R.I.P. Levon Helm

[woodbuck27]

the weight is definitely one of my all time favorites

A great read:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/blogs/blog-on-the-tracks/6788784/Remembering-Levon-Helm-always

Driving this band - The Band - was Levon Helm.

"The first thing I heard was The Weight. That loping drum groove is key, Ryan Adams used it a bunch of times on his breakthrough album, Gold.

I've played a version of The Weight many times over the years, in a couple of bands. As I struggle to ever get close to Levon's feel I sit there happily doing my best thinking of how effortless he made it seem. But it wasn't really effortless. And that's what I love about Levon. You watch this guy play, study the clips, he was working hard. He was happy to show that. The feel comes across as effortless because of the work he was putting in.
Music from Big Pink was The Band's debut album and it was the first album I heard from The Band too. I got there via Bob Dylan. I went there for the Dylan covers. I stayed because of Levon." LINK

[woodbuck27]

which reminds me, Levon Helm's southern soul carried a band of dopey canadians for 10 years.

Sure: (-:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Band