Where Do We Go From Here?
With their highly successful album Stage Fright completed, The Band was starting to become toys for Capitol Records' gain and glory. Always preferring to make music at their own pace and simplistically, Capitol was holding them tight to their contract and insisting that they get back on the road and stay on top. Tours were booked for them in the spring of 1971 and they were told when and where to go. In that late spring and the summer, they did a European tour that was met with much praise and fanfare. When asked in May 1971 if they prefer to tour or make their albums, Rick replied that they prefer to devote a lot of time to the new album. He stated, "In this way, if we play together as little as possible, we might play together for a longer period of time. It's not going to get as hectic, and we can also enjoy it... I'm sure that once [the tour] finishes we'll be glad it's done.". Their Royal Albert Hall concerts that they did on June 2 and 3 were sold o...