The Band

Remembrance Rock 

Garth Hudson was the Heart of The Band

January 23, 2025 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Bob Dylan, Garth Hudson, Levon Helm, Richard Manuel, Rick Danko, RIP, The Band, Woodstock

Remembering a North American music legend, gone at 87

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Dylan Rock 

Endless Highway: Bob Dylan and the Band’s Before the Flood at 50

June 20, 2024June 20, 2024 Lee Zimmerman 2 Comments 1974, 50th anniversary, Before the Flood, Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan and the Band, Garth Hudson, Levon Helm, Richard Manuel, Rick Danko, Robbie Robertson, The Band

Looking back on one of rock’s most epic live albums

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Dylan Folk 

Bob Dylan: The Songs They Are A-Changin’

February 10, 2024February 10, 2024 Jeremy Shatan 0 Comments 1964, Barack Obama, Bob Dylan, Columbia Records, Frank Sinatra, Medgar Evers, The Band, The Clancy Brothers, The Times They Are A’ Changin

A 60th anniversary look at the Bard’s third album through the lens of live performance

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Rock 

Farewell to The Chance in Poughkeepsie, NY

October 29, 2023October 29, 2023 Ron Hart 1 Comment Chai Developers, Faith No More, Fishbone, GWAR, Hatebreed, Helmet, John Entwistle, Johnny Cash, Matthew Sweet, New York, Orange 9mm, Poughkeepsie, Quicksand, Soundgarden, The Band, The Chance, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, The Misfits, The Who, Theater, Weird Al Yankovic, Wilco

Saying goodbye to a storied New York rock club

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Records 

Rhino Celebrates Rocktober With Vinyl Reissues

September 28, 2023September 28, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments Bad Company, Devo, Fleetwood Mac, Foreigner, Grateful Dead, Iron Butterfly, Matchbox Twenty, MC5, Portugal The Man, Rhino, Rhino Records, Rocktober, Talking Heads, The Band

Limited-Edition LPs will be available each week of October

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North Americana Rock 

Firefall Reignited!

September 22, 2023September 22, 2023 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Carole King, Emmylou Harris, Firefall, Fleetwood Mac, Friends & Family, Gram Parsons, Heart, Jock Bartley, Loggins and Messina, Navarro, Rick Roberts, Spirit, Sunset Blvd. Records, The Band, The Byrds, the Doobie Brothers, The Fallen Angels, The Flying Burrito Brothers, the Marshall Tucker Band, Zephyr

Jock Bartley talks about the road that found them reunited with Friends & Family

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North Americana Remembrance Rock 

Across The Great Divide: Robbie Robertson Remembered

August 11, 2023August 11, 2023 Lee Zimmerman 1 Comment Contact from the Underworld of Redboy, Eric Clapton, Garth Hudson, George Harrison, How To Become Clairvoyant, Joni Mitchell, Levon Helm, Martin Scorsese, Music for the Native Americans, Neil Diamond, Richard Manuel, Rick Danko, Ringo Starr, RIP, Robbie Robertson, Sinematic, Storyville, The Band

How his iconic influence shaped the sounds of modern Americana 

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Rock 

Stage Fright: The Band’s Rock of Ages Turns 50

August 15, 2022March 1, 2023 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1972, Bob, Bob Dylan, Capitol/UMe, Garth Hudson, Levon Helm, Live at the Academy of Music 1971: The Rock of Ages Concerts, Richard Manuel, Rick Danko, Robbie Robertson, Rock of Ages, The Band

Reflecting on a half century of one of the most essential concert albums of the 1970s

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Rock 

Robbie Robertson Remembers 

March 10, 2021March 10, 2021 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Carl Perkins, Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, Garth Hudson, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Levon Helm, Richard Manuel, Rick Danko, Robbie Robertson, The Band, The Everly Brothers

With the release of a sprawling Stage Fright box set, the Canadian guitar icon relives The Band’s legacy

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Rock 

How Many More Years: Little Feat at 50

February 2, 2021June 26, 2023 Justin Joffe 5 Comments 191, Bill Payne, Frank Zappa, Linda Ronstadt, Little Feat, Lowell George, Richie Hayward, Ted Templeman, The Band, The Mothers of Invention, Willin'

A half century in, the freaky Heartland perseverance of the band’s eponymous debut still has us Willin’ to keep movin’

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Blues Rock 

Two Trains Running: The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, The Yardbirds and the Blues-Rock Explosion of 1965

November 4, 2020November 5, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1965, Bruce Springsteen, Chrissie Hynde, Elvis Costello, Emmylou Harris, Having A Rave Up With The Yardbirds, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Junior Wells & Buddy Guy, Led Zeppelin, Link Wray, Lou Reed, Neil Young, Paul Butterfield, Paul Simon, Rick Nelson, Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs, The Band, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, The Yardbirds

The duel between these blues rock classics helped bring 1965 to a landing with a bang

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Beatle Soul 

All Things (Must) Pass: Encouraging Words Turns 50

September 21, 2020September 21, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1970, 50th anniversary, All Things Must Pass, Apple Corps, Apple Records, Apple+, Billy Preston, Bobby Keys, Delaney Bramlett, Encouraging Words, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Jim Price, John Lennon, My Sweet Lord, Neil Diamond, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Sam and Dave, Sly Stone, The Band, The Beatles, the Edwin Hawkins Singers, the Red Hot Chili Peppers

Originally released on September 11, 1970, Billy Preston’s second Apple LP is a soulful paean to his status as “The 5th Beatle”

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North Americana Rock 

The Shape They’re In: Stage Fright at 50

August 29, 2020August 29, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1970, Bob Dylan, Capitol Records, Eric Clapton, Garth Hudson, George Harrison, Levon Helm, Richard Manuel, Rick Danko, Robbie Robertson, Ronnie Hawkins, The Band

The third album by The Band would prove to be one of most auspicious efforts of their career

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Fusion Pop Power Pop Progressive Rock 

Broke Down But Not Busted: Todd Rundgren’s Runt at 50

August 3, 2020August 3, 2020 Jordan Blum 0 Comments 1970, Ampex Records, Bearsville, Bearsville Studio, Great Speckled Bird, Jesse Winchester, Levon Helm, Rick Danko, Runt, Stage Fright., The Band, The Nazz, Todd Rundgren, Todd Rundgren's Utopia

Why the Wizard’s first solo album after The Nazz is his McCartney I

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Dead 

Mi Verano De Los Muertos

July 18, 2020July 18, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1970, Bill Kreutzmann, Bob Weir, Crosby Stills & Nash, Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, Mickey Hart, Phil Lesh, Pigpen, Robert Hunter, The Band, Uncle John's Band, Workingman's Dead

The Grateful Dead in 1970

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