The Band CD's and Notes
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began as the Hawks, backing up rockabilly cat Ronnie Hawkins and
then venturing out on their own. In the mid-1960s, they became
Bob
Dylan's ensemble of choice, aiding him in his epochal switch to an
electric rock-based format. When they emerged as an independent
recording entity at the end of the
'60s, they helped usher in a
move towards earthy roots-rock as a generation shied away from the
clamor and excess of the psychedelic era. The mostly Canadian
group synthesized a wide variety of traditional American styles in
a unique hodgepodge that took full advantage of each member's
unique multi-instrumental abilities. THE LAST WALTZ film and album
provided their 1978 swan song, but the Band began anew in
the '80s
without songwriter/guitarist Robbie Robertson. Keyboardist/singer
Richard Manuel committed suicide in 1986, but it was
singer/bassist Rick Danko's death in 1999 that ended all
possibility of further Band reunions. |
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