Band

The Band was a Canadian-American roots rock group that originally consisted of Rick Danko (bass guitar, double bass, fiddle, trombone, vocals), Levon Helm (drums, mandolin, guitar, vocals), Garth Hudson (keyboard instruments, saxophones, trumpet), Richard Manuel (piano, drums, baritone saxophone, vocals) and Robbie Robertson (guitar, vocals). The members of the Band first came together as they joined rockabilly singer Ronnie Hawkins' backing group The Hawks one by one between 1958 and 1963.

In 1964, they separated from Hawkins, after which they toured and released a few singles as Levon and the Hawks and the Canadian Squires. The next year, Bob Dylan hired them for his U.S. tour in 1965 and world tour in 1966.[1] Following the 1966 tour, the group moved with Dylan to Saugerties, New York, where they made the informal 1967 recordings that became The Basement Tapes, which forged the basis for their 1968 debut album Music from Big Pink. Because they were always "the band" to various frontmen, Helm said the name "The Band" worked well when the group came into its own.[2][a] The group began performing officially as The Band in 1968, and went on to release ten studio albums. Dylan continued to collaborate with The Band over the course of their career, including a joint 1974 tour. (Read more at Wikipedia)

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Sessions

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Other Shows Played
''This list may well be incomplete, due to a lack of tracklistings from the late 1960s and early 1970s. Please add further details if known.''
 * 11 October 1969: Look Out Cleveland (LP - The Band) Capitol EST 132
 * 29 November 1969: Across The Great Divide (LP – The Band) Capitol EST 132
 * 26 September 1970: Stage Fright (LP - Stage Fright) Capitol SW 425
 * 07 July 1975: Bob Dylan & The Band: Odds And Ends (LP - Basement Tapes) CBS
 * 10 December 1975: Rags And Bones (album - Northern Lights - Southern Cross) Capitol E-ST 11440
 * 05 February 1979:The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (LP - Anthology) Capitol
 * 31 August 1999: The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down


 * D011: Bob Dylan & The Band: Million Dollar Bash (LP - Basement Tapes) CBS
 * D011: Bob Dylan & The Band: Odds And Ends (LP - Basement Tapes) CBS
 * D011: Bob Dylan & The Band Yazoo Street Scandal (LP - Basement Tapes) CBS
 * D030: The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (LP - The Band) Capitol