Ronnie Hawkins, a brash rockabilly star from Arkansas who became a patron of the Canadian music scene after moving north and recruiting a handful of local musicians later known as the Band, has died.

Rock royalty, technical nightmares and a lump of cocaine up Neil Young’s nose... Robbie Robertson remembers The Band’s Martin Scorsese-directed swansong.

Over two separate eras, The Band became one of the most important and influential acts in pop music over the second half of the 20th century. They began by playing with rock 'n' roller Ronnie Hawkins, ...