Robbie Robertson, guitarist and songwriting force behind The Band, dead at 80
"I didn't realize this was going to be so emotional": Robbie Robertson reacts to a new documentary about his legendary rock group The BandCanadian musician Robbie Robertson was surprised by his own emotional reaction to reliving his time with The Band in a new documentary called Once Were Brothers.
The Band's first two albums were especially hailed, each ranking in the top 100 of Rolling Stone's updated compilation of the top 500 albums of all time in 2020. The same magazine rated Robertson at No. 59 on a list of the 100 greatest guitarists. The Band were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994, five years after receiving a similar honour at Canada's Juno Awards. Robertson won an additional five Junos in a solo recording career that began in the mid-1980s and included popular radio songs
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