The Band’s music influenced such contemporaries as Eric Clapton and George Harrison as well as a generation of American roots musicians
Singer, songwriter and guitarist Robbie Robertson, best known as a member of the Band, died on Wednesday in Los Angeles at the age of 80. He had suffered from a long illness, according to a statement released by his management.
Born in Toronto on July 5th, 1943, Robertson learned music from his mother’s side of the family, who were Mohawk and lived on the Six Nations of the Grand River reserve. As a teenager, he linked up with Ronnie Hawkins and his band the Hawks on the bar circuit in Toronto. Substance abuse and creative disputes plagued the act by the mid-1970s, and the Band called it quits by 1976. Their farewell concert, held on Thanksgiving Day 1976 at the Winterland ballroom in San Francisco, was captured by Martin Scorsese in the documentary The Last Waltz. Released in 1978, it is now considered a classic concert documentary.
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