<P> In the nineties, a new generation of bands influenced by The Band began to gain popularity, including Counting Crows, the Wallflowers, and the Black Crowes . Counting Crows indicated this influence with their tribute to the late Richard Manuel, "If I Could Give All My Love (Richard Manuel Is Dead)", from their album Hard Candy . The Black Crowes frequently cover songs by The Band during live performances, such as "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down", which appears on their DVD / CD Freak' n' Roll into the Fog . They have also recorded at Helm's studio in Woodstock . </P> <P> The inspiration for the classic rock - influenced band the Hold Steady came while members Craig Finn and Tad Kubler were watching The Last Waltz . Rick Danko and Robbie Robertson are name - checked in the lyrics of "The Swish" from the Hold Steady's 2004 debut album Almost Killed Me . Also that year, southern rock - revivalists Drive - By Truckers released the track "Danko / Manuel" on the album The Dirty South . </P> <P> The Band also inspired Grace Potter, of Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, to form the band in 2002 . In an interview with the Montreal Gazette, Potter said, "The Band blew my mind . I thought if this is what Matt (Burr) meant when he said' Let's start a rock' n' roll band,'...that was the kind of rock' n' roll band I could believe in ." </P> <P> A tribute album, entitled Endless Highway: The Music of the Band, released in January 2007, included contributions from My Morning Jacket, Death Cab for Cutie, Gomez, Guster, Bruce Hornsby, Jack Johnson and ALO, Lee Ann Womack, the Allman Brothers Band, Blues Traveler, Jakob Dylan, Rosanne Cash, and others . </P>

The members of the eagles met while playing in the backing band for which singer