Ronnie Hawkins, a brash rockabilly star from Arkansas who became a patron of the Canadian music scene after moving north and recruiting a handful of local musicians later known as the Band ...

The Band‘s Robbie Robertson has issued a statement honoring Ronnie “Hawk” Hawkins, who died Sunday at the age of 87. Robertson and future members of the Band backed Hawkins in their ...

The Band was one of the most important acts of the 20th century. We rank their studio albums for deeper insight into how they ...

It’s hard to overstate the influence that The Band had on music, inspiring everyone from Bob Dylan and Eric Clapton to The ...

The smiling visage of the late Richard Manuel that adorns the dust cover of Stephen T. Lewis' biography belies the sorrowful ...

Born Jamie Royal Robertson in Toronto, Canada, he joined the Hawks, backing Ronnie Hawkins, with drummer and future The Band member Levon Helm, at age 16. The other future members of The Band ...

The Band began in 1957, when Helm migrated from Arkansas to Ontario to join Robertson, Danko, Manuel, Hudson and Stan Szelest as Ronnie Hawkins’ backing outfit, the Hawks. Hawkins was a ...

Robertson and Garth Hudson had been the two surviving members of The Band, which gained acclaim on their own after backing up first Ronnie Hawkins and then Bob Dylan in the '60s. The Band was ...

Along with American drummer and vocalist Levon Helm, the musicians first came together as rockabilly singer Ronnie Hawkins' backup group. Garth Hudson of the roots rock group The Band poses for a ...

Musician Ronnie Hawkins has died according to a post on The Band’s verified Facebook page. Hawkins, 87, died Sunday according to a post by Robbie Robertson, a member of The Band. “The story of ...