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:The Band's rootsy, front-porch take on American rock—all organ-and-harmonica communion and storytelling that sounds like it was recorded in a barn—landed hard for you in 2019 and never quite left. The Weight keeps coming back, that hymnal pull of a song that feels less like nostalgia and more like coming home.