Robbie Robertson

Robbie Robertson

  • Robbie Robertson - LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 15:  (CALL FOR IMAGE, NO ARCHIVE, FOR EDITORIAL USE OF STORIES RELATED TO A DECADE OF DIFFERENCE: A CONCERT CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF THE WILLIAM J. CLINTON FOUNDATION ONLY)  In this handout image provided by Getty Images, musicians Robbie Robertson and The Edge attend t “A Decade of Difference:  A Concert Celebrating 10 Years of the William J. Clinton Foundation. ” The star-studded affair, a charitable event organized to raise awareness around Clinton Foundation’s efforts to improve global health, strengthen economies worldwide, promote healthier childhoods, and protect the environment, was held at the iconic Hollywood Bowl on October 15, 2011 in Los Angeles, California.
  • Robbie Robertson - LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 11:  Robbie Robertson arrives at the Giorgio Armani / Vanity Fair private dinner on October 11, 2011 in Los Angeles, California.
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 ...more