Never Say Goodbye
In 1974, The Band was adjusting to a brand new life. They were far away from the small, peaceful town of Woodstock, New York, and their small Bearsville Studios. This was the big time with larger studios, more intimidating businessmen, and many more demands in the big beach area of Malibu, California. A familiar face though was Bob Dylan, who had moved to Malibu in 1973 and inspired the rest of The Band to follow suit. Dylan had not released an album of original and new material since 1970 and was essentially on another hiatus. Similarly, for The Band, they were still on their hiatus and had not released original songs since Cahoots. Still held to their record contract, they had to come up with something for 1974. With Dylan and The Band being neighbors again, this gave him inspiration for Dylan's upcoming album. Bob Dylan and The Band had become a fan-favorite partnership, and after several years it seemed right to revisit this collaboration. David Geffen, who had convinced Dylan ...