Exploring the history of Canadian-American roots rock group, The Band.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 3 days 1 hour 50 minutes
episode 10: Cahoots
In 1993 Rick Danko told The News-Star: "I think we shipped a million copies of that second album and that changed a lot of people’s lives — in particular, the Band’s. After that, we were only getting together once a year, for a couple of months, to record. It was like we were too decadent to play.”
episode 11: Rock of Ages
“Everybody had been so easily satisfied before and then it got harder to do what we did at ease… The feeling that the group had become what we’d rebelled against… that’s what a lot of the music after The Band was about.'' Robbie Robertson reflected in 1982 on the Rock of Ages period in The Band's history.
episode 12: Interview: Elliott Landy
Famed photographer of The Band, Elliott Landy joins the podcast to discuss his latest crowdsourced project Contacting The Band.
episode 13: Moondog Matinee: Part One
We couldn't get along—we all knew that fairness was a bunch of shit. We all knew we were getting screwed, so we couldn't sit down and create no more music. 'Up on Cripple Creek' and all that stuff was over—all that collaboration was over, and that”
episode 14: Moondog Matinee: Part Two
The Band took themselves westward to Los Angeles, California to wrap up their fifth studio album Moondog Matinee.
episode 16: Interview: Sandra Tooze
The Band: A History interview author Sandra Tooze about her new book Levon Helm: From Down in the Delta to the Birth of The Band and Beyond.
episode 17: Planet Waves
Even after a few years of meaningless wandering, riddled with substance problems, creative problems The Band, unbeknownst to them, were about to embark on a two year journey that would elevate their profile to the largest they’d ever have.
episode 18: A Road Trip With The Band
Join The Band: A History and The Hippie Historian as we look at where The Band came from and where they played.
episode 19: Shangri-La
“Nobody’s done what Bob Dylan’s done for us over the years. He helped Rick and Richard write those songs and was part of our workshop. Bob Dylan knew that The Band was not in great shape, and he wanted to help us out of the sense of goodness he felt for us.” Pressure was mounting on The Band who hadn't put out a critically acclaimed album in some years, nor were they getting on personally like the once had...