Rock and roll icon Robbie Robertson is a premiere guitarist, singer, songwriter, and producer of an extensive treasure trove of musical contributions. Robbie is the lead guitarist and primary songwriter for The Band. Their distinctive sound was propelled by Robertson's acute, evocative guitar playing and songwriting style. They produced a series of seminal LPs, including 1968's Music From Big Pink and the following year's self-titled masterpiece, which were revered by some of the biggest names in rock, including The Beatles, Eric Clapton and The Rolling Stones. The Band made history when it became the first North American act to be featured on the cover of Time Magazine. The Band went on to release 5 more studio albums to critical acclaim and included favorites such as "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down", "The Weight" and "Up On Cripple Creek".
The Band gave their final concert on Thanksgiving Day, 1976 filmed by director Martin Scorsese, which was released as The Last Waltz. The project marked the beginning of Robertson's long friendship and collaboration with Scorsese, becoming one of the first rock n' rollers to seriously engage in film. In 1980, he produced source music for Scorsese's film Raging Bull and the movie Carny, which he co-starred in with Jodie Foster and Gary Busey. Two years later Scorsese asked him to be music producer for The King of Comedy and in 1986 Robbie was asked to score The Color of Money. In addition to his film work, Robertson produced works for other artists including Neil Diamond's album, Beautiful Noise, which took a radical departure in production, style and range for Diamond and is considered to be one of his finest albums. Robertson also worked with other legendary artists including Van Morrison.
Recently, Robbie once again collaborated with Martin Scorsese for music supervision on his film Shutter Island. Robertson is currently busy completing a fifth solo album featuring appearances by Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood. Tom Morello, Trent Reznor, and Robert Randolph, among others. With over 50 years producing, playing and writing music, Robertson is one of the most influential and respected musicians of our times.