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unusual facts about The Band's Visit


The Band's Visit

and Associated Press film critic David Germain named it the 9th best film of 2007.


Ben Keith

In addition to his work with Young, Keith also worked with Terry Reid, Todd Rundgren, Lonnie Mack, The Band, Blue, David Crosby, Graham Nash, Paul Butterfield, J. J. Cale, Linda Ronstadt, Warren Zevon, Ian and Sylvia, Emmylou Harris, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Anne Murray and Ringo Starr.

Bill Belzer

The band's breakup coincided with Belzer leaving to join Uncle Tupelo as drummer for a stint on their European-American Tour with Michelle Shocked, The Band and Taj Mahal in the early 1990s.

Billy Pettinger

Pettinger has been the primary songwriter in all of her original projects and has collaborated with such artists as Garth Hudson from The Band and Bob Dylan, Randy Cooke of Dave Stewart's Rock Fabulous Orchestra and Ringo Starr and Stan "the Baron" Behrens, who played with Willie Dixon, Ruth Brown and the Four Tops.

Bobbie Sue

The album also featured cover versions of two songs, the 1959 hit "So Fine", a song originally by the Fiestas, and "Up on Cripple Creek", originally by The Band.

Clarke Mackey

Clarke Mackey was one of four cinematographers on the 1970 Canadian concert film Festival Express featuring Janis Joplin, the Grateful Dead and The Band, that was not released until 2003, 33 years after the original event.

Colin Linden

He has worked with a wide variety of artists including Bruce Cockburn, Lucinda Williams, T-Bone Burnett, Colin James, Leon Redbone, Rita Chiarelli, Chris Thomas King, The Band, and Bob Dylan.

Elliott Landy

Landy's portraits have also graced the covers of many of the best known albums of the era, including such classics as Bob Dylan's Nashville Skyline, Van Morrison's Moondance, and The Band's second album, eponymously titled The Band.

Four Men and a Dog

They met the famous group The Band in 1994, and recorded their album Doctor A's Secret Remedies at Levon Helm's studio in Woodstock, NY, with musical guests Garth Hudson and Randy Ciarlante.

Gansett Tribal Rock Festival

The festival concerts featured notable artists such as The Band, Led Zeppelin, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Dr. John, MC5, Johnny Winter, and Taj Mahal.

Go Go Liza Jane

"Go Go Liza Jane" was the A-side of the 1968 single released by Atco Records in order to capitalize on the growing success of The Band, who had recorded the track along with two others ("The Stones I Throw" and "He Don't Love You") in 1965 under the moniker Levon and the Hawks.

Invisible Republic

Invisible Republic: Bob Dylan's Basement Tapes is a book by music critic Greil Marcus about the creation and cultural importance of The Basement Tapes, a series of recordings made by Bob Dylan in 1967 in collaboration with The Hawks, who would subsequently become known as The Band.

Jesse Winchester

Under the auspices of The Band's Robbie Robertson, Winchester began his recording career in 1970 with his self-titled album, released on the Ampex label.

John Till

Born in Stratford, Ontario, Till played in local bands until the early 1960s when he was picked to play in Ronnie Hawkins band The Hawks, to replace previous members who had left to tour with Bob Dylan (see The Band).

Jonas Fjeld

He is best known in the English-speaking world for two albums recorded by Danko/Fjeld/Andersen, a collaboration with Canadian Rick Danko of The Band and American singer-songwriter Eric Andersen.

Jonny Phillips

Oriole are perhaps one of the few groups to feature two Mercury nominated artists: Ben Davis on cello and Seb Rochford on drums.

Juliane Werding

In 1972, she became in Germany famous for her song "Am Tag, als Conny Kramer starb" (German cover of American song The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down by The Band).

King Biscuit Time

Levon Helm, drummer for The Band, has credited King Biscuit Time, and in particular James Peck Curtis, for inspiring his musical career.

Last Summer

Rick Danko, Levon Helm and Richard Manuel of The Band played on the soundtrack as well, but were uncredited due to having had a contract on another record label.

Live at Watkins Glen

Live at Watkins Glen is a 1995 album by The Band, presented by Capitol Records (without the band's involvement) as a live album from the Summer Jam at Watkins Glen rock festival held outside Watkins Glen, New York on July 28, 1973 in front of 600,000 people.

Live from KCRW

In his review for Exclaim!, Vish Khanna said "here the band strip down to play mellower fare. That's not to say it's not intense or pensive in its own right; Cave is a master of phrasing and knows how to enhance the suspense and drama in his carefully written lyrics", rating Live from KCRW eight out of ten.

Manny Charlton

In 1968, the band changed their name to Nazareth, inspired by the opening lyric from "The Weight", a song by The Band.

Mason Hoffenberg

In the late 1960s, he moved back to America, first in New York City and later in Woodstock, living for a time with Richard Manuel of The Band.

Mason Phelps Jr

He was one of three children, including his late brother Taylor who was the road manager for Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and later worked for Stephen Stills, The Band and Neil Young.

Modoc, Arkansas

The town is well-known due its prominent place in the song "Caledonia Mission", written by Robbie Robertson and performed by The Band on their 1968 debut album Music from Big Pink.

New York State Route 375

In 2013, NY 375 was officially designated Levon Helm Memorial Boulevard in memory of the late Mark Lavon "Levon" Helm, a local resident best known for his work as drummer and vocalist for The Band.

Notes From San Francisco

Rather than producing it himself he worked with Elliot Mazer a successful producer who had a long track record with artists such as Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, and The Band.

Peter Gzowski

The song - advocating Canadian unity - was performed by Ian and Sylvia, as well as by Bob Dylan and The Band in their 1967 "Basement session".

Phillips County, Arkansas

Levon is best known as the drummer and singer for the Canadian-American rock group The Band.

Shelly Yakus

Shelly Yakus has engineered recordings for many performers, including John Lennon, the Ramones, U2, Tom Petty, Van Morrison, Alice Cooper, the Band, Blue Öyster Cult, Dire Straits, Don Henley, Madonna, Stevie Nicks, The Pointer Sisters, Lou Reed, Bob Seger, Patti Smith, Suzanne Vega, Warren Zevon, Star Radio and Elliott Murphy.

Stan Lynch

As a producer, Lynch has worked with a diverse array of talent, such as The Band, Eagles, Don Henley, Jackopierce, Joe 90, Scotty Moore, and Sister Hazel.

Summer Jam at Watkins Glen

The Summer Jam at Watkins Glen was a 1973 rock festival which once received the Guinness Book of World Records entry for "Largest audience at a pop festival." An estimated 600,000 rock fans came to the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Raceway outside of Watkins Glen, New York on July 28, 1973, to see the Allman Brothers Band, The Band, and the Grateful Dead perform.

The Last Polka

The live concert in the film is a loose parody of The Band's concert movie The Last Waltz.

The Staple Singers

In 1976, they collaborated with The Band for their film The Last Waltz, performing on the song "The Weight" (which The Staple Singers had previously covered on their first Stax album).

Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ral

In 1976, Richard Manuel and Van Morrison sang the song, as "Tura Lura Lural (That's An Irish Lullaby)", during The Band's farewell concert The Last Waltz.

Tulsa Sound

His songs have been recorded by many artists, including Clapton, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Deep Purple, The Allman Brothers Band, Johnny Cash, The Band, Kansas, Santana, Captain Beefheart, Widespread Panic, and Bryan Ferry.

When It's Time

"When It's Time" is a song by the American rock band Green Day from American Idiot: The Original Broadway Cast Recording, a soundtrack album to the musical production American Idiot, a stage adaptation of the band's 2004 concept album.


see also

Sunny Jim Band

Didier Laget (discovered during the band's visit to Tours, France) joined to fill the missing lead guitar role in 1977.