In a remote house called Big Pink, a motley band of multi-instrumentalists have gone from backing frantic rockabilly cat Ronnie Hawkins as The Hawks, to getting booed while playing with Bob Dylan. Now ...

He then pointed out the exact spot where Dylan sat while cuttings songs like “I Shall ... everybody would go down the pink stairs.” We spent hours together at Big Pink that day.

In 1968, the five musicians became simply known as The Band and released Music From Big Pink, which Rolling Stone in 2003 listed as No. 34 on its list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

Their debut album from 1968, 'Music From Big Pink,' is a rock classic; the follow-up album, simply titled 'The Band,' remains a cornerstone of rock Americana -- an astonishing feat considering ...