The Band: A History

Exploring the history of Canadian-American roots rock group, The Band.

Music History
Music Commentary
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Islands
Assembling in the studio at various points during 1976 through 1977, The Band put together a plan for Islands. It was described later by Robbie as being similar to The Who’s Odds & Sods album. In essence, it was a hodgepodge of older recordings along with some newer cuts to complete their eight album record deal with Capitol.
56 min
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The Last Waltz - Part Six
Full-on post-production of The Last Waltz took place over an eighteen-month period from the winter of 1977 through the spring of 1978. It was a monstrous undertaking with many moving pieces between the studio, producers, technicians, crews and the musicians.
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The Last Waltz - Part Five
The Last Waltz dragged on. With the concert wrapped and filming complete at the MGM soundstage, Martin Scorsese wanted to now add a series of interviews to further contextualize the footage shot. With the go-ahead and more budget from the studio interviews were filmed.
51 min
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Interview: Jim Weider
The Band: A History sits down with former guitarist of The Band Jim Weider.
54 min
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Interview: Mrs. Henry
The Band: A History sits down with Mrs. Henry, the California-based rock group who is heading out on the road with their show Music From The Band.
69 min
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The Last Waltz - Part Four
“It hadn’t really hit me that when the song was over, so was The Band.”
33 min
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Cahoots 50th Anniversary Reissue Roundtable
The Band: A History, The Manuel Archive's Breanna McCann and music journalist Allison Rap discuss The Band's Cahoots 50th Anniversary Reissue
54 min
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The Last Waltz - Part Three
73 min
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The Last Waltz - Part Two
Suddenly, in the darkness, a spotlight erupted on Levon Helm, who kicked things off at 9:07. "Good evening..."
54 min
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Interview: The Manuel Archive
The Band: A History sits down with Breanna McCann creator and curator of The Manuel Archive.
37 min
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Interview: Joe Forno Jr
This week we talk to Joe Forno Jr. the former manager of The Band.
60 min
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The Last Waltz - Part One
“None of us truly understood where we were headed, but we knew change was inevitable”
39 min
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All Our Past Times
The release of Northern Lights - Southern Cross seemed like a new beginning or a re-conquering of rock music for The Band, but that was all critical appraisal. Northern Lights - Southern Cross publicly and privately held very different truths.
44 min
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Interview: Jonathan Taplin
The Band: A History sits down road manger, producer, professor and author Jonathan Taplin.
68 min
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Interview: Jan Høiberg
The Band: A History Interviews Band Curator and Website Owner, Jan Høiberg.
40 min
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Northern Lights - Southern Cross
“It took us coming in there to get them all in the studio with one another because there was a lot of bitching” Clapton reminisces about The Band’s state of mind in 1975.⁠
45 min
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Shangri-La
32 min
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A Road Trip With The Band
Join The Band: A History and The Hippie Historian as we look at where The Band came from and where they played.
46 min
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Planet Waves
Even after a few years of meaningless wandering, riddled with substance problems, creative problems The Band, unbeknownst to them, were about to embark on a two year journey that would elevate their profile to the largest they’d ever have.
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Interview: Sandra Tooze
The Band: A History interview author Sandra Tooze about her new book Levon Helm: From Down in the Delta to the Birth of The Band and Beyond.
30 min
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Interview: Garth Hudson
An Interview Conducted with The Band's Garth Hudson.
23 min
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Moondog Matinee - Part Two
The Band took themselves westward to Los Angeles, California to wrap up their fifth studio album Moondog Matinee.
33 min
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Moondog Matinee - Part One
We couldn't get along—we all knew that fairness was a bunch of shit. We all knew we were getting screwed, so we couldn't sit down and create no more music. 'Up on Cripple Creek' and all that stuff was over—all that collaboration was over, and that”
39 min
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Interview: Elliott Landy
Famed photographer of The Band, Elliott Landy joins the podcast to discuss his latest crowdsourced project Contacting The Band.
73 min
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Rock of Ages
“Everybody had been so easily satisfied before and then it got harder to do what we did at ease… The feeling that the group had become what we’d rebelled against… that’s what a lot of the music after The Band was about.'' Robbie Robertson reflected in 1982 on the Rock of Ages period in The Band's history.
36 min