Robbie Robertson, chief of The Band, dies at 80
Certainly one of rock’s best songwriters and musicians, Robbie Robertson, has died on the age of 80.
Because the guitarist and lead author for The Band, Robertson sourced American music and historical past to put in writing classics like “The Weight” and “The Evening They Drove Outdated Dixie Down.”
He later labored on the soundtracks for a number of Martin Scorsese motion pictures, after Scorsese directed the band’s rock documentary “The Final Waltz.”
Becoming a member of us is host of “The Ongoing Historical past of New Music,” Alan Cross.
