R.I.P. Robbie Robertson of 'The Band'

[Ar-Pharazon]

Guitarist and primary songwriter for The Band, Robbie Robertson has passed at 80.

Robbie Robertson, Master Storyteller Who Led the Band, Dead at 80

The Band’s guitarist and primary songwriter collaborated with Bob Dylan and penned “The Weight,” “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down,” and “Up on Cripple Creek,…

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[Nai Noswad]

F.eck! Caught him live many years ago... an absolute solid musician in every sense of the word.. massive cog in the wheel of 20th century music making.
"Rest down that crazy river"
RIP.
(his buddy Gerry Garcia passed away on the same day in 1995...reunited)

 

[CrazyConnie]

RIP Robbie

 

[recgord27]

Another legend dead this week. What an incredible legacy to the music world. So many have recently passed, but this one really hurts. R.I.P. Robbie Robertson.

 

[recgord27]

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

Robbie appeared in this Playing For Change version of The Weight back in 2019.