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Levon Helm's 'Electric Dirt': Stream the legend's whole new album for free, only here
Entertainment Weekly ^ | 6/23/09 | Simon Levinson

Posted on 06/23/2009 9:12:32 PM PDT by pissant

"Legend" is a term that often gets thrown around in an alarmingly casual manner. If anyone deserves that title, though, it's Levon Helm. As a drummer, he first backed Bob Dylan and then anchored the Band through several of the musical peaks of the '60s and '70s. And as a singer, in the Band and later, he's simply one of a kind. The man's voice alone, weathered and craggy even in his youth, ought to be declared some kind of national treasure.

So you can imagine how pleased the Music Mix is to be the only place where you can stream Helm's new solo album Electric Dirt, in full, for free, starting today. What are you waiting for? Cue it up below; catch up on Helm's recent activities by reading a profile that EW's Clark Collis penned in 2007; then let us know what you think of this master's latest work.

(Excerpt) Read more at music-mix.ew.com ...


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Pretty good stuff. Wish he'd get together with Robbie Robertson and Garth Hudson and do a band reunion. Unfortunately, Danko and Manuel are pushing daisies.
1 posted on 06/23/2009 9:12:32 PM PDT by pissant
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To: scott says

Band ping. Not sure you are a fan though. LOL


2 posted on 06/23/2009 9:13:56 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: Yehuda
He is 69 and looks about 89. Cancer sucks.

It is good to hear him again.

4 posted on 06/23/2009 10:56:37 PM PDT by TChad
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To: pissant

He’s a pretty good actor also.


5 posted on 06/24/2009 4:34:27 AM PDT by Tainan (Cogito, ergo conservatus)
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