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Fifty-seven years ago today, The Band released their debut album after spending more than a decade as a backing group.

A lmost four decades after his death at age 42, the pianist and singer Richard Manuel, whose voice was an essential element ...

His Life and Music, from The Hawks and Bob Dylan to The Band’ after deep dives into archival materials and original ...

INTERVIEW: It’s hard to overstate the influence that The Band had on music, inspiring everyone from Bob Dylan and Eric Clapton to The Beatles and Elton John. Less talked about is the influence that ...

Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks from left: Rick Danko, bass; largely hidden Richard Manuel, piano; Hawkins; Levon Helm, drums; Robbie Robertson, guitar; Garth Hudson, organ. circa 1963 [Photo: The Hawks] ...

They changed their name to the Levon Helm Sextet, added a sixth member—saxophonist Jerry Penfound—and then called themselves Levon and the Hawks after Penfound left.

Keyboardist-drummer Richard Manuel hanged himself in 1986, bassist Rick Danko died in his sleep in 1999 and drummer Levon Helm died of cancer in 2012.

Keyboardist-drummer Richard Manuel hung himself in 1986, bassist Rick Danko died in his sleep in 1999 and drummer Levon Helm died of cancer in 2012. The Band was inducted into the Rock and Roll ...

In his early twenties, to his parents’ alarm, he joined Ronnie Hawkins and Levon Helm in a rock band called the Hawks, assuaging his parents by stipulating that the group pay him an extra $10 a ...