Canadian musician Robbie Robertson dies at 80 | The West Elgin Chronicle

Canadian Robbie Robertson, The Band's lead guitarist and songwriter who in such classics as "The Weight," "Up on Cripple Creek" and "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" mined and helped reshape music, has died at 80.

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