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  2. Aug 14, 2023 · But Robertson wasn’t just a Canadian who helped create Americana. He was able to creatively synthesize multiple musical traditions because he tapped into roots that...

  3. Robertson's work with the Band was instrumental in creating the Americana music genre. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Canadian Music Hall of Fame as a member of the Band, and into Canada's Walk of Fame, with the Band and on his own. He is ranked 59th in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 greatest guitarists. [3] .

  4. Aug 12, 2023 · Robertson's music with The Band, featuring Levon Helm on drums and vocals, poured the foundation for the construction of the genre with the awkward name Americana. Everyone from Bob Dylan, who...

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  5. Aug 9, 2023 · Nashville producer Dave Cobb says Robbie Robertson, who died at 80, was a 'one of the godfathers of Americana.'.

  6. Mar 6, 2024 · His roots rock group the Band, through their own records and their collaborations with Bob Dylan, helped raise Americana music as we know it today – the imagery, myths and sounds that define the mid-century United States.

  7. Aug 10, 2023 · And while the guitarist can’t be credited with having founded the Band, as it in many ways founded itself through the serendipitous merging of its members in the early ’60s Southern rockabilly scene, his role helped to shape the voice of not only Americana music to come, but laid the foundation for the countless roots-rock guitarists that ...

  8. Aug 11, 2023 · It began with a young boy devouring American music via the radio stations that drifted onto his remote Ontario reservation. It ended as one of the great legacies of rock.

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