Editing The Band (section)

==Copyright controversy==
Robertson is credited as writer or co-writer of the majority of The Band's songs and, as a result, has received most of the songwriting royalties generated from the music. This would become a point of contention, especially for Helm. In his 1993 autobiography, ''This Wheel's on Fire: Levon Helm and the Story of The Band'', Helm disputed the validity of the songwriting credits as listed on the albums and explained that The Band's songs were developed in collaboration with all members. Danko concurred with Helm: "I think Levon's book hits the nail on the head about where Robbie and Albert Grossman and some of those people went wrong and when The Band stopped being The Band&nbsp;... I'm truly friends with everybody but, hey—it could happen to Levon, too. When people take themselves too seriously and believe too much in their own bullshit, they usually get in trouble."<ref>[[Bill Flanagan|Flanagan, Bill]]. "[http://theband.hiof.no/articles/musician_rd_dec_1993.html Rick Danko on The Band&nbsp;– New Albums, Old Wounds]" ''Musician'' magazine #182, December 1993.</ref> Robertson denied that Helm had written any of the songs attributed to Robertson.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theband.hiof.no/articles/bs_lw_ct_040702.html |title=Greg Kot: 'Waltz' bittersweet for many, but not Robbie Robertson |website=Theband.hiof.no |date=April 7, 2002 |access-date=April 24, 2014}}</ref> The studio albums recorded by Levon Helm as a solo artist—''[[Levon Helm (1978 album)|Levon Helm]]'' (1978), ''[[American Son (album)|American Son]]'', ''[[Levon Helm (1982 album)|Levon Helm]]'' (1982), ''Dirt Farmer'', and ''Electric Dirt''—contain only one song crediting him as songwriter ("Growin' Trade", co-written with [[Larry Campbell (musician)|Larry Campbell]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://americansongwriter.com/levon-helm-and-songwriting-larry-campbell-and-robbie-robertson-weigh-in/ |title=Levon Helm and Songwriting: Larry Campbell and Robbie Robertson Weigh In|magazine=[[American Songwriter]]|date=September 11, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/robbie-robertson-offers-his-story-of-the-band|title=Robbie Robertson Offers His Story of The Band|first=Ian|last=Crouch|date=December 9, 2016|website=Newyorker.com|access-date=January 2, 2020}}</ref>