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Everything was looking uncertain for The Band at the turn of the decade. The 1970s were about to get a whole lot more difficult.
The Band's follow-up self-titled album "The Band" was a success and bigger than their first effort. You'd think they'd slow down and smell the roses, but they didn't. The Band never followed the same path as everyone else and continued to dive deep into recording. Often times as individuals rather than a group, each member spent serious time in 1969 and 1970 working on their friends projects including work for John Martyn, Todd Rundgren, Jesse Winchester and John Simon...
With two albums under their belt it was time for a little shake up. The Band spent the last year of the 1960s touring and doing session work.
While The Band had critical success on their first studio effort 1968's "Music From Big Pink" they didn't waste anytime before getting back into the studio to make their follow up. The Band was now respected in their own right apart from Ronnie Hawkins and Bob Dylan. They had the support of a growing fanbase, critics and most importantly musicians like George Harrison and Eric Clapton...
While The Band had critical success on their first studio effort in 1968's "Music From Big Pink" they didn't waste any time before getting back into the studio to make their follow-up.
The mythical proportion that has graced "Music From Big Pink" has been there since the beginning. By the late sixties, everyone was buzzing about what Dylan and The Band were doing in upstate New York.
This week we dive deeper into the legendary roots-rock group, The Band as they move up to join Bob Dylan after he recovers from his motorcycle accident. Excited to send some time off the road they took the opportunity to write and record some music
This week we dive deeper into the legendary roots-rock group, The Band as they join Dylan. Detailing the years between 1964 through 1966, we take a look at the group as they get to see the world. Private jets, A-list celebrities, turmoil and more
This week we dive deeper into the legendary roots-rock group, The Band, after they left Ronnie Hawkins. Detailing the years between 1964 into 1965, we take a look at a group of young musicians who were experimenting with their sound.
Ronnie "The Hawk" Hawkins recounts the legendary singer from Arkansas's role in music history, specifically rockabilly and his role in developing the sound in Canada through Canadian musicians. Moreover, the episode looks at how Hawkins put together a group of musicians that later became the legendary roots-rock group, The Band.