Shooter cameo - A+++++++
― sad man in him room (milo z), Wednesday, 14 January 2009 23:11 (4 years ago) Permalink
such a great drummer.
― tipsy mothra, Wednesday, 14 January 2009 23:14 (4 years ago) Permalink
fuck he rules.
― cutty, Wednesday, 14 January 2009 23:14 (4 years ago) Permalink
that fill is fabulous, propelling him into the chorus, the sticks literally jumping with his excitement about joining voices with his brothers.
― Euler, Wednesday, 14 January 2009 23:16 (4 years ago) Permalink
another check in the "rock dudes who use traditional grip" column
― Tracy Michael Jordan Catalano (Jordan), Wednesday, January 14, 2009 11:09 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
also bun e carlos
― ie: BANGING (M@tt He1ges0n), Wednesday, 14 January 2009 23:18 (4 years ago) Permalink
really? looked up some videos and he's playing matched, although i didn't know that he's left-handed and plays that way sometimes (me too).
― Tracy Michael Jordan Catalano (Jordan), Wednesday, 14 January 2009 23:32 (4 years ago) Permalink
ah maybe i mistook lefthandedness for trad grip
― ie: BANGING (M@tt He1ges0n), Wednesday, 14 January 2009 23:35 (4 years ago) Permalink
Who's heard Electric Dirt? I never knew he released an album in 2007, reading some reviews on the new one got me inclined to pick it up.
― willem, Wednesday, 16 September 2009 07:45 (3 years ago) Permalink
erm, shouldn't be this on ILM?
― willem, Wednesday, 16 September 2009 08:04 (3 years ago) Permalink
"Dear Friends, Levon is in the final stages of his battle with cancer. Please send your prayers and love to him as he makes his way through this part of his journey.
Thank you fans and music lovers who have made his life so filled with joy and celebration... he has loved nothing more than to play, to fill the room up with music, lay down the back beat, and make the people dance! He did it every time he took the stage...
We appreciate all the love and support and concern. From his daughter Amy, and wife Sandy"
― tylerw, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
not super surprising, considering the last decade or so but still sad.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
I had tickets to his show this Friday, which just got cancelled. I assumed it was because of the slipped disc in his back, but fuck, this fucking sucks.
― Waterloo? Oh, we've sunsetted that. (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
;_;
― some dude, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
didn't realize this thread was ILE...maybe it should be moved to ILM?
― tylerw, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
anyway, what an amazing musician. such a cool, unique drummer, in addition to having one of the great voices of the last half-century or so.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
This Wheel's On Fire was a rough read. Ride that mystery train, Levon.
― Euler, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
Oh shit. This guy is all time. I have a picture of him hanging in my living room.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
Love this guy.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
He's going to be missed. Many of my friends have traveled to Marvell or Woodstock to shake his hand. Hopefully he knows he's appreciated.
― pplains, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
always seemed like a guy who lived for music, loved performing -- just watching those Last Waltz interview clips, you can tell how little he cared for mythmaking in the way Robertson did.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
^ this. I mean, the guy bailed on Dylan's 1966 tour and worked on an oil rig. "What? They were booing us. I didn't like being booed."
― Waterloo? Oh, we've sunsetted that. (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
Once you read Levon's book, you learn how a bunch of Canadians were able to pass as Americans.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
Damn. <3 Helm forever
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
One of the all-time greats.
― i just believe in memes (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
― pplains, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
:(
― one dis leads to another (ian), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
my brother and i were listening to Big Pink last weekend and just marveling at what a *different* sound all of those guys made together. even though they were certainly influential on their peer group and beyond, I don't know if anything else really sounds like them. for a while there anyway, the creativity level was insanely high.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
A fucking great musician with the sort of love for the whole huge world of music that leaves a huge impact on others, on how they experience music. An underpraised singer.
― same old song and placenta (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 21:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
so many great voices in the band and levons was the most memorable
― max, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 21:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
one of my favorite musicians of all time. i'm really sad at the moment.
the band doing buddy holly's "slippin' and slidin'" on festival express, goddamn levon what a great drummer and singer:
― Mississippi Butt Hurt (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 21:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
xp i don't know, generally my favorite singer in the Band is whoever's singing at the time. they're all so amazing. but yeah, such a wealth of talent there.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 21:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
^^i mean the drumming on that is SO GOOD
― Mississippi Butt Hurt (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 21:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah, i mean the dude is a serious compendium of key american drumming styles -- new orleans, rockabilly, country, soul, blues, he covers it all.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 21:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 21:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
also for some reason i always find it way more impressive when awesome drummers can sing at the same time than when ppl that play other instruments sing at the same time, though i guess i don't know why i think that's different
― Mississippi Butt Hurt (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 21:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
damn :(
surprised he's made it this long, but still v sad news.
― it's smdh time in America (will), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 21:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
With Helm, it's the way the his voice is simply not effected by what his left hand is doing -- he'd smack the back beat HARD and just behind the beat enough, but he could still sing in a different, straighter style right on top of it when he wanted to. That's impressive.
― Three Word Username, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 22:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
not an expert on his solo album, but I've got this one, it's a good bbq record
― tylerw, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 22:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
levon had a great laugh too check about 1:25
― tylerw, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 22:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
the greatest drummer w/ the greatest group
― Ward Fowler, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 22:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
a sweet bonus track from one of those reissues a few years back. beautifully vulnerable vocal
― tylerw, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 22:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
this is also good
― tylerw, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 22:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
willing to bet that levon was the better ping pong player.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 22:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
the band doing buddy holly's "slippin' and slidin'" on festival express,
― i just believe in memes (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 22:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
oh yeah oops sry lil rich my bad, i only know buddy's version
― Mississippi Butt Hurt (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 22:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
Their cover of "Don't Do It" features all time drumming.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 23:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
super sad. one of my fave musicians in the world. :'(
― caulk the wagon and float it, Wednesday, 18 April 2012 00:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
What other people said above -- he's totally classic as both a drummer and a singer, but as a drummer-singer I think he's pretty much #1 all time. And (the key here is) the reason he's a great drummer-singer is that his singing and his drumming grow out of the same impulse -- for want of a better word, soul. They're different expressions of the same feeling.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 18 April 2012 02:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
This hasn't fully sunk in yet. In addition to all the other things that make Levon great is the fact that he is the kind of guy who says things like "Muddy Waters, the king of country music."
― i just believe in memes (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 18 April 2012 02:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
also far and away the most likable member of The Band (Of Weirdo Drug-Addicts/Mad Genius Recluses/Domineering Frontmen)
― caulk the wagon and float it, Wednesday, 18 April 2012 03:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
pretty sure this already exists? at least i heard the neil young/sadies contribution at least a year ago. it's great.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 22 August 2012 14:57 (9 months ago) Permalink
― tylerw, Wednesday, 22 August 2012 15:19 (9 months ago) Permalink
sounds great, maybe they'll do "levon" http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/elton-john-mumford-sons-to-honor-levon-helm-at-grammys-20130206
― tylerw, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 21:15 (3 months ago) Permalink
Dpcumentary, released in 2010, but much more extensive screenings coming up, also DVD--enticingly described here: Levon steppin' lively no matter whut:http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/levon-helms-last-years-captured-in-aint-in-it-for-my-health-20130415Screen dates, trailer and other goodies here:http://www.kinolorber.com/film.php?id=1235
― dow, Thursday, 18 April 2013 23:29 (1 month ago) Permalink