The Band FAQ – All That’s Left to Know About the Fathers of Americana
Via this vibrant concoction, the group – Levon Helm, Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko, Richard Manuel, and Garth Hudson – reshaped popular music, creating the genre now known as roots rock and giving us classic songs like « The Weight, » « Up on Cripple Creek, » and « The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down. ».