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Robbie Robertson
Biography
Robbie Robertson
Born
July 5, 1943 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Years Active:
80s | 90s

Member of:
The Band

 
One of the premier songwriters of the rock era, Robbie Robertson was born July 5, 1943 in Toronto, Ontario. The son of a Jewish father and Mohawk mother, Jaime Robbie Robertson's first brush with live music came at the Six Nations Reservation, his mother's girlhood home; at the age of five, he also gained exposure to the country music of rural America. Not long after, he began taking guitar lessons from a cousin, and gradually began composing his first songs. ...
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Influences
Chuck Berry Van Morrison Jerry Lee Lewis Curtis Mayfield Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions

Followers
The Band

Performed Songs By
Douglas Spotted Eagle

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