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Tag Archives: The Band
Levon Helm’s Down Home Style and Sound
SKF NOTE: This terrific Levon Helm video arrived yesterday on my Twitter feed. Thank you, Daniel Bedard, for your original posting. I’m reminded of what a powerhouse musician we had in Levon Helm. He sang with one of pop music’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Daniel Bedard, Garth Hudson, Levon Helm, Rick Danko, Scott K Fish, SKFBlog, The Band
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Henry Glover: Remembering Levon Helm
SKF NOTE: This is an excerpt from a 22-minute recorded interview I did around 1982 with American songwriter, arranger, record producer Henry Glover. I was, according to what I told Mr. Glover at the start of this interview, just four … Continue reading
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Tagged Henry Glover, Levon Helm, Muddy Waters, Robbie Robertson, Ronnie Hawkins, Scott K Fish, SKFBlog, The Band, The Last Waltz
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Drummer Mickey Jones with Dylan ’66: Restoring a Legacy
SKF NOTE: If I were a rich man, I would certainly own and listen to the new 36-CD Bob Dylan: The 1966 Live Recordings boxed set. Bob Dylan going electric. Bob Dylan and The Band’s early collaboration — except Levon Helm. … Continue reading
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Tagged 1966, Bob Dylan, Drummer, Levon Helm, Mickey Jones, Scott K Fish, The Band
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Levon’s Drums: Sliding to a Different Tonality
Robbie Robertson: I wrote The Weight in late 1967 in a house I was renting in Woodstock, N.Y. The Band…had already written enough songs for Music From Big Pink. But I wanted one more as a fallback, just in case. Our … Continue reading
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Regrets? I’ve Had a Few #2 Levon Helm
I first heard Levon Helm singing and drumming in 1968. I was a sophomore in my high school cafeteria. A student with a record player was playing The Weight from The Band’s first album, Music from Big Pink. The song … Continue reading
