Robbie Robertson

Born: Jul 5, 1943 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Genre: Ethnic Fusion
Styles: Album Rock, Roots Rock
Biography: One of the premier songwriters of the rock era, Robbie Robertson was born July 5, 1943, in Toronto, Ontario. The son of a Jewish father and Mohawk mother, Jaime Robbie Robertson's first brush with live music came at the Six Nations Reservation, his mother's girlhood home; at the age of five, he also ...Read full biography
Robbie Robertson
Released: 1987
Label: Geffen
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Robbie Robertson was once asked why he waited 11 years after the breakup of the Band to release a solo project, and he replied, "I wasn't so sure I had something to say." One can hear a bit of this thinking ...Read full review
Storyville
Released: 1991
Label: Geffen
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Robbie Robertson's 1987 solo debut was an ambitious but only intermittently successful attempt to chart a new musical direction for himself 11 years after the Band had publicly called it quits. Four years ...Read full review
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