With a rough sound, seemingly chaotic arrangements, and a distinctive blend of country, rock, folk, classical, R&B, and soul, Music From Big Pink is generally considered one of the best albums by the Band. The album follows the band's backing of Bob Dylan on his 1966 tour (as The Hawks) and time spent at a shared house in upstate New York recording what would become The Basement Tapes, also with Dylan. In 2003, the album was ranked number 34 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.


"Big Pink" is a pink house in West Saugerties, New York In 1967, the house was purchased by Rick Danko of The Band. Danko, along with bandmates, Richard Manuel and Garth Hudson, moved into the house and dubbed it Big Pink. The house became the site of the rehearsing of the album.

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