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Exploring the history of Canadian-American roots rock group, The Band.
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In the early '80s, Levon Helm made a risky move to Capitol Records, aiming to preserve his musical legacy. His choice to record at the legendary Muscle Shoals Sound Studio was a bold stand against the synth-pop trends of the era.
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20.04.2025 12:01 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I've had the chance to read the upcoming biography on Richard Manuel and I was blown away. It's truly the book Band fans have been clamouring for.
Do yourself a favour and pre-order it now. You won't regret it.
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What lyric by The Band resonates with you the most?
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Robbie Robertson with Norman Harris, owner of Norm’s Rare Guitars, in 1976.
Harris, known for supplying guitars to numerous famous musicians, helped Robertson find his iconic bronzed Stratocaster featured in The Last Waltz.
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Levon Helm playing mandolin at the Lone Star Cafe in New York City on February 17, 1981.
Photo by Gary Gershoff
Grateful Dead's Bob Weir with Rob Waaserman and Rick Danko performing at Woodstock '94.
The 1994 addition of the festival saw blend of new acts and groups from the original show, including The Band. While the Grateful Dead didn't perform, Weir jammed with The Band during their set.
Members of the The Band and Crosby, Stills and Nash on stage together during their show together in Oakland, California, 1974.
Photo by John Scheele
Robbie Robertson with Martin Scorsese in 1978 during promotion for The Last Waltz.
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The Robertson clan. Delphine, Robbie, Alexandra and Sebastian pose for a photo during their father's 60th birthday in New Mexico in 2003.
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Rick Danko and Bob Dylan on stage during a stop at Charlotte Coliseum, January 17, 1974.
The city only featured one stop, unlike other cities and sold out within three days.
On April 3, 1943, Richard Manuel was born Stratford, Ontario.
Richard was one of kind. A skilled songwriter, sublime vocalist, a deft musician and according to friends the life of the party!
Happy birthday, Richard.
Rick Danko with two gentlemen in Japan during his trip in 1997.
Danko was there to play a Deadheads Festival tribute to Jerry Garcia.
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Richard, Robbie and Rick working on some music after dinner at Sammy Davis Jr’s house where they rented to record their second studio album The Band, in 1969.
Photo: Eliott Landy
The Band sitting on an abandoned roadside couch in West Hollywood, California in 1969.
Photographer EllIott Landy said this on taking the photo, "This abandoned couch was too good to resist when we drove by. I asked them to stop and take some pictures.”
Bob Dylan alongside Robbie Robertson and Levon Helm, during the Dylan/Band tour stop at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York, January 28, 1974.
Photo: Bettmann/CORBIS
Robbie Robertson, Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 5, 1971.
The Band spent much of the spring and summer of 1971 on tour in Europe, promoting their fourth studio album Cahoots!
Photo: Elly de Waard
Rick Danko, Bob Dylan and Robbie Robertson, January 20, 1968, in New York, New York, at Carnegie Hall for the Musical Tribute to Woody Guthrie.
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Levon Helm, Mary Steenburgen and Wilford Brimley pose for a promotional shot for the film End of the Line, released in 1987.
The film was shot in Arkansas and directed by state-local Jay Russell.
The Band's Levon Helm, Richard Manuel and Terry Cagle perform at Long Branch Park in Liverpool, New York, on May 27, 1984.
They performed nine songs, starting with "King Harvest (Has Surely Come)" and ending with "Up On Cripple Creek."
Photo: Frank Ahart
Levon Helm appears on stage with Sheryl Crow to perform "Evangeline" at her Roseland Ballroom, New York show in February 1997.
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Robbie Robertson and Bob Dylan chatting aboard their plane during the Bob Dylan & The Band 1974 tour.
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Gary Busey, Max Gail, Terry Danko and Rick Danko at The Golden Bear in Huntington Beach, California, 1978.
Credit: Terry Danko
Rodney Crowell, Levon Helm and Larry Campbell perform onstage at the 2nd Annual All for The Hall New York Benefit for the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum at the Nokia Theatre on October 15, 2008 in New York City.
Photo: Jamie McCarthy
Jack Douglas, Levon Helm, David Johansen during Sarasota Film Festival Jack Douglas Awards at Khrome Nightclub in Sarasota, Florida, United States.
Photo: Sylvain Gaboury
Levon Helm portraits from October and December 1969 in Woodstock, New York.
Photo: David Gahr
Bob Dylan and The Band performing at the Boston Garden on January 14, 1974.
Photo: Ron Pownall
Rick Danko and Robbie Robertson perform on stage at Madison Square Garden in New York on January 29, 1974.
Photo: Gijsbert Hanekroot
Ronnie Hawkins, and Robbie Robertson, perform during The Last Waltz at Winterland on November 25, 1976 in San Francisco, California.
Photo: Ed Perlstein
Robbie Robertson and Levon Helm during a performance in Hamburg, Germany, May 1971.
Photo: Jan Persson
