The band consisted of four Canadians and one American: Rick Danko (bass guitar, vocals, fiddle), Garth Hudson (keyboards, accordion, saxophone), Richard Manuel (keyboards, drums, vocals), Robbie Robertson (guitar, vocals), and Levon Helm (drums, vocals, mandolin, guitar). Between 1958 and 1963, the band was the Hawks, a backing band for rockabilly singer Ronnie Hawkins. In the mid-1960s it gained recognition backing Bob Dylan, and the 1966 tour was notable as Dylan's first with an electric band. After leaving Dylan and changing its name to "The Band", it released several albums to critical and popular acclaim, highlighted by the songs "The Weight" and "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down". According to AllMusic, its influence on several generations of musicians has been substantial: Roger Waters called "Music from Big Pink" the second most influential record in the history of rock and roll, and music journalist Al Aronowitz called its "country soul ... a sound never heard before".