To kingdom come

RIP to one of the last Band men standing

Robbie Robertson has died, age 80.

Robbie Robertson is one of the reasons Canadian rock’n’roll exists. He’s the reason the Band exists. The Band were once on the cover of Time magazine. The Band made the Beatles jealous. The Band made one of the greatest rock’n’roll movies of all time. When writing about the history of rock music — but especially Canadi…