The Band was a Canadian-American roots rock group formed in Toronto, Ontario in 1968 by Rick Danko, Garth Hudson, Richard Manuel, Robbie Robertson, and Levon Helm. The members of The Band first came together as they joined the rockabilly singer Ronnie Hawkins's backing group, the Hawks, one by one between 1958 and 1963. In 1964, they separated from Hawkins, after which they toured and released a few singles as Levon and the Hawks and the Canadian Squires. The next year, Bob Dylan hired them for
It depends where you look as several lay claim to being the oldest. For instance, Damascus is of very ancient origin and proclaims itself the oldest city in the world. It first comes into full light as the capital of an Aramaean kingdom that fell before the Assyrians in 732 B.C. http://syria.arabicnet.com/damascus.asp.
The oldest country in the world is Iran (formerly Persia, formerly Mesopotamia), established c. 3200 BCE. Egypt is also one of the older countries; it's pre-dynastic period da â¦ tes to c. 3100 BCE.