Timeline The Band: Music from Big Pink

Four Canadians and an Arkansan who backed Ronnie Hawkins and Bob Dylan, then invented Americana — The Band from the Hawks to The Last Waltz.

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1961 The Band's members come together as the Hawks Ronnie Hawkins' backing band With Garth Hudson joining, all five future members play behind rockabilly singer Ronnie Hawkins in Canada.
1964 The Band leave Ronnie Hawkins Levon and the Hawks The five go out on their own as Levon and the Hawks.
1965 The Band become Bob Dylan's touring band Going electric Back Dylan on his first electric tours, booed night after night.
1966 The Band and Bob Dylan play Manchester Free Trade Hall Judas! A heckler shouts Judas at Dylan — the most famous moment of the 1966 tour.
1967 The Band record the Basement Tapes with Bob Dylan Big Pink, West Saugerties Months of informal recordings in a pink house near Woodstock.
1968 The Band release Music from Big Pink The Weight A debut that steered rock away from psychedelia towards roots music.
1969 The Band play Woodstock Sunday night set Play the festival close to their own home in the Catskills.
1969 The Band release The Band The brown album With The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down and Up on Cripple Creek.
1970 The Band on the cover of Time First rock group on a Time cover Time's cover story calls them the new sound of country rock.
1970 The Band release Stage Fright Third album Recorded live on a stage in Woodstock.
1972 The Band release Rock of Ages Live with horns Live album from New Year's Eve 1971 with horn arrangements by Allen Toussaint.
1974 The Band tour with Bob Dylan Tour 1974 Dylan's first tour in eight years, recorded for Before the Flood.
1975 The Band and Bob Dylan release The Basement Tapes Official release The 1967 recordings finally come out officially.
1976 The Band play The Last Waltz Winterland, San Francisco Farewell concert with Dylan, Muddy Waters, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young and more.
1978 The Band's The Last Waltz film released Directed by Martin Scorsese Often called the greatest concert film ever made.
1983 The Band reform without Robbie Robertson Reunion Helm, Danko, Manuel and Hudson tour again.
1986 The Band's Richard Manuel dies Winter Park, Florida The singer and pianist dies after a show, aged 42.
1994 The Band inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Hall of Fame Inducted, though Levon Helm stays away.
1999 The Band's Rick Danko dies End of The Band The bassist dies in his sleep — the group does not continue.