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He also served as their archivist, carefully curating recordings with Bob Dylan that became 'The Basement Tapes.'

It's now a half century since these records first started blasting our earbuds. Let's celebrate these records from 1975!

The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer also had a solo career and was involved with film.

Songwriter/multi-instrumentalist also played with Bonnie Raitt, Chicago and the Buckinghams.

Was the Black Keys' Dan Auerbach right to suggest the area has a way of bringing careers to an end?

The Band guitarist will also find time to work on more 50th anniversary re-releases.

Drummer and vocalist for The Band, Levon Helm, has succumbed to the effects of throat cancer earlier today.