Sit tibi terra levis, Jaime Royal "Robbie" Robertson OC (July 5, 1943

Urpo Tapani Huovinen PRO

8/9/2023 at 3:47 PM

High time to honor a great musician?

There's a profile, but it is set to "private".

Robbie Robertson

Robbie Robertson, guitarist and songwriter of the Band, dies at 80

By Brian Murphy
August 9, 2023 at 5:07 p.m. EDT

https://wapo.st/3OOtO26

Robbie Robertson, Guitarist and Songwriter With the Band, Dies at 80

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/arts/music/robbie-robertson-dead...

Wikipedia:

"When Robertson was in his early teens, his parents separated. His mother revealed to Robertson that his biological father was not James, but Alexander David Klegerman, a man she met working at the Coro factory.

Klegerman was Jewish. He became a professional gambler and was killed in a hit-and-run accident on the Queen Elizabeth Way. She had been with Klegerman while James Robertson was stationed in Newfoundland with the Canadian Arm before they married. After telling Robertson, his mother arranged for the youth to meet his paternal uncles Morris (Morrie) and Nathan (Natie) Klegerman"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbie_Robertson

Erica Howton C

8/9/2023 at 4:37 PM

Hopefully the managers will set his profile to public. And perhaps we can help expand his tree on Geni.

Father: Alexander David Klegerman

Mother: Rosemarie Myke Robertson

Stepfather: Private (set to prívate currently)

Ex wife: Private

Urpo Tapani Huovinen PRO

8/9/2023 at 4:58 PM

Erica Howton

Agreed.

And: thank you!

Urpo Tapani Huovinen PRO

8/10/2023 at 4:42 AM

Only available in Finland at YLE Areena

The Last Waltz, USA 1978 (Until 30.9.2023)

https://areena.yle.fi/1-1080990

Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band, Canada 2019 (Until 31.10.2023)

https://areena.yle.fi/1-50780115

Private User

8/10/2023 at 8:39 AM

Excellent documentary which was hard to watch without crying also before the sad news from yesterday:

Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band, Canada 2019 (Until 31.10.2023)

https://areena.yle.fi/1-50780115

Erica Howton C

8/10/2023 at 5:02 PM

Have you read anything from his memoirs?

Erica Howton C

8/10/2023 at 5:21 PM

So glad to learn he had a wonderful mother.

Rosemarie Myke Robertson

Urpo Tapani Huovinen PRO

8/10/2023 at 6:02 PM

As of yet, no. Robertson was working on a sequel of his memoirs / autobiography, I'm told.

This is the existing one (Wiki)

"His autobiography, Testimony, written over the course of five years, was published by Crown Archetype in November 2016.["

Anyway, this should be interesting: Intriguing, it sounds.

"Over the years, other members of the Band accused Mr. Robertson of taking more songwriting credits than he deserved. To them, it was a cooperative effort, with the other members adding important arrangements and contributing elements that helped define the essential character of the recordings. Mr. Helm was particularly vociferous in his condemnation, amplified by his furious 1993 memoir, “This Wheel’s on Fire.”

In his own memoir, Mr. Robertson wrote of Mr. Helm, “it was like some demon had crawled into my friend’s soul and pushed a crazy, angry button.”

Mr. Robertson’s final solo album appeared in 2019 with a title, “Sinematic,” which underscored his devotion to film work in the last four decades of his life. He recently completed the score for his 14th film project, Mr. Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon,” which is to be released this fall.

Mr. Robertson is survived by his wife, Janet; his children, Alexandra, Sebastian and Delphine; and five grandchildren. His marriage to Dominique Bourgeois ended in divorce."

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/arts/music/robbie-robertson-dead...

Erica Howton C

8/10/2023 at 6:08 PM

That makes his falling out with Mark Levon Helm much clearer, thank you.

Urpo Tapani Huovinen PRO

8/10/2023 at 6:12 PM

Don't know much about the aforementioned sequel, though.

YLE / STT (Finnish News Agency) says like this:

"By the time of his death, Robertson was writing a sequel to his memoir and had just completed the music for Scorsese's film Killers of the Flower Moon, due out in the autumn."

https://yle.fi/a/74-20044584

Sit tibi terra levis, Jaime Royal "Robbie" Robertson OC (July 5, 1943 – August 9, 2023)

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