Levon Helm Dead

I loved the way he sang "The Night They Drove..." while he laid that fat beat down...

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and edgar..."Whispering Pines" That's it buddy. That's the Band

Bob Dylan

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In response to Levon’s passing
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He was my bosom buddy friend to the end, one of the last true great spirits of my or any other generation. This is just so sad to talk about. I still can remember the first day I met him and the last day I saw him. We go back pretty far and had been through some trials together. I'm going to ...

Yeah - I can't listen to him sing without crying AND smiling.
The Band was my favorite band, and I am so happy that I saw them in each of their phases - all five of them together, then later with Robbie Robertson absent when the other four toured. I saw them in the little wooden enclosed ice hocky 'arena' in Hillsborough North Carolina about two weeks before Richard Manuel died. Then I saw them up at Sugarloaf ski resort up in Maine when it was just Rick, Levon and Garth left.
I was standing close enough to touch them.

And then one of the highlights of my musical memory is that I DID go to Levon's birthday bash midnight ramble in 2008.
It was INCREDIBLE. It was like you were sitting in his living room - his daughter and son-in-law sang backup and he had this collection of blues musicians who just rocked that joint. I was going to volunteer to be a parking attendent there (you parked on his yard - he had this beautiful, wooded acreage down this dirt road just outside of Woodstock) but we moved back to England.

Oh well, Levon has gone on - but we'll never lose his voice AND his energetic drumming.

Here is my favorite Levon driven Band song@

And Levon on his own:

Can't stop now Levon - you got to keep on singing:

One more shot of Levon - I just can't put him to rest:

Still listening and even though now three of my all-time musical favorites are gone, I can still hear them together here:

Rick Danko, Clarence Clemons and Levon Helm - so happy you were here and together, even if for only a short time:

The Band was a great band and Levon's Helm's vocals were a huge contributing factor. The perfect voice for the their style.

And the only American in a group that celebrated Americana

RIP Levon

So true...kudos to the Canucks

STILL listening to Levon - I'll never stop:

I got to go to one of his Rambles - one the musical highlights of my life. I'll never forget that night.