The Band was an influential Canadian-American rock and roll group of the 1960s and 1970s.

The members of The Band first worked together as The Hawks, the backing band of rockabilly singer Ronnie Hawkins from 1959 until 1963. Afterwards, Bob Dylan recruited the quintet for his history-making 1965–1966 world tour and they joined him on the informal recordings that became the acclaimed Basement Tapes.

Dubbed "The Band" by their record company (a name derivative of what the group was referred to as during their tenure with Dylan), the group left the comfort of their communal home in Woodstock to begin recording as a group unto themselves. The Band recorded two of the most important albums of the late 1960s: their 1968 debut Music from Big Pink (featuring the hit single "The Weight") and 1969's The Band. These critically praised albums helped conceive country rock as something more than a genre, but rather as a celebration of "Americana." As such, throughout their career they would repopularize traditional American musical forms during the psychedelic era. The Band dissolved in 1976 but reformed in 1983 without founding guitarist and main songwriter Robbie Robertson.

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Listening to she fucking hates me memories on the band bus text me
smexilious_me (Sarah Bowen) Sat, 05 Dec 2009 13:33:13 -0000
Listening to she fucking hates me memories on the band bus text me
the video for the Band Aid song make me cry soo much, i actually wish and pray there was something i could do to change their lives :-(
emmyraew (emma rae whiting) Sat, 05 Dec 2009 13:33:02 -0000
the video for the Band Aid song make me cry soo much, i actually wish and pray there was something i could do to change their lives :-(
Am desperately searching for a dress for the ball. It's depressing. Bought Dad Beatles rock band for christmas though. Mum will kill me.
Katyx (Kate Aldridge) Sat, 05 Dec 2009 13:33:01 -0000
Am desperately searching for a dress for the ball. It's depressing. Bought Dad Beatles rock band for christmas though. Mum will kill me.
Gabe posted a blog, where he discusses the new intro for the band and his love for Rivers from Weezer: http://bit.ly/75c62x
danteeeh (Dhanti Ganjari) Sat, 05 Dec 2009 12:33:21 -0000
Gabe posted a blog, where he discusses the new intro for the band and his love for Rivers from Weezer: http://bit.ly/75c62x
OK - it's not going to save the music industry, but 10 yrs ago there is now way I would have ever heard of the band
ostephens (ostephens) Sat, 05 Dec 2009 12:33:20 -0000
OK - it's not going to save the music industry, but 10 yrs ago there is now way I would have ever heard of the band
Brokencyde are like, the worst band in the world. SOZ http://tumblr.com/xdd4gwdym
discoscabs (Ian Harding) Sat, 05 Dec 2009 12:00:04 -0000
Brokencyde are like, the worst band in the world. SOZ http://tumblr.com/xdd4gwdym

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