Robbie Robertson

:For the fictional editor in the Spider-Man comic, see Joseph "Robbie" Robertson.

Bio

Born to a Jewish father and a Mohawk mother. Robertsons' earliest exposure to music was at Six Nations 40, Ontario, where he lived for a period. He studied guitar from his youth, and was writing songs and performing from his teen years.

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Jewish - Mohawk - Six Nations 40, Ontario

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By 1958, Robertson was performing in various groups around Toronto. In 1960, he met singer Ronnie Hawkins, who led a band called The Hawks after relocating to Canada from the United States. http://www2.capitolrecords.com/robbierobertson/history/ Robertson joined The Hawks, who toured often, then split from Hawkins in 1963.

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1958 - Toronto - 1960 - Ronnie Hawkins - Canada - United States - 1963

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The quintet called themselves The Canadian Esquires and Levon and the Hawks http://www.canoe.ca/JamMusicPopEncycloPagesR/robertson.html (and rejected such tongue in cheek names as The Honkies and The Crackers), then called themselves The Band.

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Tongue in cheek - The Crackers - The Band

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