Robertson overseas Capitol Records’ reissue campaign for all eight of The Band’s original albums. In addition to supervising the remastering and remixing, he personally oversees the selection of all previously unreleased material to be included with each release.

Life & Times, CBC-Television’s premier biography series, airs Road Songs: A Portrait of Robbie Robertson. Directed by Bruce McDonald (Highway 61, Hard Core Logo, Claire’s Hat), the documentary traces Robertson’s history from the streets of Toronto to stages around the world to his role at DreamWorks Records.

The first-ever Grammy for Native American Album of the Year is awarded to XIT (Crossing of Indian Tribes) for Gathering of Nations Pow Wow. Robertson plays a pivotal role in garnering mainstream attention for the efforts of the Native American Music Association to secure recognition by The Recording Academy for artists in this genre.

Music industry legends David Geffen and Mo Ostin convince Robertson to join DreamWorks Records as Creative Executive. Robertson, who persuades Grammy Award winner Nelly Furtado to sign with the company, is actively involved with film projects and developing new artist talent, including signings of Boomkat, Daniel DeBourg, eastmountainsouth and singer-songwriter-pianist Dana Glover.

Robertson reflects on the break up of The Band, his solo career and his Native American roots in VH1’s Behind The Music: Robbie Robertson.

Robertson composes the musical score to Oliver Stone’s Any Given Sunday.

Robertson returns to the Six Nations Reservation as part of a one-hour documentary entitled Making A Noise: A Native American Journey with Robbie Robertson. Broadcast on PBS, the special takes viewers on a musical journey into the Native American heartland.

Released in October, Live 1966: The “Royal Albert Hall” Concert is a two-disc live album by Bob Dylan. It is from Dylan’s legendary world tour in 1966 and is an essential document in the development of popular music during the 1960’s, and some consider to be the greatest concert of all time. The complete live show is remixed and remastered from the original three-track source tapes. The first disc is Dylan’s solo acoustic set; the second disc features his electrifying backing band, The Hawks (minus Helm). Capturing the hostility of “folk purists” in the audience, the set includes the stomping, booing and now-infamous cry of “Judas” form one audience member – plus Dylan’s caustic retort. The album debuts at #31 on the Billboard 200 chart and Mojo magazine declares it “the most famous bootleg of all time.”

The Classic Albums series, which airs on VH1 and BBC, explore the making of some of rock’s most popular and influential records. The story behind The Band’s self-titled and enormously successful sophomore LP is told through a vivid collection of performance footage and interviews with members of The Band, Eric Clapton, George Harrison and Don Was. Classic Albums: The Band is available on Rhino Home Video.

Robertson receives a prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Songwriters.

Executive soundtrack producer Robertson hears a demo of “Change The World” and sends it to Clapton as a suggestion for the soundtrack to Phenomenon, staring John Travolta. He then enlists Babyface to produce the track. “Change the World” wins 1997 Grammy Awards for Song of the Year and Record of the Year.

The Band is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and performs live at the induction ceremony..