After moving from Woodstock to Santa Barbara to Nashville, then to Atlanta and back to Woodstock again, few things in Jim Weider’s life were stable but for his beloved ’52 Fender Telecaster. He was ...
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Today they're known as The Band, but it was in 1959 that Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko, Richard ...
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Why did Robbie Robertson leave the Band?
Robbie Robertson is a polarizing figure in rock history. He wrote some of the most indelible songs in the genre's history, but die-hard fans of his musical outfit, the Band, believe that he ditched ...
Robbie Robertson built much of his reputation as a songwriter detailing the history of the American South. Only towards the end of his time with The Band did he write of historical events that took ...
What he really wanted was to spend Thanksgiving with his family. What he got was three days with the turkey.
One of the first signs that Jimmy Carter was not your average politician came in January 1974. Already a Bob Dylan fan, the then-governor of Georgia was in the audience at Atlanta’s Omni Coliseum to ...
Musician and singer Robbie Robertson has died aged 80. The Canadian artist was best known for fronting The Band, penning the Americana band’s biggest hits including “The Weight”, “The Night They Drove ...
Take a load off, man. Todd Rundgren’s first major project as an engineer was for the Band’s third album, 1970’s Stage Fright, following the dissolution of his own group, Nazz. Rundgren was a valuable ...
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