The Band

The Band was a rock music band from 1964 to 1976 and again from 1983 to 1999. The original group was made up of four Canadians (Robbie Robertson, Richard Manuel, Garth Hudson, and Rick Danko) and one American, (Levon Helm).

The Band
Bob Dylan and The Band touring in Chicago in 1974.
Background information
Origin	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Genres	Americana, Roots rock, Country rock, Folk rock
Years active	1964–1976, 1983–1999
Labels	Capitol Records Rhino Records Warner Bros. Records
Associated acts	Ronnie Hawkins, Bob Dylan, The Hawks, Canadian Squires
Past members	Levon Helm Garth Hudson Rick Danko Robbie Robertson Richard Manuel Stan Szelest Jim Weider Randy Ciarlante Richard Bell

This band was the subject of the 1978 movie The Last Waltz.

Discography

The Band Time Line

1967–1976	Robbie Robertson – guitar Rick Danko – bass, Violin, vocals Levon Helm – drums, Mandolin, vocals Richard Manuel – keyboards, vocals, drums Garth Hudson – keyboards, saxophone
1976–1983	Band Split
1983–1985	Rick Danko – bass, acoustic guitar, vocals Levon Helm – drums, vocals Richard Manuel – keyboards, vocals Garth Hudson – keyboards, saxophone with Earl Cate  – guitar Ron Eoff – bass Terry Cagle – drums Earnie Cate – keyboards
1985–1986	Jim Weider – guitar Rick Danko – bass, vocals Levon Helm – drums, vocals Richard Manuel – keyboards, vocals Garth Hudson – keyboards, saxophone
1986–1989	Jim Weider – guitar Fred Carter Jr. – guitar Rick Danko – bass, vocals Levon Helm – drums, vocals Garth Hudson – keyboards, saxophone
1989–1990	Jim Weider – guitar Rick Danko – bass, vocals Levon Helm – drums, vocals Garth Hudson – keyboards, saxophone Stan Szelest – keyboards
1990–1991	Jim Weider – guitar Rick Danko – bass, vocals Randy Ciarlante – bass, drums, vocals Levon Helm – drums, vocals Garth Hudson – keyboards, saxophone Stan Szelest – keyboards
1991–1992	Jim Weider – guitar Rick Danko – bass, vocals Randy Ciarlante – bass, drums, vocals Levon Helm – drums, vocals Garth Hudson – keyboards, saxophone
1992–1999	Jim Weider – guitar Rick Danko – bass, vocals Randy Ciarlante – bass, drums, vocals Levon Helm – drums, vocals Garth Hudson – keyboards, saxophone Richard Bell – keyboards

Studio albums

Year	Album	Chart Positions		RIAA
		CAN	US
1968	Music from Big Pink	18	30	Gold
1969	The Band	2	9	Platinum
1970	Stage Fright	6	5	Gold
1971	Cahoots	15	21	—
1973	Moondog Matinee	19	28	—
1975	Northern Lights – Southern Cross	27	26	—
1977	Islands	—	64	—
1993	Jericho	50	166	—
1996	High on the Hog	—	—	—
1998	Jubilation	—	—	—

Live albums

Year	Album	Chart Positions		RIAA
		CAN	US
1972	Rock of Ages	4	6	Gold
1995	Live at Watkins Glen	—	—	—

Soundtracks

Year	Album	Chart Positions		CRIA
		CAN	US
1978	The Last Waltz	13	16	Gold
2002	The Last Waltz (box set)	—	—	—

Compilations

Year	Album	Chart Positions		RIAA
		CAN	US
1976	The Best of The Band	35	51	Gold
1978	Anthology	—	—	—
1989	To Kingdom Come: The Definitive Collection	—	—	—
1994	Across the Great Divide (box set)	—	—	—
1999	The Best of The Band, Vol. II	—	—	—
2000	Greatest Hits	—	—	—
2005	A Musical History (box set)	—	—	—

Collaborations with Bob Dylan

Year	Album	Chart Positions		RIAA
		CAN	US
1974	Planet Waves	1	1	Gold
	Before the Flood	5	3	Platinum
1975	The Basement Tapes	15	7	Gold
1998	The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live 1966, The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert	50	31	Gold

Singles

Year	Single	Chart Positions				Album
		CAN	CAN AC	CAN Country	US
1968	"The Weight"	35	—	—	63	Music from Big Pink
1969	"Up on Cripple Creek"	10	—	—	25	The Band
1970	"Rag Mama Rag"	46	—	—	57
	"Time to Kill"	45	—	—	77	Stage Fright
1971	"Life Is a Carnival"	25	—	—	72	Cahoots
1972	"Don't Do It"	11	—	—	34	Rock of Ages
1973	"Ain't Got No Home"	35	—	—	73	Moondog Matinee
1974	"Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)" (with Bob Dylan)	43	—	—	66	Before the Flood
1976	"Ophelia"	—	—	—	62	Northern Lights – Southern Cross
1993	"Remedy"	14	27	71	—	Jericho
1994	"Atlantic City"	—	37	—	—

The Band Media

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  "Big Pink", home of The Band in late 60s, located at West Saugerties (near Woodstock), USA. It was to this house that Bob Dylan would eventually retreat to write songs and play them and try othe

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  L to R: Danko, Helm and Manuel on tour in Hamburg, Germany, in 1971

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  Garth Hudson performing with The Band. Hamburg, May 1971.

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  The Band with guests at the Last Waltz concert. Photo: David Gans

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  The Band in Hamburg, 1971: (left to right) Manuel, Danko, Robertson, and Helm

References

• Across the Great Divide: The Band and America by Barney Hoskyns (ISBN 1-56282-836-3)
• The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia by Michael Gray (ISBN 0-8264-6933-7)
• Invisible Republic: Bob Dylan's Basement Tapes by Greil Marcus (ISBN 0-8050-5842-7)
• This Wheel's on Fire by Levon Helm with Stephen Davis (ISBN 1-55652-405-6)
• "The Band" by Kevin J. Bochynski in Popular Musicians edited by Steve Hochman. (ISBN 0893569860) Salem Press: Pasadena, Calif., 1999. Pages 61–64.

Other websites

• A definitive The Band resource ("no longer active, but our massive archives will be kept on-line")
• The Band - A Musical History, official site from Capitol Records
• In Studio
• The Band Archived 2010-03-27 at the Wayback Machine at Rolling Stone magazine
• The Band and I by Barney Hoskyns