webfact Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 FILE - Robbie Robertson performing with The Band in San Francisco in 1976 Robbie Robertson, lead guitarist and songwriter of The Band, has died aged 80. Robertson was behind such classics as The Weight, Up On Cripple Creek, and The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down. His manager of 34 years, Jared Levine, wrote: "Robbie was surrounded by his family at the time of his death, including his wife, Janet, his ex-wife, Dominique, her partner Nicholas, and his children Alexandra, Sebastian, Delphine and Delphine's partner Kenny. Full story: https://news.sky.com/story/robbie-robertson-lead-guitarist-and-songwriter-of-the-band-dies-aged-80-12937002 -- © Copyright SKY NEWS 2023-08-10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PremiumLane Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 Sad news, his score for Raging Bull was class Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Bones Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 Another one passed on, another Canadian. Bugger. Hope he left stage left & quietly. I often wonder who will remember these legends? Thanks to my Pop, I fondly remember Max Bygraves, Des O'Connor, Ricky Vallance and Engelbert Humperdinky (sic????). Music to me transcends all boundaries.???????? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropposurfer Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 Cut my teenage teeth on the Band. Loved em all my life. Thank you mate for such joy, both stoned and straight. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutt Daeng Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 Robbie was a legend in his own lifetime. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stargeezr Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 I liked a lot of the songs that Robbie wrote and sang. Being a boomer is not easy, as so many of us are now dying off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arithai12 Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 Very sorry to hear that. I loved his later music in the 90's with the Red Road Ensemble and the canadian aboriginals style, he was often the soundrack in my car during long night trips. Thank you Robbie, RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassosa Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 RIP Smokey Robinson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerrymahoney Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 (edited) I saw The Band 4 times: Fillmore East, Schaefer Harvard Stadium, Boston Symphony Hall and Watkins Glen. Janis Joplin gave one of her final performances here. I remember one Boston writer saying The Band came on more like the Budapest String Quartet than a rock band. Great stuff. I like their performance at 1971 Academy of Music more than the Last Waltz. His later years tiff with Levon Helm over song-writing credits was sad. Edited August 10, 2023 by jerrymahoney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerrymahoney Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 On a separate note, the TMZ report is that RR died from prostate cancer. No one should have to die from prostate cancer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerrymahoney Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 I love the part in the Once Were Brothers doco when Robbie explains the beginnings of one of his 2 most famous songs. "The Weight" (the other being The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down). He said he was noodling around on his C.F. Martin acoustic guitar when he looked inside of it and saw that the Martin Company was based in Nazareth, PA. Thus come the opening line: I pulled into Nazareth, was feeling 'bout half-past dead. I also once read elsewhere that he saw the song like a Luis Buñuel movie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerrymahoney Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 (edited) From the available information, it would seem that, by the time a problem was recognized, it had already progressed to prostate cancer metastasis else a radical prostate removal would have been available. Edited August 11, 2023 by jerrymahoney 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puccini Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 15 hours ago, jerrymahoney said: From the available information, it would seem that, by the time a problem was recognized, it had already progressed to prostate cancer metastasis else a radical prostate removal would have been available. That's sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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