- Members have included Robbie Robertson, Levon Helm, Richard Manuel, Rick Danko, Garth Hudson, Bobby Keys, Sandy Konikoff, Don Preston, Jim Gordon, Bobby Torres, Jim Horn, Chuck Blackwell, Jim Price, Jim Keltner, Carl Radle.
- Grew out of Bob Dylan's 1960s backing band. They adopted their name while Dylan was out of action, recovering from a motorcycle accident.
- Lived together in a pink-colored house called "Big Pink", with the basement used as rehearsal space; their first album was titled "Music From Big Pink". Bob Dylan's jam sessions at the house were recorded, bootlegged, then later released officially as "The Basement Tapes".
- Their first album, Music From Big Pink (1968), is ranked number 34 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
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