Obit: Robbie Robertson RIP (1943-2023)

Subject: Obit: Robbie Robertson RIP
From: meself
Date: 09 Aug 23 - 05:56 PM

Robbie's gone; he reached 80 years of age, and no one can say he didn't have a full life.

Subject: RE: Obit: Robbie Robertson RIP
From: keberoxu
Date: 09 Aug 23 - 06:24 PM

Is he the last of The Band, or are any others still alive?

Subject: RE: Obit: Robbie Robertson RIP
From: meself
Date: 09 Aug 23 - 06:30 PM

I believe Garth Hudson is still with us, and the others all gone.

Subject: RE: Obit: Robbie Robertson RIP (1943-2023)
From: gillymor
Date: 09 Aug 23 - 07:12 PM

One of my favorites. He left a lot great music behind.

Subject: RE: Obit: Robbie Robertson RIP (1943-2023)
From: gillymor
Date: 09 Aug 23 - 07:26 PM

With the Band he was the main songwriter and lead guitar player (Levon played guitar on a few recordings). He didn't take a lot of solos but he came up with so many great parts and fills.

Subject: RE: Obit: Robbie Robertson RIP (1943-2023)
From: Jason Xion Wang
Date: 09 Aug 23 - 11:31 PM

Rest in peace Robbie!

Subject: RE: Obit: Robbie Robertson RIP (1943-2023)
From: G-Force
Date: 10 Aug 23 - 03:00 AM

He was one of my absolute heroes back in the day. His songwriting put most other rock songwriting to shame. But after The Band broke up his output was rather more disposable, but I guess it paid the bills. 'Testimony' is a fascinating read, but probably not the whole story.

Subject: RE: Obit: Robbie Robertson RIP (1943-2023)
From: gillymor
Date: 12 Aug 23 - 12:38 PM

Yeah, I didn't really find much to get excited about with Robbie's music after The Band. Perhaps Levon's claim that the members developed the songs together that Robbie put his name on had some merit but I'm sure The Band wouldn't have been what the were without Robbie and vice versa. They were definitely worth more than the sum of their parts though the parts were pretty damned amazing.