Posted on 04/18/2012 7:05:35 AM PDT by InvisibleChurch
I read a thread yesterday about Levon Helm nearing the end of his life here on Earth. I don't know why it makes me so sad. I don't know anything about him except that he played in The Band but still it makes me sad to the point of tears. I found a song of his earlier this year and it touches me very much.
This great pic of LH .. just how I've pictured him 'off duty' .. is on the entry page of his studio.
Here's another with his dog.
It's always been my impression that he's a man of true humility and unpretentiousness.
Paterfamilias, I saw Levon last month at Tarrytown. Great show and I had no idea he was that sick.
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those are beautiful words
Robbie being full of himself had zippo to do with Danko’s drug use and death, and Manuel committed suicide a decade after Robbie left the Band.
Somebody’s always gotta be the bad guy, the Yoko Ono, if you will.
Are you planning on blaming Levon’s cancer on Robbie as well?
they wanted Robbie to continue with the band...the band did not do well after Robbie left...(neither did Robbie).
Manuel’s death may be indirectly responsible...not Ricks drug use not Levon’s cancer.
but Robertson was a bit of a Yoko none the less....he always played top billing on the marque of his mind.
I’ve heard him being interviewed by local radio dj’s in the past decade...he is soooo full of himself, it is incredible.
I first want to kind of apologize for my tone, these guys are also right up there at the top of my list of favs. We certainly have that in common, and I hope that you have both of Levon’s last 2 efforts, Dirt Farmer and Electric Dirt, in the rotation. Both really fine recordings.
My understanding is that Manuel was drinking copious amounts of Grand Marnier daily at the time of his suicide. Just not seeing the Robbie responsibility, even indirectly.
Robbie certainly is quite high on himself, no doubt. Not ready to compare him to the anti-Christ, though.
I have a really hard time quarreling with a person’s decision that life on the road as a touring musician is too much. And that is what I’ve read as the primary reason for Robbie’s reluctance to continue.
Anyway, just glad we have the musical legacy of these guys, and am pissed that I waited too long to go see a Midnight Ramble (or the Thanksgiving shows with Steve Earle or the shows with Lucinda Williams).
FoxNews says he’s deceased now.
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Robbie Robertson ripped off Levon and the others on songwriting royalties. That is why Danko died touring his butt off and why Levon had to go back to work. Robbie has been living well for years from those royalties and producing a crap album every decade or so
If you want more info on the royalties theft you can find it. It was in a book and undoubtedly is online
Oh, I saw them live circa 1968 at college. They jolted the music scene when Big Pink came. It was so good and unusual. Clapton and Van Morrison wanted to run off and join them
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