THE BAND MUSIC FROM BIG PINK ....who took their place???

KING BISCUIT BOY 

When the Band brought out Music from Big Pink after a stint with Bob Dylan it was a massively hot seller. These guys originally came from Canada where they were the back up band for Ronnie Hawkins and were known as the Hawks. Ol' Ronnie the boy from Arkansas on the advice of Conway Twitty went to Canada in 1958. He found in the early days of Rockabilly that he was more popular there and could make 4 times the money and be continuously booked in the Toronto area of Canada. 

In fact he did so well about 10 years later he walked into a Rolls Royce dealer and bought the car paying for it with cash, LOL.

Once the Robbie Robinson and the other guys left for Dylan he simple took his pick of equally good players in the Toronto area. 

Richard Newell and his band were indeed in the Hawks as well. So I thought you would love a quick look at the calibre of playing considering this cut is from 1971 it is quite impressive.