Robbie Robertson was one of the all time guitar greats but because his work is so intrinsically tied to his band he was often overlooked as an individual genius ...
They joined him at his house in Woodstock and then, later, at Big Pink in West Saugerties—a pink house Danko, Hudson and Manuel rented, where they all would begin recording demos of the soon-to ...
Garth Hudson, who played organ, accordion, saxophone, and more as a member of the Band—perhaps still the group that best embodies the glorious, lawless amalgamation of styles at the very heart of rock ...
The beloved organ virtuoso died on Tuesday morning at 87, near Woodstock, New York — just a few miles down the road from Big Pink, the house where the Band and Bob Dylan transformed music ...
Indeed, even The Beatles grew voluminous beards and embraced the back-to-the-roots culture for Let it Be after George Harrison stayed at the big pink house. The Band returned to Woodstock for the ...
Back home when The Band and Dylan set up camp at the now famous Big Pink house in Woodstock it was Hudson that procured and set up the recording equipment. This ensured that as they developed what ...
My first date with Dianna — best friend, wife and frequent editor — was to see The Band. She introduced me to the legendary rock group’s music, and we went to their 1970 concert in Madison, Wisc.
Eric Clapton once said that The Band’s first album, “Music from Big Pink” (named after their house), changed his ... booed), the group settled in Woodstock, New York, often playing and ...
A group of experts consider the accessories from the past 100 years that changed how we carry our things — and ourselves.
The Toronto Star reported that Hudson died in a nursing home in Woodstock. In 2021 ... they wrote and played spontaneously in an old pink house outside of town shared by Hudson, Danko and Manuel.