RIP Robbie Robertson

[57Gregy]

Heard this on the radio just a while ago.

[Shane_B.]

It felt like someone punched me in the stomach when I read your thread title.

I'm so sad right now. Truly the end of an era.

[57Gregy]

The Band is back together again.

Edited August 10, 2023 by 57Gregy

[Keni]

Ouch!

 

I felt that too!

 I’m still reading his daily twitter posts. I had no idea.

 Do you know what he died from ?

 

[57Gregy]

I didn't see that. He was 80, though.

Edited August 10, 2023 by 57Gregy
removed bad link.

[Notes_Norton]

As I get older, I think to myself, “80 is much too soon to go”.

RIP Robbie, you wrote some very nice songs that will live on.

[rfssongs]

One of the tightest bands I ever saw.

[TheMaartian]

Martin Scorsese, left, and Robbie Robertson before they presented the film "Last Waltz," at the 31st Cannes International Film Festival.

[Bapu]

4 hours ago, 57Gregy said:

The Band is back together again.

Are they still arguing over writing credits?

 

 

 

Too soon?

[Shane_B.]

11 hours ago, Keni said:

Do you know what he died from ?

I saw a short video last night that said it was Prostate Cancer, but it wasn't from an official news source.

I highly recommend the documentary Once Were Brothers. It will change how you look at him, for the better. He wasn't the bad guy ...

Edited August 10, 2023 by Shane_B.
Fixed typo.

[Notes_Norton]

I think Garth is the only one left.

[Keni]

54 minutes ago, Shane_B. said:

I saw a short video last night that said it was Prostate Cancer, but it wasn't from an official news source.

I highly recommend the documentary Once Were Brothers. It will change how you look at him, for the better. He wasn't the bad guy ...

Thanks. I’ll check it out. Out of interest.

I never saw him as a bad guy though I did wish he hadn’t been so set on disbanding The Band.

[Keni]

13 minutes ago, Notes_Norton said:

I think Garth is the only one left.

YUP. That’s all there is. Not that he isn’t a lot all by himself, but without "the guys" it’s feeling awful lean.

Worst part of this age group!

[craigb]

Had a friend who got to play bass briefly with the Band...

[Old Joad]

Music From The Big Pink Changed the world?

 

Edited August 10, 2023 by Old Joad

[telecode 101]

 this was. very  sad news to me. i was a big robbie robertson fan. his first solo record had a big impact on me. after that i discovered The Band and Rich Dankos records. Danko made an amazing solo album in the 70s too. 

[Shane_B.]

On 8/10/2023 at 9:14 AM, Keni said:

YUP. That’s all there is. Not that he isn’t a lot all by himself, but without "the guys" it’s feeling awful lean.

Worst part of this age group!

Last I heard he still lives in Woodstock NY. I was a few miles from there working last summer for a week. I really wanted to go there and seek him out but didn't have time. I would love to meet him before it's too late.

[Old Joad]