Robbie Robertson

With Levon Helm, Rick Danko, Garth Hudson and Richard Manuel, Toronto-born Robbie Robertson backed up rockabilly star Ronnie Hawkins in the Hawks, then served as Bob Dylan’s touring band in 1965 and 1966. They then became the Band, and thanks to such classic songs as “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” and “The Weight” they were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. As a solo artist, Robertson scored Martin Scorsese’s films Raging Bull and The King of Comedy and examined his Native American heritage on songs like “Broken Arrow.”

Key songs in the Robertson catalog include “Broken Arrow,” “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down,” “The Weight,” “The Shape I’m In” and “Up on Cripple Creek.”

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