Watch Rare 1970 Concert Footage Of The Band

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For those who never saw The Band take the stage in their heyday, some rare footage from a 1970 concert at Pittsburgh’s Syria Mosque has surfaced on YouTube. Levon Helm, Rick Danko, Robbie Robertson, Garth Hudson, and Richard Manuel perform songs from Music From The Big Pink, The Band, and Stage Fright. Watch them play “Time To Kill,” “The Weight,” “This Wheel’s on Fire,” and “Up On Cripple Creek” below.