The 1970s show Bob Dylan refused and The Band played for the money

The 1970s show Bob Dylan refused and The Band played for the money

As 1971 counted down into 1972, The Band were bringing a four-night residency in New York City’s Academy of Music venue when, surely to the surprise and disbelief of everybody in the audience, they introduced an old friend to the stage: Bob Dylan. For the first time since a controversial appearance at the Isle of Wight Festival in 1969, The Band were performing with Dylan and, thankfully, were sounding far more like the thunderous and electric o…