Listening to Levon Helm
Levon Helm died today.
Listening to Levon Helm
Dan DeLuca, Inquirer Music Critic
Levon Helm died today.
My obituary of the drummer (and singer and mandolin player) for The Band, who succumbed to a long fight against cancer that began when he was first diagnosed in 1997, is here.
Below are various clips of the barnstorming Arkansas musician singing and playing over the years, from back in his days with Levon & the Hawks to Martin Scorsese's The Last Waltz with The Band to his 2007 album Dirt Farmer and live album Ramble at the Ryman to an appearance at the Solid Sound Festival with Wilco in 2011.
Previously: RIP, Levon Helm Follow In The Mix on Twitter here
"Up On Cripple Creek," with The Band, from The Last Waltz
"Honky Tonk," Levon & the Hawks, with Richard Manuel on vocals, 1965
"Anna Lee," from Ramble at the Ryman
"Atlantic City," from PBS series The Road 1994.
"Evangeline" and "Down South in New Orleans," with Rick Danko iin Portland Oregon, 1973
"Only Halfway Home," a short film inspired by the 2007 album Dirt Farmer
"The Weight," with Wilco, 2011
"Too Soon Gone"
- The Band, the best band ever, much due to Levon...
Last night the constellations
Watched me walk at half past twelve
With some people you don't see the whole picture all at once
Like you fill in the gaps in the stars all by yourself
And who has time in this world of worries
Drives you crazy makes you mad,
When you make the mistake just a little too late
You're missing something now that you never knew you had
So how do I answer these blues you say I've got
Too soon gone, too soon gone
Time makes me pay for these memories I've bought
Too soon gone, too soon gone
No one lives forever
Who would want to
But you're too soon gone, too soon gone
Too soon gone, too soon gone
Pretty soon now all this ice will melt
And buds will get ready to break
But every leaf that grows
In the language that it knows
Says that winter will return now and these trees are gonna shake
So how do I answer these blues you say I've got?
Too soon gone, too soon gone
Time sweeps me forward, as memory is caught
Too soon gone, too soon gone
Too soon gone, too soon gone
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