The Band

The Band was a rock music band from 1964 to 1976 and again from 1983 to 1999. The original group was made up of four Canadians (Robbie Robertson, Richard Manuel, Garth Hudson, and Rick Danko) and one American, (Levon Helm).

This band was the subject of the 1978 movie The Last Waltz.

Discography
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! bgcolor="#E7EBEE" style="padding:0 0.5em 0 0.5em" | 1967–1976
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 Robbie Robertson – guitar
 Rick Danko – bass, Violin, vocals
 Levon Helm – drums, Mandolin, vocals
 Richard Manuel – keyboards, vocals, drums
 Garth Hudson – keyboards, saxophone
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! bgcolor="#E7EBEE" | 1976–1983
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Band Split
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! bgcolor="#E7EBEE" | 1983–1985
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 Rick Danko – bass, acoustic guitar, vocals
 Levon Helm – drums, vocals
 Richard Manuel – keyboards, vocals
 Garth Hudson – keyboards, saxophone
with
 Earl Cate  – guitar
 Ron Eoff – bass
 Terry Cagle – drums
 Earnie Cate – keyboards
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! bgcolor="#E7EBEE" | 1985–1986
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 Jim Weider – guitar
 Rick Danko – bass, vocals
 Levon Helm – drums, vocals
 Richard Manuel – keyboards, vocals
 Garth Hudson – keyboards, saxophone
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! bgcolor="#E7EBEE" | 1986–1989
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 Jim Weider – guitar
 Fred Carter Jr. – guitar
 Rick Danko – bass, vocals
 Levon Helm – drums, vocals
 Garth Hudson – keyboards, saxophone
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! bgcolor="#E7EBEE" | 1989–1990
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 Jim Weider – guitar
 Rick Danko – bass, vocals
 Levon Helm – drums, vocals
 Garth Hudson – keyboards, saxophone
 Stan Szelest – keyboards
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! bgcolor="#E7EBEE" | 1990–1991
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 Jim Weider – guitar
 Rick Danko – bass, vocals
 Randy Ciarlante – bass, drums, vocals
 Levon Helm – drums, vocals
 Garth Hudson – keyboards, saxophone
 Stan Szelest – keyboards
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! bgcolor="#E7EBEE" | 1991–1992
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 Jim Weider – guitar
 Rick Danko – bass, vocals
 Randy Ciarlante – bass, drums, vocals
 Levon Helm – drums, vocals
 Garth Hudson – keyboards, saxophone
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! bgcolor="#E7EBEE" | 1992–1999
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 Jim Weider – guitar
 Rick Danko – bass, vocals
 Randy Ciarlante – bass, drums, vocals
 Levon Helm – drums, vocals
 Garth Hudson – keyboards, saxophone
 Richard Bell – keyboards
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Studio albums

Live albums

Soundtracks

Compilations

Collaborations with Bob Dylan

Singles

References

 Across the Great Divide: The Band and America by Barney Hoskyns ()
 The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia by Michael Gray ()
 Invisible Republic: Bob Dylan's Basement Tapes by Greil Marcus ()
 This Wheel's on Fire by Levon Helm with Stephen Davis ()
 "The Band" by Kevin J. Bochynski in Popular Musicians edited by Steve Hochman. () Salem Press: Pasadena, Calif., 1999. Pages 61–64.

Notes

Other websites
 A definitive The Band resource ("no longer active, but our massive archives will be kept on-line")
The Band - A Musical History, official site from Capitol Records
In Studio
The Band  at Rolling Stone'' magazine
The Band and I by Barney Hoskyns

1960s music groups
1970s music groups
1980s music groups
1990s music groups
Canadian rock bands
Grammy Award winners
Warner Bros. Records artists
Musical groups established in 1964
1964 establishments in Canada
Musical groups disestablished in the 1970s
1976 disestablishments in North America
Musical groups established in 1983
1983 establishments in North America
Musical groups disestablished in 1999
1999 disestablishments
1990s disestablishments in Canada