On This Day, July 1, 1968: The Band release their debut album 'Music from Big Pink'
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On This Day, July 1, 1968โฆ
The Band โ Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko, Richard Manuel, Garth Hudson, and Levon Helm โ released their debut album, Music from Big Pink.
The album was named after a house in Saugerties, New York, shared by Danko, Manuel and Hudson, where some of the songs on the album were composed. It was recorded after the group toured as Bob Dylanโs backing band, and features a Dylan painting as the cover art.
Music from Big Pink features The Bandโs future classic โThe Weight,โ which was written by Robertson. While it only reached #63 on the Billboard Hot 100, the song became more popular following The Bandโs performance at Woodstock, and the songโs inclusion in the movie Easy Rider.
The Band broke up in 1976 following their November 25, 1976, concert at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco, which was filmed for what would become the critically acclaimed concert documentary The Last Waltz.
They were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.
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