The Band
Canadian-American rock 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).
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![]() Bob Dylan and The Band touring in Chicago in 1974. | |
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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 |
Past member(s) | 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 Edit
1967–1976 |
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1976–1983 |
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1983–1985 |
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1985–1986 |
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1986–1989 |
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1989–1990 |
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1990–1991 |
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1991–1992 |
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1992–1999 |
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Studio albums Edit
Year | Album | Chart Positions | RIAA | |
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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 Edit
Year | Album | Chart Positions | RIAA | |
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CAN | US | |||
1972 | Rock of Ages | 4 | 6 | Gold |
1995 | Live at Watkins Glen | — | — | — |
Soundtracks Edit
Year | Album | Chart Positions | CRIA | |
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CAN | US | |||
1978 | The Last Waltz | 13 | 16 | Gold |
2002 | The Last Waltz (box set) | — | — | — |
Compilations Edit
Year | Album | Chart Positions | RIAA | |
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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 Edit
Year | Album | Chart Positions | RIAA | |
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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 Edit
Year | Single | Chart Positions | Album | |||
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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 | — | — |
References Edit
- 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.
Notes Edit
Other websites Edit
- 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