3 thoughts on “Robbie Robertson was a Transcendent Musical Force

  1. My dad saw the Band back Dylan in college around when Dylan went electric. He said he was the only one who liked it.Report

  2. I remember reading a review of his first solo album, I think it was in Rolling Stone but who knows, and they had an older picture of him from his days with the Band. I’d been a band fan for a long time but had no idea what any of them looked like. Robertson had oversized collars and a leather blazer with an unkempt mop on his head. He looked so cool.
    Years later, my friend was a drummer in a modestly successful band and he was showing me pictures they had done for their next tour. The lead singer was dressed exactly like Robertson in that Rolling Stone (?) picture. I said as much and my friend begged me not to tell his singer that I made the connection. “He won’t shut up about Robbie Robertson.”Report

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