The Band Tape Archive

Performances by Robbie Robertson

[1971] [1978] [1987] [1988] [1989] [1990] [1991] [1993] [1994] [1995]

Date: 1971-1995
Performer: Robertson, Robbie
Location: Various Interviews & Ads
Source/Quality/Length: FM/EX/90
Note: 2 interviews, 2 ads, R & R HOF "Weight", "Guide to Warner Brothers", 1983, M & I/AFN, Munich, Germany, 5/19/71, M & I w/ Rick & Robbie/Amnesty International ad, 1988/Budweiser ad, 1995/Rock & Roll HOF 9/2/95

Date: 2/1/71
Performer: Robertson, Robbie
Location: Luxemborg Radio
Source/Quality/Length: FM/Poor/15
Note: Telephone Interview

Date: 6/17/78
Performer: Robertson, Robbie
Location: Australian Radio 2JJ
Source/Quality/Length: FM/EX-/75
Note: Robertson acts like jerk to interviewer

Date: 1987
Performer: Robertson, Robbie
Location: Studio, Robbie Robertson Outtakes
Source/Quality/Length: SB/VG/30
Note: Muddy sound
Song list:

1. Carved In Stone
2. Got It All Worked Out
3. Resurrection
4. Runaway Train
5. Living Dangerous

Date: 1/1/87
Performer: Robertson, Robbie
Location: "Interview for College Radio"
Source/Quality/Length: FM/EX/60
Note: Interview by Mikal Gilmore Rolling Stone
Song list:

Date: 1/4/87
Performer: Robertson, Robbie
Location: London, England BBC Radio 1 Special
Source/Quality/Length: FM/EX/180
Note: 2 part BBC program, 1/4 & 1/11/87 Music & Interview
Song list:

Date: 12/8/87
Performer: Robertson, Robbie
Location: CBC Radio Interview
Source/Quality/Length: FM/EX/10
Note: Nothing special
Song list:

Date: 1988-1991
Performer: Robertson, Robbie
Location: Various locations Live Performances
Source/Quality/Length: TV/EX/45
Note: *: London 3/95 (w/Red Road Ensemble), +: Letterman '88, #: Seville Spain 'Guitar Greats',10/18/91
Song list:

1. Mahk Jchi*
2. Ghost Dance*
3. American Roulette+
4. Go Back to Your Woods#
5. What About Now#
6. The Weight#
7. Shake This Town#

Date: 1/1/88
Performer: Robertson, Robbie
Location: Canadian TV 'Much Music'
Source/Quality/Length: FM/EX/10
Note: Nothing new or special
Song list:

Date: 1/30/88
Performer: Robertson, Robbie
Location: New York, NY SNL Studios
Source/Quality/Length: TV/EX/8
Note: Saturday Night Live
Song list:

1. Testimony
2. Somewhere Down Crazy River

Date: 2/15/88
Performer: Robertson, Robbie
Location: 'Off the Record'
Source/Quality/Length: FM/EX/45
Note: Music and Interview

Date: 3/14/88
Performer: Robertson, Robbie
Location: Los Angeles, CA "Classic Call"
Source/Quality/Length: FM/EX/90
Note: Songs edited out

Date: 5/9/88
Performer: Robertson, Robbie
Location: Los Angeles, CA "Rockline"
Source/Quality/Length: FM/EX/90
Note: Music and Interview, writes "Rockline" on show
Song list:

1. American Roulette
2. Somewhere Don the Crazy River
3. Fallen Angel
4. Life Is a Carnival
5. Sweet Fire of Love
6. Broken Arrow
7. The Weight
8. Showdown at Big Sky
9. Rockline

Date: 5/9/88
Performer: Robertson, Robbie
Location: Los Angeles, CA Rockline
Source/Quality/Length: FM/EX/75
Note: Rob late for show. Does the song 'Rockline'
Song list:

1. Rockline

Date: 6/1/88
Performer: Robertson, Robbie
Location: "Up Close"
Source/Quality/Length: FM/EX/90
Note: Date Incorrect. Music and Interview
Song list:

Date: 8/1/89
Performer: Robertson, Robbie
Location: "To Kingdom Come" Radio special for CD. Date incorrect
Source/Quality/Length: FM/EX/60
Note: Music and Interview
Song list:

Date: 1/1/90
Performer: Robertson, Robbie
Location: 'In the Studio' 'The Band'
Source/Quality/Length: FM/EX/45
Note: Music and Interview
Song list:

Date: 9/14/91
Performer: Robertson/Hoskyns
Location: London, England
Source/Quality/Length: AD/VG/35
Note: Interview, sorry cannot trade
Song list:

Date: 9/21/91
Performer: Robertson, Robbie
Location: London, England Radio 1
Source/Quality/Length: FM/EX/45
Note: Interview with Nick Horne
Song list:

1. In the Night Parade
2. What About Now
3. Go Back to Your Woods
4. Hold Back the Dawn
5. Soap Box Preacher
6. Breaking the Rules

Date: 9/30/91
Performer: Robertson, Robbie
Location: Rockline
Source/Quality/Length: FM/EX/70
Note: Music and Interview for album Storyville, w/ 'Rockline' played again
Song list:

Date: 10/7/91
Performer: Roberston, Robbie
Location: "Desert Island Discs" Robbie plays favorite songs
Source/Quality/Length: FM/EX/45
Note: Robbie plays 10 of his favorite songs
Song list:

Date: 1993
Performer: Robertson/Fogerty/Springsteen
Location: New York, NY Rock & Roll HOF Induction '93
Source/Quality/Length: TH/EX/20
Note: Creedence Induction Jam
Song list:

1. Who'll Stop the Rain
2. Green River
3. Born on the Bayou

Date: 10/18/94
Performer: Robertson, Robbie
Location: Philadelphia, PA WHYY-FM
Source/Quality/Length: FM/EX/15
Note: Interview on 'Fresh Air' program w/Terry Gross
Song list:

Date: 11/1/94
Performer: Robertson, Robbie
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Source/Quality/Length: FM/EX/90
Note: Music & Interview
Song list:

Date: 11/6/94
Performer: Robertson, Robbie
Location: New York, NY WXRK-FM
Source/Quality/Length: FM/EX/135
Note: Music & Interview
Song list:

Date: 11/10/94
Performer: Robertson, Robbie
Location: New York, NY Ed Sullivan Theater
Source/Quality/Length: TV/EX/5
Note: Letterman. w/Rita & Pricilla Coolidge
Song list:

1. We Shall Live Again

Date: 5/13/95
Performer: Robertson, Robbie
Location: Agrigento, Italy
Source/Quality/Length: SB/EX/70
Note: w/Red Road Ensemble
Song list:

1. Ghost Dance
2. Mahk Jchi
3. Golden Feather
4. Chant
5. Cherokee Morning Song
6. It's a Good Day to Die
7. Crazy Horse
8. Skin Walker
9. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
10. Coyote Dance
11. Ancestor Song (Festa Del Maggio)
12. Ghost Dance
13. I Shall Be Released

Date: 5/25/95
Performer: Robertson, Robbie
Location: Los Angeles, CA KSCA-FM
Source/Quality/Length: FM/EX/60
Note: Music and Interview
Song list:

1. Hey Babalou
2. The Weight
3. Yazoo St. Scandal
4. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
5. Shape Im In
6. Show Down at Big Sky
7. Ghost Dance (Cut)