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The Band

After much searching,

we found the perfect spot right outside their window.

Or did it find us? Levon and Rick's yard. Woodstock, NY, '68

50 Years On,

The Band's 'Music From Big Pink' Haunts Us Still

NPR

July 1, 2018

https://www.npr.org/2018/07/01/
624729592/50-years-on-the-bands-music-from-big-pink-haunts-us-still

L to R:

Bob Dylan and Robbie Robertson

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The Band at Woodstock, 1968 (from left):

Richard Manuel, Robbie Robertson,

Levon Helm, Garth Hudson and Rick Danko.

Photograph: Elliott Landy

LandyVision, Inc

Robbie Robertson:

‘I didn't know anybody who didn't do drugs’

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Tue 8 Oct 2019    10.00 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/oct/08/
robbie-robertson-the-band-dylan-guitarist-heroin

The Band    1960s-1990s

https://www.npr.org/artists/15184415/
the-band

https://www.npr.org/artists/137320846/
robbie-robertson

https://www.theguardian.com/music/
levon-helm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
The_Band

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/
arts/music/robbie-robertson-the-last-waltz.html

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/aug/10/
robbie-robertsons-10-best-recordings-from-bob-dylan-to-the-band

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/aug/10/
the-band-robbie-robertson-captured-a-dream-
of-what-america-was-is-and-might-be

https://www.npr.org/2023/08/09/
1192999637/robbie-robertson-guitarist-for-the-band-and-bob-dylan-
has-died-at-80

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robbie-robertson-band-dead-age-80

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/
arts/music/robbie-robertson-dead.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/29/
obituaries/ronnie-hawkins-dead.html

https://www.npr.org/sections/world-cafe/2019/11/27/
782991363/robbie-robertson-
on-his-creative-and-symbiotic-relationship-with-martin-scorsese

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/oct/08/
robbie-robertson-the-band-dylan-guitarist-heroin

https://www.npr.org/2018/07/01/
624729592/50-years-on-the-bands-music-from-big-pink-haunts-us-still

https://www.npr.org/2018/06/29/
624696352/the-bands-music-from-big-pink-gets-50th-anniversary-reissue

https://www.npr.org/sections/world-cafe/2017/01/06/
508556559/robbie-robertson-on-world-cafe

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503048226/robbie-robertson-on-the-last-waltz-40-years-later

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/20/
arts/music/levon-helm-drummer-and-singer-dies-at-71.html

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levon-helm-dies-cancer-in-pictures

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levon-helm

https://www.theguardian.com/music/gallery/2012/apr/19/
levon-helm-dies-cancer-in-pictures 

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robbie-robertson-levon-helm 

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levon-helm-musician-terminally-ill

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/8448530/
Robbie-Robertson-Dylan-Scorsese-what-a-journey.html

The Last Waltz was a concert

by the Canadian-American rock group The Band,

held on American Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 1976,

at Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco.

The Last Waltz was advertised

as The Band's "farewell concert appearance",

and the concert had The Band joined

by more than a dozen special guests,

including their previous employers

Ronnie Hawkins and Bob Dylan,

as well as Paul Butterfield, Bobby Charles, Eric Clapton,

Neil Diamond, Emmylou Harris, Dr. John, Joni Mitchell,

Van Morrison, Ringo Starr, Muddy Waters, Ronnie Wood,

and Neil Young.

The musical director for the concert

was The Band's original record producer, John Simon.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
The_Last_Waltz - April 26, 1978

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Before_the_Flood_(album) - June 20, 1974

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