Islands
album by the Band
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discussed in biography
- In the Band: The Last Waltz and the death of Richard Manuel
With only the lackluster Islands (1977) as a last, contract-honoring memento of their career, the Band quickly fragmented. In 1983, sans Robertson, the group re-formed and played a less-than-spectacular tour. Three years later, Manuel was found hanging from a shower curtain in a Florida motel room.
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