In 1960, when he was only 16 years old, Robbie Robertson had to lie to the border guard when he made the most important journey of his life, which took him from his native Toronto, Canada, to ...

The movie was the pitch-perfect canvas for Robertson’s gifts — not just his Native ancestry but also his rootsy songwriting DNA and skills as a musical storyteller.

Robbie Robertson, guitarist and ... 1943, part-Mohawk and Cayuga (Native American people of New York state) and part Jewish. He never met his biological father. ... Neil Young, Muddy Waters and ...

Robbie Robertson, the Band’s guitarist and primary songwriter who penned “The Weight,” “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down,” “Up on Cripple Creek,” and many other beloved classics ...

Robbie Robertson & the Red Road Ensemble, “Ghost Dance” (1994) Robertson provided soundtrack music for a 1994 mini-series, “The Native Americans,” striving to mesh contemporary pop with ...

Robbie Robertson, in Appreciation: Maria McKee Recalls the Band Leader’s Old-School Elegance and Collaborative Spirit The ex-Lone Justice singer shares what it was to be like in his orbit as he ...

Robbie Robertson Tribute Concert Has Eric Clapton, Van Morrison and Other Stars Carrying That Weight — and Starring in a Future Martin Scorsese Movie ...

Robbie Robertson, singer and lead ... Van Morrison, Neil Young, Muddy Waters and many ... from the indigenous music of his Native American heritage to the dark instrumental textures of his 2019 ...

As the guitarist and lead writer for The Band, Robertson mined American music and history for such classics as “The Weight” and “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down.” ...

By Hillel Italie, Associated Press. Robbie Robertson, The Band’s lead guitarist and songwriter who in such classics as “The Weight,” “Up on Cripple Creek” and “The Night They Drove Old ...