Canadian songwriter and guitarist for the Band, Robbie Robertson, has handed away. He was 80.
Supervisor Jared Levine confirmed that Robertson handed away after coping with an extended sickness. Robertson’s lyrics evoked emotions of Americana and featured songs from people, nation, blues, and gospel music. In selecting the topics for his lyrics and music, Robertson mentioned he wished his music to really feel timeless when it was new.
“I wished to write down music that felt prefer it might’ve been written 50 years in the past, tomorrow, yesterday—that has this lost-in-time-quality,” Robertson mentioned in 1995 talking on an episode of the general public tv collection, “Rock & Roll.”
“Robbie was surrounded by his household on the time of his demise, together with his spouse, Janet, his ex-wife, Dominique, her companion Nicholas, and his youngsters Alexandra, Sebastian, Delphine, and Delphine’s companion Kenny,” reads the statement saying his passing.
He was born Jamie Royal Robertson in Toronto, Canada in 1943. He joined the rockabilly singer Ronnie Hawkins’ backing band The Hawks, earlier than leaving to tour as Bob Dylan’s backup band. They recorded the basement tapes with Dylan in 1967.
The Hawks ultimately grew to become The Band, releasing their debut album Music from Huge Pink in 1968. Robertson was the first composer for many of the songs together with “The Weight,” “Up On Cripple Creek,” and “The Night time They Drove Previous Dixie Down.”
The Band break up up in 1976 following a private battle and substance abuse points. Their final live performance is the topic of the Martin Scorsese movie ‘The Final Waltz.’ Following that break up, Robertson launched six solo albums. His solo debut launched in 1987 and featured Peter Gabriel and Bono. Robertson and The Band had been inducted into the Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame in 1994.
Robertson continued his work with Martin Scorsese on different movies, together with for ‘Raging Bull,’ ‘The King of Comedy,’ ‘On line casino,’ ‘The Departed,’ ‘The Wolf of Wall Road,’ and ‘The Irishman.’ He lately accomplished his fourteenth movie music undertaking with Scorsese, ‘Killers of the Flower Moon.’
In lieu of flowers, his supervisor asks that donations be made to the Six Nations of the Grand River for a brand new cultural heart. Robertson’s mom was a Mohawk—one of many First Nation Six Nations.