Also, they're the band that wrote "Smoke on the Water" drawing inspiration ... “With the exception of the Stones, the greatest rock ‘n’ roll band ever.” If you're not familiar with them ...

Unfortunately for the Band, they found themselves facing just as much criticism. The pushback affected them so heavily that by the time the rock ‘n’ roll gang in England made their case to ...

I don’t know if it was tragic, or predetermined, or the price of playing rock ‘n’ roll, or what, but the Band experienced ... cuts through the autumnal, smoke-infested air.

Garth Hudson in 1969. The Band’s songwriter and guitarist Robbie Robertson called him “far and away the most advanced musician in rock ’n’ roll.”Credit...David Attie/Getty Images ...