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Jaime Robert Robertson (born July 5, 1943 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a songwriter, guitarist and singer, probably best known for his membership in The Band.
Early life
Born to a Jewish father and a Mohawk mother, (he took his stepfather’s last name after his mother remarried), Robertson’s earliest exposure to music was at Six Nations 40, Ontario, where he spent summers with his mother’s family. He studied guitar from his youth and was writing songs and performing from his teen years.

By 1958, Robertson was performing in various groups around Toronto. In 1960, he met singer Ronnie Hawkins, who headed up a band called The Hawks (after relocating to Canada), and joined the group, which toured often, before splitting from Hawkins in 1963.
The quintet styled themselves as The Canadian Esquires and Levon and the Hawks,(after rejecting such tongue-in-cheek names as The Honkies and The Crackers), before ultimately calling themselves The Band.
The Band
Bob Dylan hired The Band for his famed, controversial tours of 1965 and 1966, his first wide exposure as an electrified rock and roll performer rather than his earlier acoustic folk sound. Robertson’s distinctive guitar sound was an important part of the music; Dylan famously praised him as “the only mathematical guitar genius I’ve ever run into who doesn’t offend my intestinal nervousness with his rearguard sound.”

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Senilechile wrote:
October 2009

Self Titled one of my fave albums ever!

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SzitBicz wrote:
September 2009

he's rlly amazing! ;D

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cheygirl wrote:
May 2009

"Show Down @ Big Sky" ,Good tunes that lift your spirits, but also not to forget my ancestors that died that day at Little Big Horn Battle Field .

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AINUworldmusic wrote:
February 2009

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Rixxxrose wrote:
January 2009

He is amazing. His native american stuff is pure emotional transcendance.

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AmenCorner wrote:
January 2009

SHINE YOUR LIGHT DOWN ON ME! :(

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her035 wrote:
December 2008

Agree with tdog. Well, that was really a good recommendation from the ghost in the (lastfm) machine. Only knew his top title so far, but there is more to discover. Nothing newer than 2006?

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tdogg111 wrote:
December 2008

His work lifts your Spirit, high and soaring.

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carrieskier wrote:
April 2008

I agree with you, amerpie.

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satskone wrote:
April 2008

http://lateoriadelleombre.org/2008/03/12/robbie-robertson-going-home-1998/

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xprettieststar wrote:
February 2008

♥

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amerpie wrote:
November 2007

Booooooooo. Informed Band fans Listen to Levon Helm.

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deetuned wrote:
September 2007

i think his production work and arrangements are stellar. i love musical architecture the way he creates it.

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BarkeeperLF wrote:
September 2007

Sweet Fire Of Love and Testimony are the only songs I know from him and they're great songs.

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wolfbynight wrote:
August 2007

I love Robbie's music, old and newer.

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Qszet wrote:
August 2007

Boo Boo Boo, liked his playing for the band... But what the hell did he do?!? He became some greedy star and totally destroyed The Band (according to Levon Helm at least, and some other sources) and then (if that wasn't enough) started to make this damned music.

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miss_nuts wrote:
June 2007

boo boo

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Trajhver wrote:
July 2006

this guy likes to take credit for other people's work. read about it here.

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logansdlsdf wrote:
June 2006

boo

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