This past Thursday marked the 82nd anniversary of Richard Manuel’s birth ... when he joined The Hawks on piano–a group that would later become known as The Band. The full scope of his story ...

“I always felt very comfortable with Richard in The Band. I knew nobody else had a ... Like most members of The Band, Manuel was a skilled multi-instrumentalist and would move from piano to drums when ...

Richard Manuel, the keyboardist for the rock group The Band, hanged himself in a motel room a little more than an hour after the group performed at a Winter Park nightclub, the Orange County ...

After the Band performed a concert at the Cheek to Cheek Lounge in Winter Park, Fla., a depressed and drug-abused Richard Manuel returned to his hotel room and ended his life by hanging.

Canadian singer-songwriter Richard Manuel — best known as the pianist and one of three lead singers in the Band — will be the subject of a new biography by Stephen T. Lewis, arriving May 28 ...

Manuel’s voice was perhaps the most versatile vocalist in The Band, with an extremely emotive voice that he could use to deliver an angelic falsetto, a mournful mid-range, and a gritty soulful ...

Within those earlier recordings, Manuel also penned another song on his own, the second Basement Tapes track “Orange Juice Blues (Blues for Breakfast).” Manuel initially laid the track down in ...

Manuel was one of three talented singers in The Band, along with Helm and Danko. Richard was perhaps the most versatile vocalist in the group, with an extremely emotive voice that he could use to ...

Save your neck or save your brother Looks like it's one or the other — Richard Manuel ... By the time he was 15, Manuel was singing and playing piano in the bar band the Rockin' Revols ...

In order to more fully appreciate the 50th anniversary edition of the Band's third studio album, Stage Fright (Capitol, 1970), it is best to resist the temptation to go off on tangents regarding the ...