Blues-Roots Legend Robbie Robertson Receives Governor General’s Award

An announcement that Robbie Robertson had been named a 2006 recipient of the Governor General's Performing Arts Award for lifetime achievement, to be presented in Ottawa on November 3, 2006.

The piece outlined his background, growing up in Toronto and on the Six Nations Reserve, and his career from The Hawks with Ronnie Hawkins to The Band, which toured with Bob Dylan, played Woodstock and released Music from Big Pink, The Band and The Last Waltz.

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