Bob Dylan has issued a press release paying tribute to late musician Robbie Robertson.

Dylan mentioned in a press release posted onto social media yesterday (August 12): “That is stunning information. Robbie was a lifelong buddy. His passing leaves a emptiness on this planet.

Robertson, who apart from performing as a part of Dylan’s backing band within the latter half of the Sixties, was a guitarist and singer-songwriter for The Band, died earlier this week on the age of 80.

Assertion from Bob Dylan on the passing of Robbie Robertson:

“That is stunning information. Robbie was a lifelong buddy. His passing leaves a emptiness on this planet.”

— Bob Dylan (@bobdylan) August 12, 2023

Robertson met Ronnie Hawkins, Levon Helm, Rick Danko, Richard Manuel and Garth Hudson as a youngster, they usually went on to kind The Hawks. Following the band’s break up from Hawkins in 1965, they have been recruited to be Bob Dylan’s backing band throughout his pivot to non-acoustic music.

Dylan is the most recent prolific artist to pay homage to the late Robertson, following tributes from Bruce Springsteen, Neil Diamond, Ringo Starr, Joni Mitchell, Martin Scorsese and extra.

For his tribute, Springsteen devoted the closing tune (‘I’ll See You In My Goals’) of his latest three-hour efficiency to Robertson. In the meantime, Neil Diamond wrote on Twitter: “The music world misplaced an incredible one with the passing of Robbie Robertson. Maintain making that Stunning Noise within the sky, Robbie. I’ll miss you.”

The music world misplaced an incredible one with the passing of Robbie Robertson. Maintain making that Stunning Noise within the sky, Robbie. I’ll miss you.

— Neil Diamond (@NeilDiamond) August 9, 2023

Joni Mitchell’s staff wrote: “Relaxation in peace Robbie Robertson, legendary lead guitarist of The Band, fellow Canadian, and cherished collaborator of Joni’s. Might his legacy and musical concord resonate for generations to come back.”

Robertson – following his solo profession and break up from The Band – had scored a number of of Martin Scorsese’s movies, together with Raging Bull, On line casino, The Wolf Of Wall Road and The Irishman. His final collaboration with Scorsese will come within the type of the Killers Of The Flower Moon rating, which is about for launch later this 12 months.

Since releasing his self-titled debut in 1986, and his subsequent sophomore document ‘Storyville’ in 1991, Robertson additionally contributed to information by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Ringo Starr, Neil Diamond and lots of extra. Robertson launched his closing solo album, ‘Sinematic’, in 2019.

He’s survived by his grandchildren Angelica, Donovan, Dominic, Gabriel, and Seraphina.