- Born
- Died
- Birth nameJaime Royal Robertson
- Height1.85 m
- Robbie Robertson was born on July 5, 1943 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was a music artist and actor, known for Killers of the Flower Moon (2023), Le Loup de Wall Street (2013) and The Irishman (2019). He was married to Janet Zuccarini and Dominique Robertson. He died on August 9, 2023 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- SpousesJanet Zuccarini(2023 - August 9, 2023) (his death)Dominique Robertson(March 24, 1968 - ?) (divorced, 3 children)
- ChildrenAlexandra Robertson
- ParentsAlexander David KlegermanRosemary Dolly ChryslerJames Patrick Robertson
- Fender Stratocaster guitar
- In La Dernière Valse (1978), improvised a guitar solo to give Eric Clapton time to put his guitar strap back on (the strap had come undone while Clapton began his song "Further On Up the Road").
- Is a good friend and frequent collaborator of Martin Scorsese.
- He is of Mohawk, Cayuga and Jewish descent.
- Elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of The Band) in 1994.
- Father of musicians Sebastian Robertson and Delphine Robertson.
- We tried to do things that had a musical sensitivity. As everybody else was getting louder and louder, we were getting softer and softer.
- [on whether fame was a contributing factor to his breaking up with The Band] It's hard to be clairvoyant enough to see if things would've been different. In the beginning, you're all single and in it together. You mature in different directions. Everybody grows in their own way. And so you start seeing things through different lenses.
- [on making music in the late seventies] A lot of people at that time went into this tunnel of insanity and decadence and self-abuse, and didn't come out the other end. It was a rugged and ragged journey.
- Years ago, when I was playing with Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks on Yonge Street, Neil and Joni were playing Yorkville for people sipping cappuccinos. There was no one sipping cappuccinos where we were. But even though we were on different sides of the tracks, there was a unity. Music was warming up to become the voice of a generation and we needed to join forces to make that noise, to possibly make a difference. I kinda miss that today.
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