Richard Manuel
| Born | April 3, 1943 |
| Hometown | Stratford, Canada |
| Height | 5'11" (1.80m) |
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What Was It Like To Replace Robbie Robertson in the Band?
- Jim Weider played in the Band from 1985 to their split in 2000, and witnessed a lot of pain and heartbreak — as well as lots of great music — along the way
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Robbie Robertson, leader of the Band, who backed Bob Dylan and laid the foundations of the ‘Americana’ genre – obituary
Robbie Robertson, who has died aged 80, was lead guitarist and principal songwriter with the Band, performing with the hugely influential quintet when they backed Bob Dylan in his controversial early “electric” concerts and later producing soundtracks for feature films, including several directed by Martin Scorsese.
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“Playing with Bob Dylan was like entering The Twilight Zone of music. You thought, ‘They’re going to wake me up tomorrow because all of this is impossible’”: Robbie Robertson reflects on his remarkabl
In his final Guitar World interview, the late guitar legend shares his earliest guitar influences, what it was like to get booed onstage with Dylan and why the Band’s final days were so heartbreaking
- EntertainmentLA Times
15 essential Robbie Robertson songs
A look back at the best of Robbie Robertson, the pioneering Band songwriter and guitarist who died on Wednesday at 80.
- EntertainmentNBC News
Robbie Robertson, leader of The Band, dies at 80
Robbie Robertson, a Canadian musician and songwriter who made his mark in the late 1960s and early '70s as the leader of the influential rock group The Band, died Wednesday after a long illness.
- EntertainmentThe Daily Beast
Robbie Robertson, The Band’s Songwriter and Guitarist, Dies at 80
Michael Putland/Getty ImagesRobbie Robertson, the Canadian guitarist who led the roots rock group The Band as it electrified and shaped the American music scene of the 1970s, and frequently collaborated with artists like Bob Dylan and Martin Scorsese, died in Los Angeles on Wednesday. He was 80.His manager of more than three decades, Jared Levine, confirmed in a statement that Robertson had died “surrounded by his family” after a long unspecified illness. With him had been “his wife, Janet, his
- EntertainmentYahoo Music
Robbie Robertson said the Band 'was so beautiful, it went up in flames'
The Band leader and prolific Scorsese composer, who died Aug. 9 at age 80, was in a reflective mood when he visited Yahoo Entertainment in February 2020.
- EntertainmentAssociated Press
Robbie Robertson, lead guitarist and songwriter of The Band, dies at 80
Robbie Robertson, The Band’s lead guitarist and songwriter who in such classics as “The Weight” and “Up on Cripple Creek” mined American music and folklore and helped reshape contemporary rock, died Wednesday at 80. Robertson died surrounded by family in Los Angeles “after a long illness,” publicist Ray Costa said in a statement. From their years as Bob Dylan's masterful backing group to their own stardom as embodiments of old-fashioned community and virtuosity, The Band profoundly influenced
- EntertainmentLA Times
Robbie Robertson, driving force behind roots-rock icons the Band, dies at 80
As the Band's chief songwriter, Robertson turned American folklore into modern myths, a knack that gave a timeless quality to songs such as "The Weight."
- EntertainmentReuters
Robbie Robertson, songwriting force in rock group The Band, dies at 80
(Reuters) -Robbie Robertson, the guitarist and main songwriter in The Band, the Canadian-American group known for songs including "The Weight" and "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down," has died at the age of 80, his manager said on Wednesday. Robertson, who left his Toronto home at age 16 to pursue his rock'n'roll dreams, died Wednesday in Los Angeles after a long illness, Robertson's manager of 34 years, Jared Levine, said in a statement. "Robbie was surrounded by his family at the time of h
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Robbie Robertson Dies: The Band’s Founding Guitarist Was 80
Robbie Robertson, the brilliant founding guitarist of The Band who also wrote many of its most famous songs and whose farewell show with the group was memorialized in Martin Scorsese’s landmark documentary The Last Waltz, died today in Los Angeles after a long illness. He was 80. His longtime manager Jared Levine announced the news …
