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Attendees at this year's Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park got to witness Muppet history in the making.

Rustic, dusty and steeped in old-world flavor, this album didn't have much in common with everything else in 1968.

A wise man once said it's better to burn out than fade away, and on Thanksgiving Day of 1976, one of the best live acts of the rock era went out in a blaze of glory.

Ever since Bette Midler sang 'One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)' to Johnny Carson' in 1992, it's become a tradition for a concluding late-night television show to be sent off with a musical bang. Last night (Feb. 7), Jimmy Fallon said goodbye to 'Late Night with Jimmy Fallon' in his own way, singing the Band's 'The Weight' with some help from the Muppets.

One of the more distinctive rock bands of the '60s and '70s, the Band boasted a visual aesthetic every bit as striking as their music -- and now, a series of pictures taken by band photographer Elliott Landy for their first two albums is being collected into a book.

One of classic-rock’s most beloved original Christmas tunes, ‘Christmas Must Be Tonight’ by the Band, has been given a faithful new rendition by retro-pop act the Explorers Club. The track can be downloaded for free below.

The album got underway in a fashion similar to their debut, but this heralded the end of things – not the beginning.

The Band's celebrated concerts from the last week of 1971 are being released in a five-disc box set. 'Live at the Academy of Music 1971' will come out on Sept. 17.

The world lost legendary singer/drummer of The Band, Levon Helm, one year ago today (April 19, 2012)

Is it better to burn out than fade away? Or is it best to have one last, blow-out show?