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Robbie Robertson, the co-founder, songwriter and lead guitarist for the legendary band The Band, has died at age 80.

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.”

The music icon wrote The Weight and Up On Cripple Creek.

The music icon wrote The Weight and Up On Cripple Creek.

Los Angeles, Aug 9 (EFE).- Robbie Robertson, guitarist and songwriter for The Band and musical collaborator of filmmaker Martin Scorsese, died Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles after a long illness, his manager said. He was 80. “Robbie was surrounded by his family at the time of his death,” Jared Levine said. The man …

Robbie Robertson played with the Band for the final time at The Last Waltz in 1976, and here's video of their last encore.

Robbie Robertson, best known as the guitarist and main songwriter for Rock & Roll Hall of Famers The Band, has died after a long illness, his publicist has

The death on Wednesday of Robbie Robertson, the legendary 80-year-old founding guitarist for The Band who wrote many of the iconic group's most famous songs - including "The Weight," "Up on Cripple Creek" and "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" - spurred friends, fans and peers to remember his rem...

Discussing the documentary “Once Were Brothers,” Robbie Robertson talks about writing the “movie songs” that, along with cocaine, money squabbles, Martin Scorsese, and Big Pink, made the Band what it is.

Robbie Robertson, lead guitarist and songwriter of The Band, dies at 80 | 2023-08-10 12:07:49