Posted on 04/20/2012 8:48:15 PM PDT by Lazlo in PA
Levon Helm of The Band found an unlikely path back to fame after decades of disappointment. But by the end, the homespun singer from Turkey Scratch, Ark., had come full circle.
In the eight years preceding his death Thursday, Levon Helm enjoyed the highest distinction that any music veteran could hope for: an audience that remembers.
Two recent Grammy awards had brought a resurgence of interest in Mr. Helms career as the voice and drummer of The Band, one of rocks most enduring groups. But it was only in 2004, when he began his homespun Midnight Ramble concerts, that he began to reemerge into the public eye following years of health and financial problems, as well as lingering disappointment and resentment surrounding the dissolution of his former band.
Indeed, much of Helms story is a parable of rock n roll the story of a band fractured by money and fame, leaving its disillusioned members to pick of the pieces of lives that had seemed to promise something more.
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It showed the greatness and uniqueness of this nation. I am very much missing feeling that.
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