The Band is in the Rock and Roll hall of fame which means absolutely nothing. I know when Levon was on stuff they always introduced him as drummer and singer in the legendary group "the band". I guess I'm old. But no they were not some manufactured boy band or whatever. I think they all played multiple instruments. Levon sang, played drums, harmonica, mandolin. Think the rest did similar stuff.
If you ever heard Levon in interviews he was a pretty redneck guy from Arkansas. He was on TV some times on talk shows very late in his cancer.