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The Band guitarist will also find time to work on more 50th anniversary re-releases.

It had been almost a decade since the Band's 'Last Waltz.'

He helped lead the Band through the most iconic Thanksgiving celebration in rock history with 'The Last Waltz,' but he's also an artist who's celebrated his Native American heritage on recordings like 'Contact From the Underworld of Redboy.'

It's not just that the Band's classic 1972 live recording 'Rock of Ages' only scratched the surface of what the group did over four concerts during the final week of the previous year at New York City's Academy of Music. Turns out, guitarist/co-producer Robbie Robertson never liked how the original sounded.

Robbie Robertson apparently took time out from working on his memoirs to write a book with his son, Sebastian.

Alex Lifeson of Rush has been named the Greatest Canadian Guitarist by CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation), which has deemed November Guitar Month. They assembled a panel of CBC producers and hosts, compiled all of the nominations and ranked the guitarists accordingly...