Mitchell.[16]: 308–310 [73]

 
The entrance to Shangri-La Studios in 2016. the Band had the ranch house on the Shangri-La property converted into a recording studio in 1974.

After moving to Malibu in 1973, Robertson and the Band had discovered a ranch in Malibu near Zuma Beach called "Shangri-La", and decided to lease the property. The main house on the property had originally been built by Lost Horizon (1937) actress Margo Albert,[74] and the ranch had been the filming and stabling site for the Mister Ed television show in the 1960s. In the interim, the house had served as a high-class bordello.[75]

The album release of The Basement Tapes, credited to Bob Dylan and the Band, was the first album production that took place in the new studio. The album, produced by Robertson, featured a selection of tapes from the original 1967 Basement Tapes sessions with Dylan, as well as demos for tracks eventually recorded for the Music From Big Pink album. Robertson cleaned up the tracks, and the album was released in July 1975.[12]: 298 [16]: 311–13 

Shangri-La Studios proved to be a return to a clubhouse atmosphere that the Band had enjoyed previously at Big Pink, and in the spring of 1975, the group began work on Northern Lights – Southern Cross, their first release of original material in four years.[citation needed] One of the best known tracks on the album is "Acadian Driftwood", the first song with specifically Canadian subject material. Robertson was inspired to write "Acadian Driftwood" after seeing the documentary L'Acadie, l'Acadie (1971) on Canadian television while in Montreal.[12]: 298–299 [28]: 77–79  Two other notable tracks from that album are "It Makes No Difference" and "Ophelia".[citation needed]

Northern Lights – Southern Cross was released on November 1, 1975. The album received generally positive reviews,[12]: 300  and reached #26 on the Billboard charts, remaining in the Top 40 for five weeks.[53]: 26 [76]

1976 (Islands and The Last Waltz concert)

The Band began touring again in June 1976, performing throughout the summer.[52] The members of the Band were splintering off to work on other projects, with Levon Helm building a studio in Woodstock and Rick Danko having been contracted to Arista Records as a solo artist.[77]

While on the summer tour, member Richard Manuel was involved in a boating accident that severely injured his neck, and ten dates of the 25-date tour were cancelled.[12]: 300–01 [16]: 324–5  It was during this time period that Robertson introduced the concept that the Band would cease to operate as a touring act. According to Robertson, the group's mutual agreement was that they would stage one final "grand finale" show, part ways to work on their various projects, and then regroup.[28]: 82 [78][79] Helm later made the case in his autobiography, This Wheel's on Fire, that Robertson had forced the Band's breakup on the rest of the group.[80]

Concert promoter Bill Graham booked the Band at the Winterland Ballroom on Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 1976. The show was intended as a gala event, with ticket prices of $25 per person. The event would include a Thanksgiving dinner served to the audience, and would feature the Band performing with various musical guests.[77] The onstage guest list included Ronnie Hawkins, Muddy Waters, Paul Butterfield, Dr. John, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Van Morrison, Neil Diamond, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Emmylou Harris, and others.[81]

 
The Band with musical guests performing "I Shall Be Released" at The Last Waltz concert on November 25, 1976

Robertson wanted to document the event on film, and approached director Martin Scorsese to see if he would be interested in shooting the concert.[82][83][84]: 73–74  The Winterland concert was called The Last Waltz. Robertson and Scorsese developed a 200-page script for the show, listing out in columns the lyrics of the songs, who was singing what part, and what instruments were being featured. It included columns for the camera and lighting work.[83]

Scorsese brought in all-star cameramen such as Michael Chapman, László Kovács and Vilmos Zsigmond to film the show in 35mm.[82][83] John Simon, producer on the Band's first two albums, was brought in to coordinate rehearsals and work as musical director.[85] Boris Leven was brought in as art director. Jonathan Taplin assumed the role of executive producer, and Robertson worked as producer of the film.[16]: 336 

Rehearsals for The Last Waltz concert began in early November. Warner Bros. Records president Mo Ostin offered to finance the production of The Last Waltz film in exchange for the rights to release music from The Last Waltz as an album. However, the group were contractually obligated to supply Capitol Records with one more album before they could be released to work with Warner Bros. So in between rehearsing, the Band worked on the studio album Islands for Capitol. Robertson wrote or co-wrote eight of the ten tracks. One of the songs, "Knockin' Lost John", features Robertson on vocals, and was the first Band song Robertson had sung on since "To Kingdom Come" from Music From Big Pink. "Christmas Must Be Tonight" was inspired by the birth of Robertson's son, Sebastian, in July 1974.[16]: 336–8 [28]: 82 

The Last Waltz concert event took place on Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 1976. Approximately five thousand people were in attendance.[86] The event began at 5 pm, beginning with the audience members being served a full traditional Thanksgiving meal at candlelit tables, with a vegetarian table serving an alternate menu as an option. The Berkeley Promenade Orchestra played waltz music for dancing afterwards. The tables were cleared and moved at 8 pm. At 9 pm, the Band played songs for an hour, beginning with "Up On Cripple Creek". Just after 10 pm, Robertson introduced Ronnie Hawkins, the first onstage guest, with a succession of guest stars appearing with the group until just after midnight.

The group took a 30-minute break, during which several Bay Area poets performed readings of their poems. After the break, the Band returned to the stage, performing, among other songs, a new composition entitled "The Last Waltz Theme" that Robertson had just completed less than 48 hours prior. Bob Dylan was brought in at the end of this second set, performing several songs, and finally being joined with the other guest stars for a finale performance of "I Shall Be Released". This was then followed with two all-star jam sessions, after which the Band returned to the stage to close the show with one more song, their rendition of "Baby Don't You Do It".[16]: 351 [78]

1977–1978 (The Last Waltz film and album)

After The Last Waltz concert event was finished, director Martin Scorsese had 400 reels of raw footage to work with,[86] and began editing the footage. The film was then sold to United Artists. In the meantime, Robertson and Scorsese continued to brainstorm more ideas for the film. In April 1977, country singer Emmylou Harris and gospel vocal group the Staple Singers were filmed on a sound stage at MGM performing with the Band. Emmylou Harris performed on "Evangeline", a new song written by Robertson, and the Staples Singers performed on a new recording of "The Weight," which they themselves had recorded a version of in 1968.[16]: 352–53 [28]: 85–87 [84]: 73–74  Scorsese's next idea was to intersperse the concert footage with interviews of the Band that told their story. Scorsese conducted the interviews.[citation needed]

The Last Waltz album was released by Warner Brothers Records on April 7, 1978, as a 3-LP set.[87] The first five sides feature live performances from the concert, and the last side contains studio recordings from the MGM sound stage sessions.[88] The album peaked at #16 on the Billboard charts, and remained in the Top 40 for 8 weeks.[53]: 26 

The Last Waltz film was released to theatres on April 26, 1978.[89] The film fared well with both rock and film critics. Robertson and Scorsese made appearances throughout America and Europe to promote the film.[16]: 361  Over time, The Last Waltz has become lauded by many as an important and pioneering rockumentary. Its influence has been felt on subsequent rock music films such as Talking Heads' Stop Making Sense (1984), and U2's Rattle and Hum (1988).[90]

Production and session work outside of the Band 1970–1977

 
Singer-songwriter Jesse Winchester performing in 2011, Robertson produced his self-titled debut album in 1970

Robertson produced Jesse Winchester's debut self-titled album, which was released in 1970 on Ampex Records.[91] The album features Robertson playing guitar throughout the album, and co-credits the track "Snow" to Robertson as well.[92]

Robertson played guitar on ex-Beatle Ringo Starr's third solo album, Ringo (1973), performing with four-fifths of the Band on the track "Sunshine Life For Me (Sail Away Raymond)".[93][94] Robertson contributed a guitar solo on the track "Snookeroo" on Starr's fourth album, Goodnight Vienna (1974).[95]

Robertson played guitar for Joni Mitchell on the track "Raised on Robbery", which was released on her album Court and Spark. In 1974, Robertson also played guitar on Carly Simon's version of "Mockingbird", which featured Simon singing with her then-husband James Taylor.[96]

In 1975, Robertson produced and played guitar on singer/guitarist Hirth Martinez's debut album Hirth From Earth. Bob Dylan had heard Martinez, and recommended him to Robertson. Robertson identified strongly with Martinez' music, helped him to secure a recording contract with Warner Bros. Records, and agreed to produce Martinez' debut album. He also played guitar on Martinez' follow-up album, Big Bright Street (1977).[16]: 321–322 [97][98][99]

In 1975, Eric Clapton recorded the album No Reason to Cry at the Band's Shangri-La Studios with help from members of the Band.[16]: 326  Robertson played lead guitar on the track "Sign Language".[100]

In the mid-1970s, Robertson connected with singer Neil Diamond, and the two began collaborating on a concept album about the life and struggles of a Tin Pan Alley songwriter. The resulting album, entitled Beautiful Noise, was recorded at Shangri-La Studios in early 1976. It reached #6 on the Billboard charts and remained in the Top 40 for sixteen weeks. Robertson produced the album, co-wrote the track "Dry Your Eyes" with Diamond, and played guitar on "Dry Your Eyes", "Lady-Oh", and "Jungletime". He produced Diamond's live double album Love at the Greek (1977), which was recorded in 1976 at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. Love at the Greek reached #8 on the Billboard charts and remained in the Top 40 for nine weeks.[16]: 321–322 [53]: 89 [101]

In 1977, Robertson contributed to two album projects from the Band alumni. Robertson played guitar on "Java Blues" on Rick Danko's self-titled debut album, and also played guitar on the Earl King-penned "Sing, Sing, Sing" on the album Levon Helm & the RCO All-Stars.[11]: 273 [102]

Also in 1977, Robertson contributed to the second self-titled album by singer-songwriter Libby Titus, who was the former girlfriend of Levon Helm.[11]: 213, 279–280  Robertson produced the track "The Night You Took Me To Barbados In My Dreams" (co-written by Titus and Hirth Martinez), and produced and played guitar on the Cole Porter standard "Miss Otis Regrets".[103]

Film career 1980–1986

Carny (1980) film and soundtrack

After the release of The Last Waltz, MGM/UA, who released the film, viewed Robertson as a potential film actor, and provided Robertson with an office on the MGM lot.[41][104] During this time, Martin Scorsese's agent, Harry Ulfand, contacted Robertson about the idea of producing a dramatic film about traveling carnivals, which Robertson was drawn to because of his childhood experiences working in carnivals. The screenplay for the film Carny was directed by documentary filmmaker Robert Kaylor.[citation needed]

Although Robertson was initially only intended to be the producer of Carny, he ended up becoming the third lead actor in the film, playing the role of Patch, the patch man. Gary Busey played "Frankie", the carnival bozo and Patch's best friend. Jodie Foster was selected to play the role of Donna, a small town girl who runs away to join the carnival and threatens to come between the two friends. The film cast real life carnies alongside professional film actors, which created a difficult atmosphere on set.[15][105] Carny opened to theaters on June 13, 1980.[106] Also in 1980, Warner Bros released a soundtrack album for Carny, which is co-credited to Robertson and composer Alex North, who wrote the orchestral score for the film. The soundtrack was re-released on compact disc by Real Gone Music in 2015.[15]

Early collaborations with Martin Scorsese 1980–1986 (Raging Bull, The King of Comedy, The Color of Money)

"He's a frustrated musician, and I guess I was a frustrated filmmaker. So it was a perfect connect."

—Robbie Robertson, on his working relationship with Martin Scorsese[107]

After the production of Carny was completed, Robertson flew to New York to assist Martin Scorsese on the music for the film Raging Bull (1980).[15]

Robertson and Scorsese would have a long-running working relationship. The former would find and/or create music to underscore the latter's films. Raging Bull was the first of these collaborations. Robertson credits his work on Raging Bull for sparking his interest in the work of sourcing and underscoring music for movies.[107][108]

Robertson supplied three newly recorded instrumental jazz tracks for sourced music, which he also produced. These three tracks feature Robertson playing guitar, along with performances from the Band alumni Garth Hudson and Richard Manuel. One of the tracks, "Webster Hall", is co-written by Robertson and Garth Hudson.[109] Robertson also worked with Scorsese on selecting the film's opening theme music, choosing the intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana by Italian opera composer Pietro Mascagni.[107] The soundtrack was finally released by Capitol Records in 2005 as a 37 track, 2-CD set.[109]

Robertson worked with Scorsese again on his next film, The King of Comedy (1983), and is credited in the film's opening credits for "Music Production".[110] Robertson contributed one original song, "Between Trains," to the film's soundtrack. The song was written in tribute to "Cowboy" Dan Johnson, an assistant of Scorsese's who had recently died.[16]: 379  Robertson produced the track, sings lead vocals, and plays guitar and keyboards; the Band alumni Garth Hudson and Richard Manuel appear on the track was well. A soundtrack album for the film was released by Warner Bros. in 1983.[citation needed]

In June 1986, Robertson began working with Scorsese on his next film The Color of Money.[111] In addition to sourcing music for the film, Robertson also composed the film's score;[112] it was the first time Robertson had ever written a dramatic underscore for a film.[113] Robertson brought in Canadian jazz composer Gil Evans to orchestrate the arrangements.[114]

The best known song on The Color of Money soundtrack is Eric Clapton's "It's in the Way That You Use It", which was co-written by Robertson. "It's in the Way That You Use It" reached #1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs chart in January 1987.[115] Robertson produced a song for the film with blues player Willie Dixon[116] entitled "Don't Tell Me Nothin'"; Dixon's track was co-written with Robertson. The Color of Money's soundtrack album was released by MCA Records.

Solo career

Geffen Records period

Robbie Robertson (1987)

Robertson began work on his first solo album, Robbie Robertson, in July 1986 after signing to Geffen Records. Robertson chose fellow Canadian Daniel Lanois to produce the album. Much of the album was recorded at The Village Recorder in West Los Angeles, California. He recorded at Bearsville Studios near Woodstock, New York, and also in Dublin, Ireland, with U2, and in Bath, England, with Peter Gabriel. He employed a number of guest artists on the album, including U2, Gabriel, the Bodeans, and Maria McKee.[111][113] Garth Hudson and Rick Danko also made appearances on the album. Robertson wrote one track, "Fallen Angel", in honor of Richard Manuel,[113] after his passing in March 1986.[16]: 384 

Released on October 26, 1987,[117] Robbie Robertson peaked at #35 on the Billboard 200, remaining in the top 40 for three weeks.[53]: 260  The album charted even higher in the UK, peaking at #23 on the UK Albums Chart and remaining on the chart for 14 weeks.[118] Robbie Robertson received overwhelming critical acclaim at the time of its release,[119] being listed in the Top-Ten Albums of the Year by several critics in Billboard magazine's 1987 "The Critics' Choice" end of the year feature.[120] The album was listed as #77 in Rolling Stone's 1989 list "100 Best Albums of the Eighties."[121]

Robertson had his single largest hit in the UK with "Somewhere Down The Crazy River", which features his spoken word verses contrasted with singing in the choruses.[113] The song reached #15 in the UK Hit Singles chart, and remained in the chart for 11 weeks.[118] The video for "Somewhere Down The Crazy River" was directed by Martin Scorsese, and features Maria McKee in an acting role.[122]

In the US, Robbie Robertson produced several hits on the Billboard Mainstream Rock charts, with "Showdown At Big Sky" coming in the highest (#2) and "Sweet Fire Of Love" the second highest (#7).[123] The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for "Best Rock / Vocal Album",[124] and was certified gold in the United States in 1991.[119] In Canada, Robertson won Album Of The Year, Best Male Vocalist Of The Year and Producer Of The Year at the Juno Award ceremony in 1989.[125]

In 1991, Rod Stewart recorded a version of "Broken Arrow" for his album Vagabond Heart.[126] Stewart's version of the song reached #20 on the Billboard 100 chart in the US[127] and #2 on the Billboard Top Canadian Hit Singles chart in Canada.[128] "Broken Arrow" was performed live by the Grateful Dead with Phil Lesh on vocals.[129]

Storyville (1991)

Storyville was released on September 30, 1991.[130] Robertson headed to New Orleans to collaborate with some of the city's natives like Aaron and Ivan Neville and the Rebirth Brass Band. Once again, Robertson brought in Band alumni Garth Hudson and Rick Danko as contributors.[131] The album reached #69 on the Billboard 200 chart.[132] Storyville received numerous positive reviews, with Rolling Stone giving it 4 1/2 stars out of 5,[133] and the Los Angeles Times awarding it 3 stars out of 4.[134] Two tracks from the album, "What About Now" and "Go Back To Your Woods", charted on the Billboard Mainstream Rock charts at #15 and #32 respectively.[123] The album was nominated for Grammy awards in the categories "Best Rock Vocal Performance (solo)" and "Best Engineer".[124]

Production and session work 1984–1992

In 1984, Robertson co-produced the track "The Best of Everything" with Tom Petty for the Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers album Southern Accents.[135] Robertson also worked on the horn arrangements for the track, and brought in Band alumni Richard Manuel and Garth Hudson as guests.[136][137]

In 1986, Robertson appeared as a guest on the album Reconciled by the Call, playing guitar on the track "The Morning".[138]

Also in 1986, Robertson was brought on as creative consultant for Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll (1987), a feature film saluting Chuck Berry.[139] Robertson appears in film, interviewing Chuck Berry, and then playing guitar while Berry recites poetry.[140]

In 1988, Robertson collaborated as a songwriter with Lone Justice lead singer Maria McKee. One of the songs they co-wrote, "Nobody's Child", was released on McKee's self-titled debut album in 1989.[141][142]

In 1989, Robertson recorded and produced a new version of the Band's "Christmas Must Be Tonight" for the Scrooged soundtrack. In 1990, Robertson appeared as a guest on the Ryuichi Sakamoto album Beauty, playing guitar on the song "Romance". He also contributed to the world music video and album production One World One Voice.[citation needed]

In 1992, Robertson produced the song "Love in Time" for Roy Orbison's posthumous album King of Hearts. "Love In Time" was a basic demo Orbison had recorded that was believed to be lost, but had just recently been rediscovered. Robertson set about augmenting Orbison's basic vocal track with new arrangements and instrumentation, with the intent of making it sound like the arrangements were there from the beginning instead of later additions.[143]

Later solo albums

Music for the Native Americans (1994): In 1994, Robertson returned to his roots, forming a Native American group called the Red Road Ensemble for Music for the Native Americans, a collection of songs that accompanied a television documentary series produced by TBS. Like his songs, "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down," and "Acadian Driftwood," Robertson touches on history that connects to his life and family. The Battle Of Wounded Knee and the near extinction of the buffalo in the United States are outlined in the song, "Ghost Dance."[144] Robertson was recognized with a Juno Award for Producer of the Year.[125] The international success of "Mahk Jchi (Heartbeat Drum Song)" inspired a concert in Agrigento, Italy, celebrating Native American music. Robertson headlined the festival along with other Native American musicians, and portions of the live performance appeared in a PBS documentary.[citation needed]

Contact from the Underworld of Redboy (1998): On Contact from the Underworld of Redboy, Robertson departed from his typical production style and delved deep into a mix of rock, native, and electronic music. He employed the services of Howie B, DJ Premier, and producer Marius de Vries (Björk, Massive Attack). Through the songs on the album, he takes a close look at native traditions like Peyote Healing. The album's opening track, "The Sound Is Fading", samples a recording of a young Native American singer from the 1940s that Robertson got from the Library Of Congress, and the song "Sacrifice" includes parts of an interview from prison with Leonard Peltier set to a soundscape produced by Robertson and de Vries. The racial epithet in the album's title comes from an experience Robertson had where some bullies referred to him as "Red Boy" while he was playing with his cousins.[citation needed] Rolling Stone gave the album 4 out of 5 stars,[145] and Robertson received a Juno Award for Best Music of Aboriginal Canada Recording.[125]

How to Become Clairvoyant (2011): Released on April 5, 2011, How to Become Clairvoyant is the fifth solo release from Robertson. The album arose from some impromptu demo sessions in Los Angeles with longtime friend Eric Clapton.[146] It features Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Trent Reznor, Tom Morello, Robert Randolph, Rocco Deluca, Angela McCluskey, and Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes. Robbie performed "He Don't Live Here No More" on CBS's Late Show with David Letterman and Later... with Jools Holland in support of the album. He also appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon performing the song "Straight Down The Line," with Robert Randolph and the Roots.[147]

The album was released in a deluxe edition containing five bonus tracks (four demos and the exclusive track "Houdini", named after the magician Harry Houdini). "How To Become Clairvoyant" debuted at No. 13 on the Billboard 200, marking the highest debut and highest chart position for Robbie's solo works in his career. He teamed with painter and photographer Richard Prince to produce a special limited-edition collector's release of the album. The resulting LP-sized box included an art book, an individually numbered set of five lithographs (including pieces by Prince and photographer Anton Corbijn), a set of original tarot cards, and the original album plus ten bonus tracks. Only 2,500 were made.[148]

Sinematic (2019): Released on September 20, 2019, Sinematic is Robertson's sixth solo album. It features Van Morrison joining Robertson as dueling hitmen on the track “I Hear You Paint Houses," as well as other allusions to the world of Scorsese's films. Citizen Cope, Derek Trucks, and Frédéric Yonnet make guest appearances on the album.[149]

Later career

 
Robertson during a March 2011 radio interview

Robertson worked on Martin Scorsese's movies Casino, The Departed, and Gangs of New York, and he provided music supervision for Shutter Island, The Wolf of Wall Street, and Silence.[citation needed] In Rome, he headlined the 1995 annual Labour Day concert festival with supporting acts Andrea Bocelli, Elvis Costello, and Radiohead.[citation needed]

In 1996, as executive soundtrack producer, Robertson heard a demo of Change the World and sent it to Clapton as a suggestion for the soundtrack of Phenomenon, starring John Travolta. Babyface produced the track. Change the World won 1997 Grammy awards for Song of the Year and Record of the Year. In 1999, Robertson contributed songs to Oliver Stone's film, Any Given Sunday.[150]

In 2000, David Geffen and Mo Ostin convinced Robertson to join DreamWorks Records as creative executive. Robertson, who persuaded Nelly Furtado to sign with the company, is actively involved with film projects and developing new artist talent, including signings of A.i., Boomkat, eastmountainsouth, and Dana Glover. On February 9, 2002, Robertson performed "Stomp Dance (Unity)" as part of the opening ceremony of the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah. In 2004, he contributed the song "Shine Your Light" to the Ladder 49 soundtrack.[citation needed]

In 2005, Robertson was executive producer of the definitive box set for the Band, entitled A Musical History. In 2006, he recorded with Jerry Lee Lewis on the track "Twilight", a Robertson composition, for Lewis' album Last Man Standing. On July 28, 2007, at Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival in Bridgeview, Illinois, Robertson made a rare live appearance. Also in 2007, Robertson accepted an invitation to participate in Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino (Vanguard). With the group Galactic, Robertson contributed a version of Domino's "Goin' to the River".

For the 2019 Martin Scorsese movie The Irishman, Robertson provided the score and consulted with music supervisor Randall Poster on the entire soundtrack.

Honours and awards

In 1989, the Band was inducted into the Canadian Juno Hall of Fame. In 1994, the Band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.[151] In 1997, Robertson received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Songwriters. At the 2003 commencement ceremonies at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Robertson delivered an address to the graduating class and was awarded an honorary degree by the university. In 2003, Robertson received the Indspire Aboriginal Lifetime Achievement Award.[152]

 
Robbie Robertson's star on Canada's Walk of Fame

In 2003, Robertson was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame.[153]

In 2005, Robertson received an honorary doctorate from York University.[154] In 2006, he received the Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement, Canada's highest honour in the performing arts.[155] In 2008, Robertson and the Band received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.[151]

In 2011, Robertson was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame.[156] On May 27, 2011, Robertson was made an Officer of the Order of Canada by Governor General David Johnston.[157][158]

In 2014, the Band was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame.[151]

October 14, 2017 Robbie Robertson receives the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Native American Music Awards [159]

In 2019, Robertson was given a key to the city of Toronto by Mayor John Tory during a TIFF press conference for Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band, a documentary about Robertson.[160][161]

2019 Robbie Robertson the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award in the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame from Canadian Music Week (CMW)[162]

As author

Robertson co-authored Legends, Icons and Rebels: Music That Changed the World with his son, Sebastian Robertson, and colleagues Jim Guerinot and Jared Levine.[book 1] He also wrote Hiawatha and the Peacemaker, illustrated by David Shannon.[book 2] His autobiography, Testimony, written over the course of five years, was published by Crown Archetype in November 2016.[book 3]

Personal life

On March 24, 1968, Robertson married Dominique Bourgeois, a Canadian journalist.[163] They have three children: daughters Alexandra and Delphine and son Sebastian.[164]

In March 2022 Robertson became engaged to his girlfriend of four years, Canadian entrepreneur, restaurateur, and Top Chef Canada judge Janet Zuccarini.

Robertson is a member of the Canadian charity Artists Against Racism.[165]

Discography

See also: Robbie Robertson discography and The Band discography

Filmography

See also

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Further reading

  1. ^ Robertson, Robbie; Guerinot, Jim; Levine, Jared; Robertson, Sebastian (2013). Legends, Icons & Rebels: Music That Changed the World. Tundra Books. ISBN 978-1770495715.
  2. ^ Robertson, Robbie (2015). Hiawatha and the Peacemaker. David Shannon (illustrator). Abrams Books for Young Readers. ISBN 978-1419712203.
  3. ^ Robertson, Robbie (2016). Testimony. Crown Archetype. ISBN 978-0307889782.

External links

 
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robbie, robertson, other, people, named, disambiguation, jaime, robertson, redirects, here, confused, with, jamie, robertson, jaime, royal, robbie, robertson, born, july, 1943, canadian, musician, best, known, work, lead, guitarist, songwriter, band, career, s. For other people named Robbie Robertson see Robbie Robertson disambiguation Jaime Robertson redirects here Not to be confused with Jamie Robertson Jaime Royal Robbie Robertson 1 OC born July 5 1943 is a Canadian musician 2 He is best known for his work as lead guitarist and songwriter for the Band and for his career as a solo recording artist With the deaths of Richard Manuel in 1986 Rick Danko in 1999 and Levon Helm in 2012 Robertson is one of only two living original members of the Band with the other being Garth Hudson 3 Robbie RobertsonOCRobertson in 2001Background informationBorn 1943 07 05 July 5 1943 age 79 Toronto Ontario CanadaGenresRock Americana folk blues country roots rockOccupation s Musician songwriter singerInstrument s Guitar vocals keyboardsYears active1957 presentLabelsCapitol Geffen WarnerFormerly ofThe BandRobertson s work with the Band was instrumental in creating the Americana music genre Robertson has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Canadian Music Hall of Fame as a member of the Band and has been inducted to Canada s Walk of Fame both with the Band and on his own He is ranked 59th in Rolling Stone magazine s list of the 100 greatest guitarists 4 As a songwriter Robertson is credited for writing The Weight The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down Up on Cripple Creek with the Band and had solo hits with Broken Arrow and Somewhere Down the Crazy River and many others He has been inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame and received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Songwriters 5 As a film soundtrack producer and composer Robertson is known for his collaborations with director Martin Scorsese which began with the rockumentary film The Last Waltz 1978 and continued through a number of dramatic films including Raging Bull 1980 The King of Comedy 1983 Casino 1995 The Departed 2006 The Wolf of Wall Street 2013 and The Irishman 2019 He has worked on many other soundtracks for film and television Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2 1 With Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks 2 2 With Levon and the Hawks 2 3 With Bob Dylan and the Hawks 2 3 1 1965 1966 World Tour 2 3 2 The Basement Tapes period 2 4 With the Band 2 4 1 1967 1968 Music From Big Pink 2 4 2 1969 The Band 2 4 3 1970 1973 Stage Fright through Moondog Matinee 2 4 4 1974 Reunion with Bob Dylan Planet Waves and Before the Flood 2 4 5 1974 1975 Shangri La Studios The Basement Tapes and Northern Lights Southern Cross 2 4 6 1976 Islands and The Last Waltz concert 2 4 7 1977 1978 The Last Waltz film and album 2 5 Production and session work outside of the Band 1970 1977 3 Film career 1980 1986 3 1 Carny 1980 film and soundtrack 3 2 Early collaborations with Martin Scorsese 1980 1986 Raging Bull The King of Comedy The Color of Money 4 Solo career 4 1 Geffen Records period 4 1 1 Robbie Robertson 1987 4 1 2 Storyville 1991 4 2 Production and session work 1984 1992 4 3 Later solo albums 5 Later career 6 Honours and awards 7 As author 8 Personal life 9 Discography 10 Filmography 11 See also 12 References 13 Further reading 14 External linksEarly life EditRobertson was born Jaime Royal Robertson 6 on July 5 1943 He was an only child His mother was Rosemarie Dolly Chrysler born February 6 1922 7 She was Cayuga and Mohawk 8 raised on the Six Nations Reserve southwest of Toronto Ontario Chrysler lived with an aunt in the Cabbagetown neighbourhood of Toronto and worked at the Coro jewellery plating factory She met James Patrick Robertson at the factory and they married in 1942 9 Rosemarie and James Robertson continued to work at the factory where they met The family lived in several homes in different Toronto neighbourhoods when Robbie was a child 10 55 11 65 He often travelled with his mother to the Six Nations Reserve to visit her family It was here that Robertson was mentored in playing guitar by family members in particular his older cousin Herb Myke He became a fan of rock n roll and R amp B through the radio listening to disc jockey George Hound Dog Lorenz play rock n roll on WKBW in Buffalo New York and staying up at night to listen to disc jockey John R s all night blues show on WLAC a clear channel station in Nashville Tennessee 12 56 13 65 66 When Robertson was in his early teens his parents separated His mother revealed to Robertson that his biological father was not James but Alexander David Klegerman a Jewish man whom she had met working at the Coro factory He became a professional gambler and was killed in a hit and run accident on the Queen Elizabeth Way She had been with him while James Robertson was stationed in Newfoundland with the Canadian Army before she married James After telling Robertson his mother arranged for the youth to meet his paternal uncles Morris Morrie and Nathan Natie Klegerman 14 Career EditWhen Robertson was 14 he worked two brief summer jobs in the travelling carnival circuit first for a few days in a suburb of Toronto and later as an assistant at a freak show for three weeks during the Canadian National Exhibition He drew from this for his song Life is a Carnival with the Band and the movie Carny 1980 which he produced and starred in 15 The first band Robertson joined was Little Caesar and the Consuls formed in 1956 by pianist vocalist Bruce Morshead and guitarist Gene MacLellan He stayed with the group for almost a year playing popular songs of the day at local teen dances In 1957 he formed Robbie and the Rhythm Chords with his friend Pete Thumper Traynor who would later found Traynor Amplifiers They changed the name to Robbie and the Robots after they watched the film Forbidden Planet and took a liking to the film s character Robby the Robot Traynor customized Robertson s guitar for the Robots fitting it with antennae and wires to give it a space age look Traynor and Robertson joined with pianist Scott Cushnie and became The Suedes At a Suedes show on October 5 1959 when they played CHUM Radio s Hif Fi Club on Toronto s Merton Street Ronnie Hawkins first became aware of them and was impressed enough to join them for a few numbers 11 66 12 56 57 16 17 With Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks Edit Robertson began shadowing Hawkins After the Suedes opened for the Arkansas based rockabilly group Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks at Dixie Arena Hawkins hired Robertson for the Hawks road crew 18 Hawkins recorded two songs co credited to Robertson Hey Baba Lou and Someone Like You for his album Mr Dynamo 1959 and brought Robertson to the Brill Building in New York City to help him choose songs for the rest of the album 1 14 15 11 66 67 16 45 46 Ronnie Hawkins performing live in 2014 Hawkins hired Robertson as a member of his backup band the Hawks in 1960 Hawkins hired pianist Scott Cushnie away from the Suedes and took him on tour in Arkansas with the Hawks When the Hawks bass player left the group Cushnie recommended that Hawkins hire Robertson to replace him on bass 16 49 51 52 19 Hawkins invited Robertson to Arkansas and then flew to the UK to perform on television there Left in Arkansas Robertson spent his living allowance on records and practised intensively each day Upon returning Hawkins hired him to play bass Cushnie left the band a few months later 19 Robertson soon switched from bass to playing lead guitar for the Hawks 1 20 22 11 68 70 75 Robertson developed into a guitar virtuoso 20 Roy Buchanan a few years older than Robertson was briefly a member of the Hawks and became an important influence on Robertson s guitar style Standing next to Buchanan on stage for several months Robertson was able to absorb Buchanan s deft manipulations with his volume speed dial his tendency to bend multiple strings for steel guitar like effect his rapid sweep picking and his passion for bending past the root and fifth notes during solo flights 21 Drummer singer Levon Helm was already a member of the Hawks and soon became close friends with Robertson 11 76 The Hawks continued to tour the United States and Canada adding Rick Danko Richard Manuel and Garth Hudson to the Hawks lineup in 1961 22 This lineup which later became the Band toured with Hawkins throughout 1962 and into 1963 11 95 100 They also hired the saxophone player Jerry Penfound and later Bruce Bruno who were both with the group in their intermediary period as Levon and the Hawks 23 24 Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks cut sessions for Roulette Records throughout 1961 1963 all of which Robertson appeared on The sessions included three singles Come Love b w I Feel Good Roulette 4400 1961 Who Do You Love b w Bo Diddley Roulette 4483 1963 and There s A Screw Loose b w High Blood Pressure Roulette 4502 1963 16 420 25 With Levon and the Hawks Edit The Hawks left Ronnie Hawkins at the beginning of 1964 to go on their own 26 The members of the Hawks were losing interest in playing in the rockabilly style and favoured blues and soul music In early 1964 the group approached agent Harold Kudlets about representing them which he agreed to do booking them a year s worth of shows in the same circuits as they had been in before with Ronnie Hawkins Originally dubbed The Levon Helm Sextet the group included all of the future members of the Band plus Jerry Penfound on saxophone and Bob Bruno on vocals 11 105 106 After Bruno left in May 1964 the group changed their name to Levon and the Hawks Penfound stayed with the group until 1965 23 Kudlets kept the group busy performing throughout 1964 and into 1965 finally booking them into two lengthy summer engagements at the popular nightclub Tony Mart s in Somers Point New Jersey at the Shore 12 64 66 68 They played six nights a week alongside Conway Twitty and other acts 27 The members of Levon and the Hawks befriended blues artist John P Hammond while he was performing in Toronto in 1964 16 84 85 Later in the year the group agreed to work on Hammond s album So Many Roads released in 1965 at the same time that they were playing the Peppermint Lounge in New York City 12 65 Robertson played guitar throughout the album and was billed Jaime R Robertson in the album s credits 11 110 Levon and the Hawks cut a single Uh Uh Uh b w Leave Me Alone under the name the Canadian Squires in March 1965 Both songs were written by Robertson The single was recorded in New York 12 66 and released on Apex Records in the United States and on Ware Records in Canada 28 95 As Levon and the Hawks the group cut an afternoon session for Atco Records later in 1965 16 81 which yielded two singles The Stones I Throw b w He Don t Love You Atco 6383 and Go Go Liza Jane b w He Don t Love You Atco 6625 16 420 Robertson also wrote all three of the tracks on Levon and the Hawks Atco singles 28 95 With Bob Dylan and the Hawks Edit 1965 1966 World Tour Edit See also Electric Dylan Controversy and Bob Dylan 1966 World Tour Toward the end of Levon and the Hawks second engagement at Tony Mart s in New Jersey in August 1965 Robertson received a call from Albert Grossman Management requesting a meeting with singer Bob Dylan 28 21 29 The group had been recommended to both Grossman and to Dylan by Mary Martin one of Grossman s employees she was originally from Toronto and was a friend of the band 12 68 69 30 Dylan was also aware of the group through his friend John Hammond 12 69 whose album So Many Roads members of the Hawks had performed on Robertson agreed to meet with Dylan Initially Dylan intended simply to hire Robertson as the guitarist for his backing group Robertson refused the offer but did agree to play two shows with Dylan one at the Forest Hills Tennis Stadium in Forest Hills New York on August 28 and one at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on September 3 Robertson suggested they use Levon Helm on drums for the shows 31 5 Robertson and Helm performed in Dylan s backing band along with Harvey Brooks and Al Kooper for both shows The first at Forest Hills received a predominantly hostile response but the second in Los Angeles was received slightly more favourably 12 70 Dylan flew up to Toronto and rehearsed with Levon and the Hawks September 15 17 as Levon and the Hawks finished an engagement there and hired the full band for his upcoming tour 16 96 99 Bob Dylan and the Hawks toured the United States throughout October December 1965 32 8 9 with each show consisting of two sets an acoustic show featuring only Dylan on guitar and harmonica and an electric set featuring Dylan backed by the Hawks The tours were largely met with a hostile reaction from fans who knew Dylan as a prominent figure in the American folk music revival and thought his move into rock music a betrayal Helm left the group after their November 28 performance in Washington D C Session drummer Bobby Gregg replaced Helm for the December dates and Sandy Konikoff was brought in to replace Gregg in January 1966 16 105 109 Dylan and the Hawks played more dates in the continental United States in February March 1966 of the 1966 world tour From April 9 May 27 they played Hawaii Australia Europe and the UK and Ireland Drummer Sandy Konikoff left after the Pacific Northwest dates in March 12 74 and Mickey Jones replaced him staying with the group for the remainder of the tour The Australian and European legs of the tour received a particularly harsh response from disgruntled folk fans The May 17 Manchester Free Trade Hall show is best known for an angry audience member audibly yelling Judas at Dylan it became a frequently bootlegged live show from the tour 33 73 76 was eventually released officially as The Bootleg Series Vol 4 Bob Dylan Live 1966 The Royal Albert Hall Concert 34 4 The European leg of the tour was filmed by documentary filmmaker D A Pennebaker but completion of a planned film was delayed After recovering from an accident Dylan decided to edit it himself 34 ABC television rejected it 35 and it was never commercially released It was screened as Eat the Document in 1972 at the Whitney Museum in New York 36 37 On November 30 1965 Dylan cut a studio session with members of the Hawks 38 which yielded the non LP single Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window Dylan completed the Blonde on Blonde album in Nashville in mid February 1966 employing Robertson for one of these sessions which took place on February 14 39 The Basement Tapes period Edit See also The Basement Tapes and The Bootleg Series Vol 11 The Basement Tapes Complete The Big Pink house in 2006 Big Pink was the house where Bob Dylan and the Band s Basement Tapes were recorded and the music from the Band album Music From Big Pink was written On July 29 1966 Dylan sustained an injured neck from a motorcycle accident and retreated to a quiet domestic life with his new wife and child in upstate New York 40 216 219 Some of the members of the Hawks were living at the Chelsea Hotel in New York City at the time 40 220 and were kept on a weekly retainer by Dylan s management 30 In February 1967 Dylan invited the members of the Hawks to come up to Woodstock New York to work on music 30 Robertson had met a French Canadian woman on the Paris stop of Dylan s 1966 world tour 41 and the two moved into a house in the Woodstock area 16 135 The remaining three members of the Hawks rented a house near West Saugerties New York it was later dubbed Big Pink because of its pink exterior 40 220 221 Dylan and the members of the Hawks worked together at the Big Pink house every day to rehearse and generate ideas for new songs many of which they recorded in Big Pink s makeshift basement studio 16 137 The recordings were made between the late spring and autumn of 1967 42 Previous Hawks member Levon Helm returned to the group in August 1967 28 27 By this time Robertson s guitar style had evolved to be more supportive of the song and less devoted to displaying speed and virtuosity 21 In time word about these sessions began to circulate and in 1968 Rolling Stone magazine co founder Jann Wenner brought attention to these tracks in an article entitled Dylan s Basement Tape Should Be Released 42 43 In 1969 a bootleg album with a plain white cover compiled by two incognito music industry insiders featured a collection of seven tracks from these sessions The album which became known as The Great White Wonder began to appear in independent record stores and receive radio airplay This album became a runaway success 33 42 46 and helped to launch the bootleg recording industry 44 In 1975 Robertson would produce an official compilation The Basement Tapes which included a selection of tracks from the sessions An exhaustive collection of all 138 extant recordings was released in 2014 as The Bootleg Series Vol 11 The Basement Tapes Complete 42 With the Band Edit See also The Band 1967 1968 Music From Big Pink Edit Robbie Robertson performing live with the Band In late 1967 Dylan left to record his next album John Wesley Harding 1967 After recording the basic tracks Dylan asked Robertson and Garth Hudson about playing on the album to fill out the sound However when Robertson heard the tracks he liked the starkness of the sound and recommended that Dylan leave the songs as they were 16 147 48 Dylan worked with the members of the Hawks again when they appeared as his backup band at two Woody Guthrie memorial concerts at Carnegie Hall in New York City in January 1968 28 29 Three of these performances were later released by Columbia Records on the LP A Tribute to Woody Guthrie Vol 1 1972 45 Over the course of the Basement Tapes period the group had developed a sound of their own and Grossman went to Los Angeles to shop the group to a major label securing a contract with Capitol Records 28 22 28 The group went to New York to begin recording songs with music producer John Simon Capitol brought the group to Los Angeles to finish the album 46 The resulting album Music From Big Pink 47 was released in August 1968 48 Robertson wrote four of the songs on Music From Big Pink including The Weight Chest Fever Caledonia Mission and To Kingdom Come Robertson is listed in the songwriting credits as J R Robertson Robertson sang lead vocal on the track To Kingdom Come he would not sing on another Band song released to the public until Knockin Lost John on 1977 s Islands 16 158 46 Two of Robertson s compositions for the album The Weight and Chest Fever would become important touchstones in the group s career The Weight was influenced by the films of director Luis Bunuel in particular Nazarin 1959 and Viridiana 1961 and reflects the recurring theme in Bunuel s films about the impossibility of sainthood The song portrays an individual who attempts to take a saintly pilgrimage and becomes mired down with requests from other people to do favors for them along the way The mention of Nazareth at the beginning of the song refers to Nazareth Pennsylvania where the C F Martin amp Company guitar manufacturer is located it was inspired by Robertson seeing the word Nazareth in the hole of his Martin guitar 1 20 Although The Weight reached 21 on the British radio charts 49 it did not fare as well on the American charts initially stalling at 63 But the song gained traction following more successful covers by Jackie DeShannon US 55 1968 Aretha Franklin US 19 1969 and the Supremes with the Temptations US 46 1969 and the song s inclusion in the movie Easy Rider 1969 which became a runaway success The Weight has since become the Band s best known song It has been covered by many artists appeared in dozens of films and documentaries and has become a staple in American rock music 16 168 173 28 32 50 51 When Music from Big Pink was released in 1968 the Band initially avoided media attention and discouraged Capitol Records from promotional efforts They also did not immediately pursue touring to support the album and declined to be interviewed for a year 28 38 The resulting mystery surrounding the group prompted speculation in the underground press 46 Music from Big Pink received excellent reviews and the album influenced many well known musicians of the period citation needed 1969 The Band Edit The Band in 1969 Robertson is second from the right In early 1969 the Band rented a home from Sammy Davis Jr in Hollywood Hills and converted the pool house behind it into a studio to recreate the clubhouse atmosphere that they had previously enjoyed at Big Pink The band began recording every day in the pool house studio working on a tight schedule to complete the album 16 176 178 An additional three tracks were recorded at The Hit Factory in New York in April 1969 47 Robertson did most of the audio engineering on the album 28 41 The Band began performing regularly in spring 1969 with their first live dates as the Band taking place at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco 52 Their most notable performances that year were at the 1969 Woodstock Festival and the UK Isle of Wight Festival with Bob Dylan in August 16 201 245 The Band s album The Band was released in September 1969 and became a critical and commercial success The album received almost universal critical praise peaked at 9 on the US pop charts and stayed in the Top 40 for 24 weeks 53 25 The Band works as a loose concept album of Americana themes 54 and was instrumental in the creation of the Americana music genre 47 It was included in the Library of Congress National Recording Registry in 2009 55 The song from this album that had the strongest cultural influence was The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down The song explores a Confederate man s life after defeat of the South following the American Civil War It incorporates historical events to create a larger American mythos Although the Band s original version was not released as a single a cover version by Joan Baez went to 3 on the charts in 1971 and helped to popularize the song 16 192 193 56 Several other tracks from The Band received significant radio airplay and would become staples in the group s concert appearances Up on Cripple Creek peaked at 25 in late 1969 in the United States and would be their only Top 30 hit there 57 Rag Mama Rag reached 16 in the UK in April 1970 the highest chart position of any single by the group in that country 49 Whispering Pines co written by Richard Manuel was released as a single in France in 1970 58 and would become the title of a 2009 book about Canadian contributions to the Americana music genre by Jason Schneider 12 On November 2 1969 the Band appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show one of only two television appearances they would make 28 45 1970 1973 Stage Fright through Moondog Matinee Edit On January 12 1970 the Band was featured on the cover of Time magazine 59 This was the first time a North American rock band featured on the cover of the magazine 60 The Band rented The Woodstock Playhouse in Woodstock New York with the intent of recording a new live album there but the city council voted against it so they recorded on location but without an audience Robertson handled most of the songwriting duties as before 16 235 236 Robertson brought in Todd Rundgren to engineer the album which was recorded in two weeks time 61 These sessions became their third album Stage Fright which would become the Band s highest charting album peaking at 5 on September 5 and staying in the Billboard Top 40 for 14 weeks 53 25 Robertson performing live with the Band in 1971 The Band s next album Cahoots was recorded at Albert Grossman s newly built Bearsville Studios and was released in October 1971 The album received mixed reviews and peaked at 24 on the Billboard charts 28 54 58 only remaining in the Billboard Top 40 for five weeks 53 25 Cahoots is notable for its cover of Bob Dylan s When I Paint My Masterpiece as well as for featuring the concert favourite Life Is a Carnival The inclusion of When I Paint My Masterpiece came about when Dylan stopped by Robertson s home during the recording of Cahoots and Robertson asked if he might have any songs to contribute That led to Dylan playing an unfinished version of When I Paint My Masterpiece for him Dylan completed the song soon afterwards and the Band recorded it for the album Life Is a Carnival features horn parts written by producer and arranger Allen Toussaint It would be the only track from Cahoots the group would keep in their set list through to The Last Waltz concert and film 28 54 55 The Band continued to tour throughout 1970 71 52 A live album recorded at a series of shows at the Academy of Music in New York City between December 28 31 1971 52 was released in 1972 as the double album Rock Of Ages 62 Rock of Ages peaked at 6 and remained in the Top 40 for 14 weeks 53 25 After the Academy of Music shows the Band again retreated from performing live They returned to the stage on July 28 1973 52 to play the Summer Jam at Watkins Glen alongside the Allman Brothers Band and the Grateful Dead A recording of the Band s performance was released by Capitol Records as the album Live at Watkins Glen in 1995 63 With over 600 000 people in attendance 64 the festival set a record for Pop Festival Attendance in the Guinness Book of World Records The record was first published in the 1976 edition of the book 65 In October 1973 the Band released an album of cover songs entitled Moondog Matinee 28 69 62 which peaked at 28 on the Billboard charts 53 25 Around the time of the recording of Moondog Matinee Robertson began working on an ambitious project entitled Works that was never finished or released One lyric from the Works project Lay a flower in the snow was used in Robertson s song Fallen Angel which appeared on his 1987 self titled solo album 62 1974 Reunion with Bob Dylan Planet Waves and Before the Flood Edit In February 1973 66 2 Bob Dylan relocated from Woodstock New York to Malibu California 67 68 Coincidentally Robertson moved to Malibu in the summer of 1973 and by October of the year the rest of the members of the Band had followed suit moving into properties near Zuma Beach citation needed Bob Dylan and the Band performing at the Chicago Stadium in Chicago Illinois on the 1974 reunion tour Robertson is second from the left David Geffen had signed Dylan to Asylum Records and worked with promoter Bill Graham on the concept that would become the Bob Dylan and the Band 1974 Tour It would be Dylan s first tour in more than seven years citation needed Meanwhile Bill Graham took out a full page advertisement for the Bob Dylan and the Band tour in The New York Times The response was one of the largest in entertainment history up to that point with between 5 and 6 million requests for tickets mailed in for 650 000 seats Graham s office ended up selling tickets off on a lottery basis and Dylan and the Band netted 2 million from the deal 12 298 16 284 286 28 70 Amongst the rehearsals and preparations the Band went into the studio with Bob Dylan to record a new album for Asylum Records that would become the Bob Dylan album Planet Waves 1974 Sessions took place at Village Recorder in West Los Angeles California from November 2 14 1973 69 Planet Waves was released on February 9 1974 The album was 1 on the Billboard album charts for four weeks and spent 12 weeks total in the Billboard Top 40 53 25 Planet Waves was Bob Dylan s first 1 album 70 and the first and only time Bob Dylan and the Band recorded a studio album together 16 287 The 1974 tour began at the Chicago Stadium on January 3 1974 and ended at The Forum in Inglewood California on February 14 71 The shows began with more songs from the new Planet Waves album and with covers that Dylan and the Band liked but as the tour went on they moved toward playing older and more familiar material only keeping Forever Young from the Planet Waves album in the set list 72 Dylan and the Band played a number of tracks from the controversial 1965 1966 World Tour this time to wildly enthusiastic response from the audience where there had been mixed reaction and boos nine years previously 16 291 The final three shows of the tour at The Forum in Inglewood California were recorded and assembled into the double album Before the Flood 71 Credited to Bob Dylan The Band Before the Flood was released by Asylum Records on July 20 1974 The album debuted at 3 on the Billboard charts and spent ten weeks in the Top Forty 53 26 1974 1975 Shangri La Studios The Basement Tapes and Northern Lights Southern Cross Edit Following the 1974 reunion tour with Bob Dylan rock manager Elliot Roberts booked the Band with the recently reunited Crosby Stills Nash and Young 52 On September 4 both artists played Wembley Stadium in London appearing with Jesse Colin Young and Joni Mitchell 16 308 310 73 The entrance to Shangri La Studios in 2016 the Band had the ranch house on the Shangri La property converted into a recording studio in 1974 After moving to Malibu in 1973 Robertson and the Band had discovered a ranch in Malibu near Zuma Beach called Shangri La and decided to lease the property The main house on the property had originally been built by Lost Horizon 1937 actress Margo Albert 74 and the ranch had been the filming and stabling site for the Mister Ed television show in the 1960s In the interim the house had served as a high class bordello 75 The album release of The Basement Tapes credited to Bob Dylan and the Band was the first album production that took place in the new studio The album produced by Robertson featured a selection of tapes from the original 1967 Basement Tapes sessions with Dylan as well as demos for tracks eventually recorded for the Music From Big Pink album Robertson cleaned up the tracks and the album was released in July 1975 12 298 16 311 13 Shangri La Studios proved to be a return to a clubhouse atmosphere that the Band had enjoyed previously at Big Pink and in the spring of 1975 the group began work on Northern Lights Southern Cross their first release of original material in four years citation needed One of the best known tracks on the album is Acadian Driftwood the first song with specifically Canadian subject material Robertson was inspired to write Acadian Driftwood after seeing the documentary L Acadie l Acadie 1971 on Canadian television while in Montreal 12 298 299 28 77 79 Two other notable tracks from that album are It Makes No Difference and Ophelia citation needed Northern Lights Southern Cross was released on November 1 1975 The album received generally positive reviews 12 300 and reached 26 on the Billboard charts remaining in the Top 40 for five weeks 53 26 76 1976 Islands and The Last Waltz concert Edit The Band began touring again in June 1976 performing throughout the summer 52 The members of the Band were splintering off to work on other projects with Levon Helm building a studio in Woodstock and Rick Danko having been contracted to Arista Records as a solo artist 77 While on the summer tour member Richard Manuel was involved in a boating accident that severely injured his neck and ten dates of the 25 date tour were cancelled 12 300 01 16 324 5 It was during this time period that Robertson introduced the concept that the Band would cease to operate as a touring act According to Robertson the group s mutual agreement was that they would stage one final grand finale show part ways to work on their various projects and then regroup 28 82 78 79 Helm later made the case in his autobiography This Wheel s on Fire that Robertson had forced the Band s breakup on the rest of the group 80 Concert promoter Bill Graham booked the Band at the Winterland Ballroom on Thanksgiving Day November 25 1976 The show was intended as a gala event with ticket prices of 25 per person The event would include a Thanksgiving dinner served to the audience and would feature the Band performing with various musical guests 77 The onstage guest list included Ronnie Hawkins Muddy Waters Paul Butterfield Dr John Bob Dylan Eric Clapton Van Morrison Neil Diamond Joni Mitchell Neil Young Emmylou Harris and others 81 The Band with musical guests performing I Shall Be Released at The Last Waltz concert on November 25 1976 Robertson wanted to document the event on film and approached director Martin Scorsese to see if he would be interested in shooting the concert 82 83 84 73 74 The Winterland concert was called The Last Waltz Robertson and Scorsese developed a 200 page script for the show listing out in columns the lyrics of the songs who was singing what part and what instruments were being featured It included columns for the camera and lighting work 83 Scorsese brought in all star cameramen such as Michael Chapman Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos Zsigmond to film the show in 35mm 82 83 John Simon producer on the Band s first two albums was brought in to coordinate rehearsals and work as musical director 85 Boris Leven was brought in as art director Jonathan Taplin assumed the role of executive producer and Robertson worked as producer of the film 16 336 Rehearsals for The Last Waltz concert began in early November Warner Bros Records president Mo Ostin offered to finance the production of The Last Waltz film in exchange for the rights to release music from The Last Waltz as an album However the group were contractually obligated to supply Capitol Records with one more album before they could be released to work with Warner Bros So in between rehearsing the Band worked on the studio album Islands for Capitol Robertson wrote or co wrote eight of the ten tracks One of the songs Knockin Lost John features Robertson on vocals and was the first Band song Robertson had sung on since To Kingdom Come from Music From Big Pink Christmas Must Be Tonight was inspired by the birth of Robertson s son Sebastian in July 1974 16 336 8 28 82 The Last Waltz concert event took place on Thanksgiving Day November 25 1976 Approximately five thousand people were in attendance 86 The event began at 5 pm beginning with the audience members being served a full traditional Thanksgiving meal at candlelit tables with a vegetarian table serving an alternate menu as an option The Berkeley Promenade Orchestra played waltz music for dancing afterwards The tables were cleared and moved at 8 pm At 9 pm the Band played songs for an hour beginning with Up On Cripple Creek Just after 10 pm Robertson introduced Ronnie Hawkins the first onstage guest with a succession of guest stars appearing with the group until just after midnight The group took a 30 minute break during which several Bay Area poets performed readings of their poems After the break the Band returned to the stage performing among other songs a new composition entitled The Last Waltz Theme that Robertson had just completed less than 48 hours prior Bob Dylan was brought in at the end of this second set performing several songs and finally being joined with the other guest stars for a finale performance of I Shall Be Released This was then followed with two all star jam sessions after which the Band returned to the stage to close the show with one more song their rendition of Baby Don t You Do It 16 351 78 1977 1978 The Last Waltz film and album Edit After The Last Waltz concert event was finished director Martin Scorsese had 400 reels of raw footage to work with 86 and began editing the footage The film was then sold to United Artists In the meantime Robertson and Scorsese continued to brainstorm more ideas for the film In April 1977 country singer Emmylou Harris and gospel vocal group the Staple Singers were filmed on a sound stage at MGM performing with the Band Emmylou Harris performed on Evangeline a new song written by Robertson and the Staples Singers performed on a new recording of The Weight which they themselves had recorded a version of in 1968 16 352 53 28 85 87 84 73 74 Scorsese s next idea was to intersperse the concert footage with interviews of the Band that told their story Scorsese conducted the interviews citation needed The Last Waltz album was released by Warner Brothers Records on April 7 1978 as a 3 LP set 87 The first five sides feature live performances from the concert and the last side contains studio recordings from the MGM sound stage sessions 88 The album peaked at 16 on the Billboard charts and remained in the Top 40 for 8 weeks 53 26 The Last Waltz film was released to theatres on April 26 1978 89 The film fared well with both rock and film critics Robertson and Scorsese made appearances throughout America and Europe to promote the film 16 361 Over time The Last Waltz has become lauded by many as an important and pioneering rockumentary Its influence has been felt on subsequent rock music films such as Talking Heads Stop Making Sense 1984 and U2 s Rattle and Hum 1988 90 Production and session work outside of the Band 1970 1977 Edit Singer songwriter Jesse Winchester performing in 2011 Robertson produced his self titled debut album in 1970 Robertson produced Jesse Winchester s debut self titled album which was released in 1970 on Ampex Records 91 The album features Robertson playing guitar throughout the album and co credits the track Snow to Robertson as well 92 Robertson played guitar on ex Beatle Ringo Starr s third solo album Ringo 1973 performing with four fifths of the Band on the track Sunshine Life For Me Sail Away Raymond 93 94 Robertson contributed a guitar solo on the track Snookeroo on Starr s fourth album Goodnight Vienna 1974 95 Robertson played guitar for Joni Mitchell on the track Raised on Robbery which was released on her album Court and Spark In 1974 Robertson also played guitar on Carly Simon s version of Mockingbird which featured Simon singing with her then husband James Taylor 96 In 1975 Robertson produced and played guitar on singer guitarist Hirth Martinez s debut album Hirth From Earth Bob Dylan had heard Martinez and recommended him to Robertson Robertson identified strongly with Martinez music helped him to secure a recording contract with Warner Bros Records and agreed to produce Martinez debut album He also played guitar on Martinez follow up album Big Bright Street 1977 16 321 322 97 98 99 In 1975 Eric Clapton recorded the album No Reason to Cry at the Band s Shangri La Studios with help from members of the Band 16 326 Robertson played lead guitar on the track Sign Language 100 In the mid 1970s Robertson connected with singer Neil Diamond and the two began collaborating on a concept album about the life and struggles of a Tin Pan Alley songwriter The resulting album entitled Beautiful Noise was recorded at Shangri La Studios in early 1976 It reached 6 on the Billboard charts and remained in the Top 40 for sixteen weeks Robertson produced the album co wrote the track Dry Your Eyes with Diamond and played guitar on Dry Your Eyes Lady Oh and Jungletime He produced Diamond s live double album Love at the Greek 1977 which was recorded in 1976 at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles Love at the Greek reached 8 on the Billboard charts and remained in the Top 40 for nine weeks 16 321 322 53 89 101 In 1977 Robertson contributed to two album projects from the Band alumni Robertson played guitar on Java Blues on Rick Danko s self titled debut album and also played guitar on the Earl King penned Sing Sing Sing on the album Levon Helm amp the RCO All Stars 11 273 102 Also in 1977 Robertson contributed to the second self titled album by singer songwriter Libby Titus who was the former girlfriend of Levon Helm 11 213 279 280 Robertson produced the track The Night You Took Me To Barbados In My Dreams co written by Titus and Hirth Martinez and produced and played guitar on the Cole Porter standard Miss Otis Regrets 103 Film career 1980 1986 EditCarny 1980 film and soundtrack Edit After the release of The Last Waltz MGM UA who released the film viewed Robertson as a potential film actor and provided Robertson with an office on the MGM lot 41 104 During this time Martin Scorsese s agent Harry Ulfand contacted Robertson about the idea of producing a dramatic film about traveling carnivals which Robertson was drawn to because of his childhood experiences working in carnivals The screenplay for the film Carny was directed by documentary filmmaker Robert Kaylor citation needed Although Robertson was initially only intended to be the producer of Carny he ended up becoming the third lead actor in the film playing the role of Patch the patch man Gary Busey played Frankie the carnival bozo and Patch s best friend Jodie Foster was selected to play the role of Donna a small town girl who runs away to join the carnival and threatens to come between the two friends The film cast real life carnies alongside professional film actors which created a difficult atmosphere on set 15 105 Carny opened to theaters on June 13 1980 106 Also in 1980 Warner Bros released a soundtrack album for Carny which is co credited to Robertson and composer Alex North who wrote the orchestral score for the film The soundtrack was re released on compact disc by Real Gone Music in 2015 15 Early collaborations with Martin Scorsese 1980 1986 Raging Bull The King of Comedy The Color of Money Edit He s a frustrated musician and I guess I was a frustrated filmmaker So it was a perfect connect Robbie Robertson on his working relationship with Martin Scorsese 107 After the production of Carny was completed Robertson flew to New York to assist Martin Scorsese on the music for the film Raging Bull 1980 15 Robertson and Scorsese would have a long running working relationship The former would find and or create music to underscore the latter s films Raging Bull was the first of these collaborations Robertson credits his work on Raging Bull for sparking his interest in the work of sourcing and underscoring music for movies 107 108 Robertson supplied three newly recorded instrumental jazz tracks for sourced music which he also produced These three tracks feature Robertson playing guitar along with performances from the Band alumni Garth Hudson and Richard Manuel One of the tracks Webster Hall is co written by Robertson and Garth Hudson 109 Robertson also worked with Scorsese on selecting the film s opening theme music choosing the intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana by Italian opera composer Pietro Mascagni 107 The soundtrack was finally released by Capitol Records in 2005 as a 37 track 2 CD set 109 Robertson worked with Scorsese again on his next film The King of Comedy 1983 and is credited in the film s opening credits for Music Production 110 Robertson contributed one original song Between Trains to the film s soundtrack The song was written in tribute to Cowboy Dan Johnson an assistant of Scorsese s who had recently died 16 379 Robertson produced the track sings lead vocals and plays guitar and keyboards the Band alumni Garth Hudson and Richard Manuel appear on the track was well A soundtrack album for the film was released by Warner Bros in 1983 citation needed In June 1986 Robertson began working with Scorsese on his next film The Color of Money 111 In addition to sourcing music for the film Robertson also composed the film s score 112 it was the first time Robertson had ever written a dramatic underscore for a film 113 Robertson brought in Canadian jazz composer Gil Evans to orchestrate the arrangements 114 The best known song on The Color of Money soundtrack is Eric Clapton s It s in the Way That You Use It which was co written by Robertson It s in the Way That You Use It reached 1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs chart in January 1987 115 Robertson produced a song for the film with blues player Willie Dixon 116 entitled Don t Tell Me Nothin Dixon s track was co written with Robertson The Color of Money s soundtrack album was released by MCA Records Solo career EditGeffen Records period Edit Robbie Robertson 1987 Edit Robertson began work on his first solo album Robbie Robertson in July 1986 after signing to Geffen Records Robertson chose fellow Canadian Daniel Lanois to produce the album Much of the album was recorded at The Village Recorder in West Los Angeles California He recorded at Bearsville Studios near Woodstock New York and also in Dublin Ireland with U2 and in Bath England with Peter Gabriel He employed a number of guest artists on the album including U2 Gabriel the Bodeans and Maria McKee 111 113 Garth Hudson and Rick Danko also made appearances on the album Robertson wrote one track Fallen Angel in honor of Richard Manuel 113 after his passing in March 1986 16 384 Released on October 26 1987 117 Robbie Robertson peaked at 35 on the Billboard 200 remaining in the top 40 for three weeks 53 260 The album charted even higher in the UK peaking at 23 on the UK Albums Chart and remaining on the chart for 14 weeks 118 Robbie Robertson received overwhelming critical acclaim at the time of its release 119 being listed in the Top Ten Albums of the Year by several critics in Billboard magazine s 1987 The Critics Choice end of the year feature 120 The album was listed as 77 in Rolling Stone s 1989 list 100 Best Albums of the Eighties 121 Robertson had his single largest hit in the UK with Somewhere Down The Crazy River which features his spoken word verses contrasted with singing in the choruses 113 The song reached 15 in the UK Hit Singles chart and remained in the chart for 11 weeks 118 The video for Somewhere Down The Crazy River was directed by Martin Scorsese and features Maria McKee in an acting role 122 In the US Robbie Robertson produced several hits on the Billboard Mainstream Rock charts with Showdown At Big Sky coming in the highest 2 and Sweet Fire Of Love the second highest 7 123 The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Album 124 and was certified gold in the United States in 1991 119 In Canada Robertson won Album Of The Year Best Male Vocalist Of The Year and Producer Of The Year at the Juno Award ceremony in 1989 125 In 1991 Rod Stewart recorded a version of Broken Arrow for his album Vagabond Heart 126 Stewart s version of the song reached 20 on the Billboard 100 chart in the US 127 and 2 on the Billboard Top Canadian Hit Singles chart in Canada 128 Broken Arrow was performed live by the Grateful Dead with Phil Lesh on vocals 129 Storyville 1991 Edit Storyville was released on September 30 1991 130 Robertson headed to New Orleans to collaborate with some of the city s natives like Aaron and Ivan Neville and the Rebirth Brass Band Once again Robertson brought in Band alumni Garth Hudson and Rick Danko as contributors 131 The album reached 69 on the Billboard 200 chart 132 Storyville received numerous positive reviews with Rolling Stone giving it 4 1 2 stars out of 5 133 and the Los Angeles Times awarding it 3 stars out of 4 134 Two tracks from the album What About Now and Go Back To Your Woods charted on the Billboard Mainstream Rock charts at 15 and 32 respectively 123 The album was nominated for Grammy awards in the categories Best Rock Vocal Performance solo and Best Engineer 124 Production and session work 1984 1992 Edit In 1984 Robertson co produced the track The Best of Everything with Tom Petty for the Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers album Southern Accents 135 Robertson also worked on the horn arrangements for the track and brought in Band alumni Richard Manuel and Garth Hudson as guests 136 137 In 1986 Robertson appeared as a guest on the album Reconciled by the Call playing guitar on the track The Morning 138 Also in 1986 Robertson was brought on as creative consultant for Hail Hail Rock n Roll 1987 a feature film saluting Chuck Berry 139 Robertson appears in film interviewing Chuck Berry and then playing guitar while Berry recites poetry 140 In 1988 Robertson collaborated as a songwriter with Lone Justice lead singer Maria McKee One of the songs they co wrote Nobody s Child was released on McKee s self titled debut album in 1989 141 142 In 1989 Robertson recorded and produced a new version of the Band s Christmas Must Be Tonight for the Scrooged soundtrack In 1990 Robertson appeared as a guest on the Ryuichi Sakamoto album Beauty playing guitar on the song Romance He also contributed to the world music video and album production One World One Voice citation needed In 1992 Robertson produced the song Love in Time for Roy Orbison s posthumous album King of Hearts Love In Time was a basic demo Orbison had recorded that was believed to be lost but had just recently been rediscovered Robertson set about augmenting Orbison s basic vocal track with new arrangements and instrumentation with the intent of making it sound like the arrangements were there from the beginning instead of later additions 143 Later solo albums Edit Music for the Native Americans 1994 In 1994 Robertson returned to his roots forming a Native American group called the Red Road Ensemble for Music for the Native Americans a collection of songs that accompanied a television documentary series produced by TBS Like his songs The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down and Acadian Driftwood Robertson touches on history that connects to his life and family The Battle Of Wounded Knee and the near extinction of the buffalo in the United States are outlined in the song Ghost Dance 144 Robertson was recognized with a Juno Award for Producer of the Year 125 The international success of Mahk Jchi Heartbeat Drum Song inspired a concert in Agrigento Italy celebrating Native American music Robertson headlined the festival along with other Native American musicians and portions of the live performance appeared in a PBS documentary citation needed Contact from the Underworld of Redboy 1998 On Contact from the Underworld of Redboy Robertson departed from his typical production style and delved deep into a mix of rock native and electronic music He employed the services of Howie B DJ Premier and producer Marius de Vries Bjork Massive Attack Through the songs on the album he takes a close look at native traditions like Peyote Healing The album s opening track The Sound Is Fading samples a recording of a young Native American singer from the 1940s that Robertson got from the Library Of Congress and the song Sacrifice includes parts of an interview from prison with Leonard Peltier set to a soundscape produced by Robertson and de Vries The racial epithet in the album s title comes from an experience Robertson had where some bullies referred to him as Red Boy while he was playing with his cousins citation needed Rolling Stone gave the album 4 out of 5 stars 145 and Robertson received a Juno Award for Best Music of Aboriginal Canada Recording 125 How to Become Clairvoyant 2011 Released on April 5 2011 How to Become Clairvoyant is the fifth solo release from Robertson The album arose from some impromptu demo sessions in Los Angeles with longtime friend Eric Clapton 146 It features Eric Clapton Steve Winwood Trent Reznor Tom Morello Robert Randolph Rocco Deluca Angela McCluskey and Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes Robbie performed He Don t Live Here No More on CBS s Late Show with David Letterman and Later with Jools Holland in support of the album He also appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon performing the song Straight Down The Line with Robert Randolph and the Roots 147 The album was released in a deluxe edition containing five bonus tracks four demos and the exclusive track Houdini named after the magician Harry Houdini How To Become Clairvoyant debuted at No 13 on the Billboard 200 marking the highest debut and highest chart position for Robbie s solo works in his career He teamed with painter and photographer Richard Prince to produce a special limited edition collector s release of the album The resulting LP sized box included an art book an individually numbered set of five lithographs including pieces by Prince and photographer Anton Corbijn a set of original tarot cards and the original album plus ten bonus tracks Only 2 500 were made 148 Sinematic 2019 Released on September 20 2019 Sinematic is Robertson s sixth solo album It features Van Morrison joining Robertson as dueling hitmen on the track I Hear You Paint Houses as well as other allusions to the world of Scorsese s films Citizen Cope Derek Trucks and Frederic Yonnet make guest appearances on the album 149 Later career Edit Robertson during a March 2011 radio interview Robertson worked on Martin Scorsese s movies Casino The Departed and Gangs of New York and he provided music supervision for Shutter Island The Wolf of Wall Street and Silence citation needed In Rome he headlined the 1995 annual Labour Day concert festival with supporting acts Andrea Bocelli Elvis Costello and Radiohead citation needed In 1996 as executive soundtrack producer Robertson heard a demo of Change the World and sent it to Clapton as a suggestion for the soundtrack of Phenomenon starring John Travolta Babyface produced the track Change the World won 1997 Grammy awards for Song of the Year and Record of the Year In 1999 Robertson contributed songs to Oliver Stone s film Any Given Sunday 150 In 2000 David Geffen and Mo Ostin convinced Robertson to join DreamWorks Records as creative executive Robertson who persuaded Nelly Furtado to sign with the company is actively involved with film projects and developing new artist talent including signings of A i Boomkat eastmountainsouth and Dana Glover On February 9 2002 Robertson performed Stomp Dance Unity as part of the opening ceremony of the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City Utah In 2004 he contributed the song Shine Your Light to the Ladder 49 soundtrack citation needed In 2005 Robertson was executive producer of the definitive box set for the Band entitled A Musical History In 2006 he recorded with Jerry Lee Lewis on the track Twilight a Robertson composition for Lewis album Last Man Standing On July 28 2007 at Eric Clapton s Crossroads Guitar Festival in Bridgeview Illinois Robertson made a rare live appearance Also in 2007 Robertson accepted an invitation to participate in Goin Home A Tribute to Fats Domino Vanguard With the group Galactic Robertson contributed a version of Domino s Goin to the River For the 2019 Martin Scorsese movie The Irishman Robertson provided the score and consulted with music supervisor Randall Poster on the entire soundtrack Honours and awards EditIn 1989 the Band was inducted into the Canadian Juno Hall of Fame In 1994 the Band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 151 In 1997 Robertson received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Songwriters At the 2003 commencement ceremonies at Queen s University in Kingston Ontario Robertson delivered an address to the graduating class and was awarded an honorary degree by the university In 2003 Robertson received the Indspire Aboriginal Lifetime Achievement Award 152 Robbie Robertson s star on Canada s Walk of Fame In 2003 Robertson was inducted into Canada s Walk of Fame 153 In 2005 Robertson received an honorary doctorate from York University 154 In 2006 he received the Governor General s Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement Canada s highest honour in the performing arts 155 In 2008 Robertson and the Band received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award 151 In 2011 Robertson was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame 156 On May 27 2011 Robertson was made an Officer of the Order of Canada by Governor General David Johnston 157 158 In 2014 the Band was inducted into Canada s Walk of Fame 151 October 14 2017 Robbie Robertson receives the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Native American Music Awards 159 In 2019 Robertson was given a key to the city of Toronto by Mayor John Tory during a TIFF press conference for Once Were Brothers Robbie Robertson and The Band a documentary about Robertson 160 161 2019 Robbie Robertson the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award in the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame from Canadian Music Week CMW 162 As author EditRobertson co authored Legends Icons and Rebels Music That Changed the World with his son Sebastian Robertson and colleagues Jim Guerinot and Jared Levine book 1 He also wrote Hiawatha and the Peacemaker illustrated by David Shannon book 2 His autobiography Testimony written over the course of five years was published by Crown Archetype in November 2016 book 3 Personal life EditOn March 24 1968 Robertson married Dominique Bourgeois a Canadian journalist 163 They have three children daughters Alexandra and Delphine and son Sebastian 164 In March 2022 Robertson became engaged to his girlfriend of four years Canadian entrepreneur restaurateur and Top Chef Canada judge Janet Zuccarini Robertson is a member of the Canadian charity Artists Against Racism 165 Discography EditSee also Robbie Robertson discography and The Band discography Robbie Robertson 1987 Storyville 1991 Music for the Native Americans soundtrack 1994 Contact from the Underworld of Redboy 1998 How to Become Clairvoyant 2011 Sinematic 2019 Filmography Edit1978 The Last Waltz performer producer 1980 Carny actor writer producer composer 1980 Raging Bull music producer 1982 The King of Comedy music producer 1986 The Color of Money composer 1994 Jimmy Hollywood composer 1995 Robbie Robertson Going Home documentary 1995 Casino music consultant 1995 The Crossing Guard actor Roger 1996 Phenomenon executive soundtrack producer 1996 Dakota Exile narrator 1999 Forces of Nature creative music consultant 1999 Wolves narrator 1999 Any Given Sunday songs 2001 The Life and Times of Robbie Robertson 2002 Gangs of New York executive music producer 2002 Skins writer 2003 Festival Express performer 2004 Jenifa executive producer 2004 Ladder 49 original song Shine Your Light 2006 The Departed music producer 2007 Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007 performer 2010 Shutter Island music supervisor 2012 Curse of the Axe narrator 2013 Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013 performer 2013 The Wolf of Wall Street executive music producer 2016 Silence executive music producer 2017 Rumble The Indians Who Rocked The World performer 2018 Native America narrator 2019 The Irishman executive music producer musical director musician 2019 Once Were Brothers Robbie Robertson and 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November 26 2019 Artists Artists Against Racism Artistsagainstracism org Retrieved September 30 2018 Further reading Edit Robertson Robbie Guerinot Jim Levine Jared Robertson Sebastian 2013 Legends Icons amp Rebels Music That Changed the World Tundra Books ISBN 978 1770495715 Robertson Robbie 2015 Hiawatha and the Peacemaker David Shannon illustrator Abrams Books for Young Readers ISBN 978 1419712203 Robertson Robbie 2016 Testimony Crown Archetype ISBN 978 0307889782 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Robbie Robertson Robbie Robertson at IMDb Robbie Robertson Interview NAMM Oral History Library 2017 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Robbie Robertson amp oldid 1150402836, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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