Promoter Bill Graham had the idea to make the concert a Thanksgiving event, including a meal in the ticket price. According to Ultimate Classic Rock, 220 turkeys and 500 pounds of cranberry sauce were ...

The onscreen stars of The Last Waltz will always be Rick Danko and Robbie Robertson, both of whom were galvanizing throughout Martin Scorsese‘s bittersweet 1978 film. Yet the project, conceived as the ...

On Thanksgiving Day, 1976, one of rock and roll’s most influential groups, The Band, held its final concert. Featuring performances by Dr. John, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Muddy Waters, and Bob Dylan, ...

In the early 2000s, when guitarist and vocalist Kris Gloer was playing small jam-band shows with his group Hound Dog at venues such as Fuzzy’s Place, the Highlander, Blind Willie’s and Blues Harbor, ...