ZUM TOD DES KANADISCHEN GITARRISTEN, SÄNGERS UND SONGWRITERS ROBBIE ROBERTSON

Der am 5. Juli 1943 in Toronto geborene kanadische Gitarrist, Sänger und Songwriter Robbie Robertson (Bild) ist am 9. August 2023 in Los Angeles gestorben. Berühmt wurde er vor allem als Mitglied der Gruppe The Band, die Bob Dylan Mitte der 1960er-Jahre begleitete und ab 1968 acht Studioalben veröffentlichte. Der von Robertson geschriebene Titel «The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down» zählt zu den bekanntesten Liedern von The Band. Das Album «Music from Big Pink» machte The Band zu einer der erfolgreichsten amerikanischen Rockbands. Robertson schrieb die meisten Songs und galt als ihr führender Kopf. Doch 1976 löste er die Band auf. «The Band – The Last Waltz» ist die Dokumentation des legendären Abschiedskonzertes. Robertson veröffentlichte diverse Soloalben und schrieb Musik für Filme. Der «Rolling Stone» listete Robertson auf Rang 59 der 100 grössten Gitarristen sowie auf Rang 45 der 100 grössten Songwriter aller Zeiten. (*)

Bild: Robbie Robertson, 2007 – Foto: I, Truejustice (Ausschnitt) – Lizenz: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en – Datei: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RobbieRobertson2007.jpg 

Robbie Robertson, Master Storyteller Who Led the Band, Dead at 80

The Band’s guitarist and primary songwriter collaborated with Bob Dylan and penned «The Weight,» «The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down,» and «Up on Cripple Creek,» among other classics.

Andy Greene

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/robbie-robertson-dead-the-band-1234803234/

Robbie Robertson: 20 Essential Songs

From his days as Bob Dylan’s guitarist to his triumphs with the Band and as a solo artist, he was a legend

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/robbie-robertson-best-songs-the-band-bob-dylan-1234803711/ronnie-hawkins-who-do-you-love-1963-1234803715/

Robbie Robertson, Co-Founder of The Band, Dies at 80

The legendary guitarist, songwriter and fixture in movie music died on August 9 after a long illness.

Rania Aniftos

https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/robbie-robertson-dead-the-band-1235388535/

Robbie Robertson’s 10 Best Songs, With The Band & Solo

«The Weight,» «Up on Cripple Creek,» «The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down» plus more Robertson-penned favorites chosen by Billboard’s staff.

 https://www.billboard.com/lists/robbie-robertson-best-songs-the-band-solo/ 

Tributes from fellow Canadians included actor Kiefer Sutherland, who tweeted the loss was «heartbreaking» and that «Canada has lost an icon, and music has lost a poet and a scholar.»

Musician Ron Sexsmith praised Robertson’s lasting impact, tweeting that he «changed the direction of music in the late ‘60s from psychedelic to a more roots based-approach.»

From their years as Bob Dylan’s masterful backing group to their own stardom as embodiments of old-fashioned community and virtuosity, The Band profoundly influenced popular music in the 1960s and ‘70s, first by literally amplifying Dylan’s polarizing transition from folk artist to rock star and then by absorbing the works of Dylan and Dylan’s influences as they fashioned a new sound immersed in the American past.

https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/robbie-robertson-lead-guitarist-and-songwriter-of-the-band-dies-at-80/article_0eee7f1e-01b5-5b18-b092-4e613ac5c43b.html

Robbie Robertson, beloved frontman of the Band, dies at 80

«Long before we ever met, his music played a central role in my life — me and millions and millions of other people all over this world,» Martin Scorsese, Robertson’s close friend and frequent collaborator, said in a statement. «The Band’s music, and Robbie’s own later solo music, seemed to come from the deepest place at the heart of this continent, its traditions and tragedies and joys.»

https://torontosun.com/entertainment/music/robbie-robertson-beloved-frontman-of-the-band-dies-at-80

Robbie Robertson, Leader of The Band, Dies at 80

Robertson did what turned out to be his final interview just two weeks ago with Variety, talking about his 55 years of collaborating with Scorsese, on up through «Flower Moon,» which is set to come out later this year. «We’re in awe ourselves that our brotherhood has outlasted everything,» he said of his work with the director. «We’ve been through it; we’ve been there and back. I am so proud of our friendship and our work. It’s been just a gift in life.» (The interview will run in full at a later date.)

Chris Morris

https://variety.com/2023/music/news/robbie-robertson-dead-the-band-1235692172/

Canadian Songwriter Captured American Spirit

As the chief songwriter and guitarist for The Band, he offered a rustic vision of his adopted country that helped inspire the genre that came to be known as Americana.

Jim Farber

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/arts/music/robbie-robertson-dead.html

Mr. Robertson was widely credited with helping forge a music genre known as Americana that brought together folk, country and rock and leaned heavily on traditions of storytelling and sense of place, contrasting with the emerging psychedelic sound in the 1960s.

The throwback sensibilities of the Band’s music carried influences of some of Mr. Robertson’s early collaborators, including Bob Dylan, and helped inspire bands such as the Grateful Dead with «Workingman’s Dead» (1970) and Elton John’s «Tumbleweed Connection» (1971) with songs of struggles, lean times and simple pleasures.

Brian Murphy

https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/08/09/robbie-robertson-band-guitarist-dies/

Brilliant

Writing on X, formerly known as Twitter, Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood said: «Such sad news about Robbie Robertson – he was a lovely man, a great friend and will be dearly missed.»

Stevie van Zandt, a member of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, said Robertson was a «good friend» and «underrated brilliant guitar player».

Canadian singer Bryan Adams posted a photo of Robertson and wrote: «Thanks for the amazing music and the great hangs.»

Christy Cooney

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66457469

Muere Robbie Robertson, compositor y guitarrista del mítico grupo de rock The Band, a los 80 años

La banda fue conocida por canciones como ‘The Weight’ y ‘The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down’ y por haber acompañado a Bob Dylan en sus giras entre 1965 y 1966

https://elpais.com/cultura/2023-08-09/muere-robbie-robertson-compositor-y-guitarrista-del-mitico-grupo-de-rock-the-band-a-los-80-anos.html

Morto Robbie Robertson, il leader della Band scompare a 80 anni

Virtuoso della chitarra elettrica, una carriera all’insegna del rock

https://www.repubblica.it/spettacoli/musica/2023/08/09/news/morto_robbie_robertson_the_band-410590212/

Robbie Robertson, guitariste canadien de The Band, est mort à 80 ans

Robertson a écrit les morceaux les plus connus de son groupe The Band durant les décennies 1960 et 1970: «The Weight», «The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down» et «Up On Cripple Creek». 

https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2023/08/10/robbie-robertson-guitariste-canadien-de-the-band-est-mort-a-80-ans_6184981_3246.html

Er stand mit Bob Dylan auf der Bühne, arbeitete mit Martin Scorsese – und hat Geschichte geschrieben

Der Name seiner daheim in Kanada gegründeten Country-Folk-Rock’n’Roll-Gruppe war unmissverständlich. Die vier Musiker von The Band wurden in den 1960er Jahren als Bob Dylans wilde Begleitband bekannt, prägten dann aber mit ihren eigenen gewaltigen Soulsongs als Soloband die amerikanische Popmusik. So gewaltig waren ihre Songs, dass sie von Künstlern wie Aretha Franklin oder Frank Sinatra gecovert wurden.

SZ/infu

https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/robbie-robertson-the-band-tot-nachruf-1.6113526

Videos:

The Weight (Remastered 2000)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLFAQuWFcTo

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (Remastered 2000)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QC-eDtV5O0Q

The Last Waltz – Trailer – (1978) – HQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rKlkR0B5aw&t=28s 

The Last Waltz (1978) – Up on Cripple Creek Scene (2/7) | Movieclips

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsdUzN20Sow

Robbie Robertson – Somewhere Down The Crazy River (Official Music Video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KP9PNSUME4

Bob Dylan and The Band – Forever Young & Baby, Let Me Follow You Down

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt1DAMecaWA

ROBBIE ROBERTSON from «The Band» INTERVIEW 1975

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzHRXx-O7Ys&t=5s

Robbie Robertson Was Booed Playing With Bob Dylan | Letterman, 1992

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htqlOFuO-QM&t=20s

AMERICAN MASTERS : Robbie Robertson – Interview 2009

https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/archive/interview/robbie-robertson/ 

In Conversation With…ROBBIE ROBERTSON | TIFF, 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWG8kBon49Q

Robbie Robertson of The Band on playing with Bob Dylan, 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXtow6a4E-k

NAMM Oral History Collection (2017)

https://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/robbie-robertson

Mehr:

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/robbie-robertson-emc

https://canadianbands.com/artists/robbie-robertson/

https://www.discogs.com/de/artist/90154-Robbie-Robertson

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005371/

http://theband.hiof.no/band_members/robbie.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20150715044430/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-guitarists-20111123/robbie-robertson-20111122

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-songwriters#robbie-robertson

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbie_Robertson

(*)https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbie_Robertson

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