Drowned in drink and lost in legend: The forgotten genius of The Band’s Richard Manuel

Drowned in drink and lost in legend: The forgotten genius of The Band’s Richard Manuel - INTERVIEW: It’s hard to overstate the influence that The Band had on music, inspiring everyone from Bob Dylan and Eric Clapton to The Beatles and Elton John. Less talked about is the influence that singer-songwriter Richard Manuel had on The Band. Jim Farber speaks to the late musician’s contemporaries, and the writer of a new book about his life and death