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A critical and commercial triumph, The Band, along with works by The Byrds and The Flying Burrito Brothers, established a musical template ( sometimes dubbed country rock ) that later would be taken to even greater levels of commercial success by such artists as the Eagles.

Both Big Pink and The Band also influenced their musical contemporaries, with both Eric Clapton and George Harrison citing the Band as a major influence on their musical direction in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Indeed, Clapton later revealed that he had wanted to join the group.