The Band: Selling Talent Short for Cheap Cheers
Dave Marsh, Newsday, 15 September 1974
THE BAND, out on its own again after two albums and a tour with mentor Bob Dylan, didn't have an ordinary dressing room for a recent performance at Nassau Coliseum. Instead, the members sat and conversed with one another over cocktails in one of the arena's plush private rooms. But, unlike most rock bands, they didn't look as though they were about to pillage the joint, or even damage it. When the Band starts playing, decorum rules.
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