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Juno Awards: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juno_Awards
The Band - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jREUrbGGrgM
[2023-08-07] 🎵 Morning ☮-in
The Weight - The Band
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110848927705948655
[audio] The Weight - The Band (lyrics)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFqb1I-hiHE
[live] The Band - The Weight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-w9OclUnns
#MorningPeaceIn #TheBand #ClassicRock #RobbieRobertson
Addendae 1
Robbie Robertson, 80, Dies; Canadian Songwriter Captured American Spirit
As the chief songwriter and guitarist for The Band, he offered a rustic vision of his adopted country that helped inspire the genre that came to be known as Americana
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/arts/music/robbie-robertson-dead.html
#TheBand #ClassicRock #RobbieRobertson #RIP
Addendae 2
Robbie Robertson gave Six Nations cultural center invaluable support
Six Nations of the Grand River: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Nations_of_the_Grand_River
* demographically largest First Nations reserve in Canada.
* members attended Mohawk Institute Residential School (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohawk_Institute_Residential_School), subject to numerous abuses
* 1972 replaced by Woodland Cultural Centre
#RobbieRoberson #SixNations #ResidentialSchools # MohawkInstitute #WoodlandCulturalCentre #IndigenousPeoples
