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

|bgcolor="#E7EBEE" style="padding:0 0.5em 0 0.5em"|1967–1976|
| --- | --- |
|* Robbie Robertson – guitar * Rick Danko – bass, Violin, vocals * Levon Helm – drums, Mandolin, vocals * Richard Manuel – keyboards, vocals, drums * Garth Hudson – keyboards, saxophone||
|Band Split||
|* 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||
|* Jim Weider – guitar * Rick Danko – bass, vocals * Levon Helm – drums, vocals * Richard Manuel – keyboards, vocals * Garth Hudson – keyboards, saxophone||
|* Jim Weider – guitar * Fred Carter Jr. – guitar * Rick Danko – bass, vocals * Levon Helm – drums, vocals * Garth Hudson – keyboards, saxophone||
|* Jim Weider – guitar * Rick Danko – bass, vocals * Levon Helm – drums, vocals * Garth Hudson – keyboards, saxophone * Stan Szelest – keyboards||
|* Jim Weider – guitar * Rick Danko – bass, vocals * Randy Ciarlante – bass, drums, vocals * Levon Helm – drums, vocals * Garth Hudson – keyboards, saxophone * Stan Szelest – keyboards||
|* Jim Weider – guitar * Rick Danko – bass, vocals * Randy Ciarlante – bass, drums, vocals * Levon Helm – drums, vocals * Garth Hudson – keyboards, saxophone||
|* Jim Weider – guitar * Rick Danko – bass, vocals * Randy Ciarlante – bass, drums, vocals * Levon Helm – drums, vocals * Garth Hudson – keyboards, saxophone * Richard Bell – keyboards||

### Studio albums

|rowspan="2"|Year|rowspan="2"|Album|colspan="2"|Chart Positions|rowspan="2"|RIAA|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1968|_Music from Big Pink_|align="center"|18|align="center"|30|align="center"|Gold|
|1969|_The Band_|align="center"|2|align="center"|9|align="center"|Platinum|
|1970|_Stage Fright_|align="center"|6|align="center"|5|align="center"|Gold|
|1971|_Cahoots_|align="center"|15|align="center"|21|align="center"|—|
|1973|_Moondog Matinee_|align="center"|19|align="center"|28|align="center"|—|
|1975|_Northern Lights – Southern Cross_|align="center"|27|align="center"|26|align="center"|—|
|1977|_Islands_|align="center"|—|align="center"|64|align="center"|—|
|1993|_Jericho_|align="center"|50|align="center"|166|align="center"|—|
|1996|_High on the Hog_|align="center"|—|align="center"|—|align="center"|—|
|1998|_Jubilation_|align="center"|—|align="center"|—|align="center"|—|

### Live albums

|rowspan="2"|Year|rowspan="2"|Album|colspan="2"|Chart Positions|rowspan="2"|RIAA|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1972|_Rock of Ages_|align="center"|4|align="center"|6|align="center"|Gold|
|1995|_Live at Watkins Glen_|align="center"|—|align="center"|—|align="center"|—|

### Soundtracks

|rowspan="2"|Year|rowspan="2"|Album|colspan="2"|Chart Positions|rowspan="2"|CRIA|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1978|_The Last Waltz_|align="center"|13|align="center"|16|align="center"|Gold|
|2002|_The Last Waltz_ <small>(box set)</small>|align="center"|—|align="center"|—|align="center"|—|

### Compilations

|rowspan="2"|Year|rowspan="2"|Album|colspan="2"|Chart Positions|rowspan="2"|RIAA|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1976|_The Best of The Band_|align="center"|35|align="center"|51|align="center"|Gold|
|1978|_Anthology_|align="center"|—|align="center"|—|align="center"|—|
|1989|_To Kingdom Come: The Definitive Collection_|align="center"|—|align="center"|—|align="center"|—|
|1994|_Across the Great Divide_ <small>(box set)</small>|align="center"|—|align="center"|—|align="center"|—|
|1999|_The Best of The Band, Vol. II_|align="center"|—|align="center"|—|align="center"|—|
|2000|_Greatest Hits_|align="center"|—|align="center"|—|align="center"|—|
|2005|_A Musical History_ <small>(box set)</small>|align="center"|—|align="center"|—|align="center"|—|

### Collaborations with Bob Dylan

|rowspan="2"|Year|rowspan="2"|Album|colspan="2"|Chart Positions|rowspan="2"|RIAA||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="2"|1974|_Planet Waves_|align="center"|1|align="center"|1|align="center"|Gold|
|_Before the Flood_|align="center"|5|align="center"|3|align="center"|Platinum|||
|1975|_The Basement Tapes_|align="center"|15|align="center"|7|align="center"|Gold||
|1998|_The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live 1966, The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert_|align="center"|50|align="center"|31|align="center"|Gold||

### Singles

|rowspan="2"|Year|rowspan="2"|Single|colspan="4"|Chart Positions|rowspan="2"|Album|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1968|"The Weight"|align="center"|35|align="center"|—|align="center"|—|align="center"|63|_Music from Big Pink_||
|1969|"Up on Cripple Creek"|align="center"|10|align="center"|—|align="center"|—|align="center"|25|rowspan="2"|_The Band_|
|rowspan="2"|1970|"Rag Mama Rag"|align="center"|46|align="center"|—|align="center"|—|align="center"|57||
|"Time to Kill"|align="center"|45|align="center"|—|align="center"|—|align="center"|77|_Stage Fright_|||
|1971|"Life Is a Carnival"|align="center"|25|align="center"|—|align="center"|—|align="center"|72|_Cahoots_||
|1972|"Don't Do It"|align="center"|11|align="center"|—|align="center"|—|align="center"|34|_Rock of Ages_||
|1973|"Ain't Got No Home"|align="center"|35|align="center"|—|align="center"|—|align="center"|73|_Moondog Matinee_||
|1974|"Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)" <small>(with Bob Dylan)</small>|align="center"|43|align="center"|—|align="center"|—|align="center"|66|_Before the Flood_||
|1976|"Ophelia"|align="center"|—|align="center"|—|align="center"|—|align="center"|62|_Northern Lights – Southern Cross_||
|1993|"Remedy"|align="center"|14|align="center"|27|align="center"|71|align="center"|—|rowspan="2"|_Jericho_|
|1994|"Atlantic City"|align="center"|—|align="center"|37|align="center"|—|align="center"|—|||

## 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.

## 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

## Infobox (musical artist)

- **background**: group_or_band
- **name**: The Band
- **img**: Bob Dylan and The Band - 1974.jpg
- **img capt**: Bob Dylan and The Band touring in Chicago in 1974.
- **landscape**: yes
- **img size**: 250
- **years active**: 1964–1976, 1983–1999
- **origin**: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- **genre**: Americana (music), Americana, Roots rock, Country rock, Folk rock
- **label**: Capitol Records
Rhino Records
Warner Bros. Records
- **associated acts**: Ronnie Hawkins, Bob Dylan, The Hawks, Canadian Squires
- **past members**: Levon Helm
Garth Hudson
Rick Danko
 Robbie Robertson
Richard Manuel
Stan Szelest
Jim Weider
Randy Ciarlante
Richard Bell (Canadian musician), Richard Bell