R.I.P. Robbie

Broken Arrow and Showdown At Big Sky are two of my favorites.

Hell's Half Acre, Broken Arrow and I liked Showdown at Big Sky too.

Somewhere Down the Crazy River-
"Why do you always end up down at Nick's Cafe?"
I said, "Uh, I don't know, the wind just kinda pushed me this way"
She said, "Hang the rich"

Wait, did you hear that?
Oh, this is sure stirring up some ghosts for me
She said, "There's one thing you gotta learn
Is not to be afraid of it"
I said, "No, I like it, I like it, it's good"
She said, "You like it now
But you'll learn to love it later"

Peace

RIP to a Talented One.

and this song was my favorite. I just watched it again a few weeks ago.

I haven't gotten over losing Levon Helm several years back. Damn.

Robbie, I will continue to watch 'the Last Waltz' every Thanksgiving when I'm home (as is my tradition).
The Band were a phenomenal band and Scorsese gave us all quite the gift with his filming of that last concert.

The Band's music was in my parents record collection and listened to quite often.

In the 80's my mom brought home his first solo album - and I then taped it for my own listening. That voice was amazing!

It was still great.

I think Robertson was the last member alive.

The last member.

86 just a week ago.

He was the only one in the group with classical
music training, and he told the others that he wouldn’t play unless they paid him $10 a week for “lessons.”
They thought it was weird and that he just wanted the money. It turned out that both of his parents were classical musicians, and would have been appalled had he told them he was playing in a hippie band. Instead he told them he was making his money teaching music.

he looked like a tuba player in a Om-pah-pah band.

Listen to him playing a demonic organ in Chest Fever.

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Had that song on its jukebox as the default. If it went 10 minutes without someone playing something, that beginning organ blast would start up. Spend a couple of hours there and you might hear it 15 times.

so much he basically covered it for Tunnel of Love.

n/t

Thanks for the post

and not a-tall bad on guitar, either. A loss for music but a great legacy.

I have tix to see bandmate Jim Weider.
I never know when I'm going to get a sad refund.

Thanx for posting.

Here’s an excerpt and a gift link of what they have so far:

had some issues. I'll remember him as an excellent songwriter and a fine guitarist.

He was one of the best.

I think he was the last living member of The Band ... and now he's gone.

Rest in Peace Robbie, and thanks for all the great songs.

Rest in peace

wrapping his family in robes. May he walk the good Red Road among the Star People, and dance with the Ancestors.

Ho'

sage

That is a bummer. I've listened to his first solo album so many times, and of course The Band.

Godspeed Robbie, and thanks for the music

This is heart-breaking.

Anyone not familiar w/ his album Storyville should give it a listen. It's one of my all-time favorite albums.


This one isn't from Storyville. I think it's from his first solo album, but I'm not sure about that.

played for my funeral.

Makes me feel really old.

RIP Robbie.

...Paul Simon: he's thinking the same thing.

No spring chicken himself, at 81. And he's losing his hearing.

I'm not sure which side of the coin is worse... losing such talent people who have given us so much over the years, or losing the people who show so much promise long before their time (getting that glimpse of what's to come and then.... never knowing).

...I loved the Band and Robbie Robertson. Garth Hudson is now the last surviving member.

RIP and thank you for all the great music that came out of Big Pink.

It's a masterpiece. If you aren't familiar with it by all means check it out. Here is the opening of the write up about it in Wiki:

"Music for The Native Americans is a 1994 album by Robbie Robertson, compiling music written by Robertson and other colleagues (billed as the Red Road Ensemble) for the television documentary film The Native Americans.[3] The album was Robertson's first foray into writing music specifically inspired by his Mohawk heritage. Robertson brought in his son Sebastian Robertson to handle the drums on "Golden Feather", "Skinwalker", "It Is a Good Day to Die" and "Words of Fire, Deeds of Blood". His daughter Delphine Robertson sings backing vocals on "Coyote Dance".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_for_The_Native_Americans

We owe so much to Robbie.

Here is a live version of "Golden Feather". It contains one of my favorite lyric of all time:

When you find what's worth keeping
With a breath of kindness
Blow the rest away