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Robbie Robertson

Declared a ‘guitar genius’ by Bob Dylan, Robbie Robertson – born Jaime Royal Robertson on July 5, 1943, in Toronto, Canada - was one of the men responsible for electrifying folk music in the 1960s and creating some of the era's classic, rootsy, blues rock. Born to a Jewish father and Native American mother, he was taught to play by relatives from a young age and joined local bands Little Caesar and the Consuls and Thumper and the Trambones as a teenager. His break came when he befriended rockabilly star Ronnie Hawkins and became lead guitarist in his backing group The Hawks along...