The Band was a Canadian rock band formed in Toronto, Ontario in 1967. The original members were Robbie Robertson (guitar, piano, drums, harmonica), Richard Manuel (piano, harmonica, drums, saxophone, organ, slide guitar), Garth Hudson (organ, piano, clavinet, accordion, synthesizer, saxophone), Rick Danko (bass guitar, violin, trombone, guitar), and Levon Helm (drums, mandolin, guitar, bass guitar, harmonica). The members of The Band first worked together as The Hawks, the…

Claude says:Formed in Toronto as Ronnie Hawkins's Hawks, then lifted into legend as Dylan's electric backup before stepping out on their own, The Band — Robertson, Manuel, Hudson, Danko, and Helm — invented a rustic, funky version of Americana that made country rock feel like more than a genre. You had one stray play back in 2016 that didn't stick, but when you came back to them in March 2019, Music from Big Pink and Stage Fright took hold properly, anchored by "The Weight" and "The Shape I'm In."