Levon Helm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgVxszM42DI

Kind of a "Saturday Night" pink.

Think there is another thread where some of us watched his instructional video which was kind of fun

I saw the post-Robertson version of The Band live in June '84 ... opening for R.E.M.!

ha, weird! i guess garth hudson was practically a member of the Call for a bit in the early 80s.
i know some friends who saw the post-Robertson Band and said they were still great. Jericho from the early 90s has some good stuff on it -- a great "Blind Willie McTell" (which I think Dylan called definitive) and "Atlantic City."

hey Robbie haters can we maybe dial it back during this time? Robbie-hating is a fucking disease. I mean sure he's an asshole but among Band fans it's like "hey what'd you have for lunch?" "just some potato salad, I wasn't too hungry. FUCK ROBBIE ROBERTSON"

Robbie was mouthing that post as you wrote it, Steve.

I lol'd

oh like i said, i don't hate robbie at all, he's a huge part of some of my favorite music ever. i'm sure all the Band were jerks in their own special way -- they were rock stars in the 70s! it was their right and privilege.

I'm glad everyone is making their peace in these final days and whatever good that comes out it can only be beneficial.

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

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it totally is imo, just because you use so much more of your body and especially upper body playing a drum set than most other instruments, also requires i think a little more breath control or consciousness of moving around or away from the mic.

hey those songs had to come from somewhere, so no prob w/ Rob. but i can imagine being in a Band with him could be unbearable

According to Helm in his autobio, many of the songs that came from "somewhere" were co-written by other Band members, while being solely credited to Robertson.

Singing drummers: I've seen gorillas ride bicycles, but it still seems like it shouldn't be possible.

I wasn't able to see Helm at the Old Town School here a few weeks back, but he was joined by Fagen there, too. Apparently they're neighbors in Woodstock and good friends, which would explain why someone like Levon, who was having trouble singing, would tap Donald as his unlikely ringer.

Has any major talent accomplished less in his days since being in one of the greatest bands of all time than Robbie Robertson? It can't be a coincidence that his creative well essentially dried up the second the Band broke up.

Best post-Band thing he did was the Casino soundtrack.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qgnHBStEGWo/T0zeteduT8I/AAAAAAAADGc/VK1AdG5sJks/s1600/430159_307375945976091_238558132857873_747223_1924266715_n.jpg

xpost God, man, I couldn't name you one note of actual composed music for "Casino." I thought it was all rock songs and stuff.

Robertson did "Color of Money" too, right? And in that case all I can think of is Eric Clapton and "Werewolves on London." And then Robertson went A&R with the occasional ethno-electronica disc, right?

xpost God, man, I couldn't name you one note of actual composed music for "Casino." I thought it was all rock songs and stuff.

Exactly. Not a single note of Robertson-composed music appears on the soundtrack. But his choices were brilliant.

Robertson was a heck of a DJ on the 1980 segment of GoodFellas.

i remember seeing a Robertson solo video once on VH1 Classic, i think "Somewhere Down the Crazy River," that kind of straddled the line between intriguing and embarrassing. aero is right that now is prob not the time for RR bashing/lols though.

robbie robertson also put together the intriguing modernist soundtrack to shutter island.

but wth folks, levon helm is dying, let's remember him.

listening to that "before the band" bonus disc on the band's big box set. it is awesome.

can't actually get past The Band/Dan connection. it's like two amazing religions
colliding. also, that lady has great taste.

one of her albums was produced by paul simon too, so throw that into the mix as well.

Some of my fave Levon playing is on "On the Beach."

Danko, too.

yeah so good. my dream is that somewhere in the archives there are more neil/band sessions from that period. there's at least one other track w/ levon that's never been bootlegged from around that time.

Is Levon on Comes a Time anywhere too?

But I've seen the band already?

Whoops, disregard that^

This makes me too sad for words.

In particular, I am having a pretty rough day today, and wasn't in any mood to come to the office. Sure enough, the moment I put on Rag Mama Rag, I was at least able to get myself going.

Such a positive force in lot of music I love. And his cameo in the Mark Wahlberg vehicle "Shooter" was AWESOME.

i think the only other Neil album Levon is on is Hawks & Doves (The Old Homestead) -- but I believe that song was recorded around the same time as On The Beach.

According to Helm in his autobio, many of the songs that came from "somewhere" were co-written by other Band members, while being solely credited to Robertson.

Has any major talent accomplished less in his days since being in one of the greatest bands of all time than Robbie Robertson? It can't be a coincidence that his creative well essentially dried up the second the Band broke up.

fair do's guys. fuck that dude.

According to Helm in his autobio, many of the songs that came from "somewhere" were co-written by other Band members, while being solely credited to Robertson.

Has any major talent accomplished less in his days since being in one of the greatest bands of all time than Robbie Robertson? It can't be a coincidence that his creative well essentially dried up the second the Band broke up.

fair enough. fuck that guy.

& fuck this iPhone

Robbie Robertson invented the iPhone.

I should emphasize that Robertson is an incredible guitarist.

listened to the live "ramble at the ryman" album last night (i admit to not having listened to his solo recs of the last few years). totally a good time! amazing that post-throat cancer he still pretty much sounds just like levon helm.

The rambles at his homestead can be pretty refreshing, or so I hear from friends who have attended. Hopefully they'll continue after he's gone.

Good Band and Levon & the Hawks links over at Tyler's doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com

some kind of attempt at reconciliation:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/apr/19/robbie-robertson-levon-helm

oh what the fuck's up, try this http://doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com

ah, this is so sad. he is an amazing drummer. really not that many around who sound like him, which is odd considering how often you see the band getting name-dropped.

guess it is official. RIP, Levon.

man ...

RIP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZaU3VtMfoM

:(
RIP

RIP a great man and musician

going to have to spin some 'northern lights, southern cross' tonight

this dude was the most crucial member of the band, at least for me