Guide Note: The Band was a Canadian-American rock band whose music spanned four decades, and whose final all-star concert was captured on film by director Martin Scorsese, in ‘’The Last Waltz.’’
Fast Facts:
- Formed: 1967 (previously known as “The Hawks”)
- Original Members: Robbie Robertson, Levon Helm, Rick Danko, Richard Manuel, Garth Hudson
- Disbanded: November, 1976
- Toured behind Bob Dylan 1965-66
- Ranked 50th on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time
- Reformed in the 80s and 90s several times, with different lineups
- Danko died in 1999, marking the end of any future incarnation of The Band