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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 members Rick Danko, left, and Robbie Robertson, right, perform with Ronnie Hawkins during their farewell concert dubbed "The Last Waltz" at the Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco ...

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 ...

The Band was the ultimate rock & roll fantasy ... He was just 16 when he hit the road with Southern rockabilly veteran Ronnie Hawkins. He was an outsider, but he looked around at America and ...

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 ...

He played in local bands before hooking up in the late 1950s with rockabilly singer Ronnie Hawkins’ The Hawks, which eventually would feature many of his Band mates. The group would back Bob ...