the band

The theme right now for My Lost Treasure is up and down.  It's easy.  Songs with up or down in the title.  If you know me, even just a little bit, you know that I love The Band. They are in my top ten list of favorite musicians.  When I am listening to them, they are in the top five...

Music Masters Camps, Levon Helm Studio and The Weight Band will once again present Camp Cripple Creek, a celebration of the music and history of The Band this August at The Full Moon Resort in Big Indian, N.Y.  Mark your calendars now; it’s Aug...

If you are a fan of The Band, you will definitely want to get your hands on a new book by local author Peter Aaron called The Band FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Fathers of Americana, which has just been published by Backbeat Books...

The theme on My Lost Treasure is old and new.  Because it is a new year, so it is out with the old and in with the new.  The one thing that I did not like about our last theme of food and drink was that I could not think of a song by The Band that fit the theme...

Did you get a chance to listen to the rock news this week on The Boris and Robyn Show?  We do it for you every weekday morning at 6:45.  If you missed it, you can get a recap by clicking on the rock news link below. This week's rock news includes some great stories for fans of The Band...

'The Last Waltz' was the last to feature the Band's original five-man lineup of Rick Danko, Levon Helm, Garth Hudson, Richard Manuel and Robbie Robertson.

On May 26, 1940 a legend was born. On April 19, 2012 we lost a legend.  But the years in between sure were great for the music world..  Those are the years that we had Levon Helm. I have been a fan of The Band for as long as I can remember...

Camp Cripple Creek is this August in Big Indian, N.Y.

We're in the middle of a transportation theme, and it started with trains.  Like trains, planes, and automobiles.  As always, I've opened it up to suggestions.  And I got a great one the other day. Calvin wrote to me on facebook and asked for Mystery Train from The Last Waltz...

A wise man once said it's better to burn out than fade away, and on Thanksgiving Day of 1976, one of the best live acts of the rock era went out in a blaze of glory.