Singer, songwriter and guitarist Robbie Robertson, best known as a founding member of Canadian-American rock group The Band, died on August 9 in Los Angeles at the age of 80.

“Robbie was surrounded by his family at the time of his death, including his wife, Janet, his ex-wife, Dominique, her partner Nicholas, and his children Alexandra, Sebastian, Delphine, and Delphine’s partner Kenny. He is also survived by his grandchildren Angelica, Donovan, Dominic, Gabriel, and Seraphina. Robertson recently completed his fourteenth film music project with frequent collaborator Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon. In lieu of flowers, the family has asked that donations be made to the Six Nations of the Grand River to support a new Woodland Cultural Centre,” wrote Robertson’s family on Instagram, confirming the news.

In 1965, Robertson and a set of talented musicians— drummer Levon Helm, bassist Rick Danko, pianist Richard Manuel and organist Garth Hudson — formed a band called The Hawks. They were recruited by Bob Dylan as a backing band during his famed electric set at the 1965 Newport folk festival. They were also part of Dylan’s legendary Basement tape sessions during the late 1960s, drawing on themes prevalent in the Great American Songbook and moving away from their early urban inclination.

Renamed The Band, the group released their debut album Music from Big Pink in 1968. They followed it up with notable albums like The Band (1969) and Stage Fright (1970). However, the group was disbanded in 1976 and Robbie embarked on a solo career.

Robbie also maintained a long creative relationship with filmmaker Martin Scorsese, who produced two documentaries on the Band — The Last Waltz and Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band. Robertson scored several of Scorsese’s films, including Raging Bull, Casino, The Wolf of Wall Street and The Irishman. He also scored the music for Scorsese’s upcoming film Killers of the Flower Moon, scheduled for release later this year.