load off ♪ >> pauley: considered one of the greatest in rock and roll song book the work of robbie robertson, robertson is still very much with us. talking with anthony mason for the record. >> that's it. ♪ >> it's been a long time since robbie robertson played one of his best known songs. ♪ "the night they drove old dixie down." >> i barely remember it. i haven't played it since the last waltz. >> no, really? >> yeah. ♪ the night they drove old dixie down ♪ >> that was 1976 when robertson played his last gig with the band at the last waltz, rock's most famous farewell concert. >> we played at woodstock, watkins glen, there were 650,000 people. we had done it all. >> i done? >> i was. >> if these walls could talk. >> for the most part, robertson hasn't looked back. but in his new memoir "testimony." the bond's principal songwriter returns to the time he was part of a revolution in music. ♪ are r. raised in toronto, robertson, who's half mohawk indian and half jewish was 10 when he started playing guitar. ♪ you. >> had a job at guitarist by the time you were 16. >> i was playing on the road f