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Levon Helm

WELCOME BACK LEVON
about 1 year ago
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Levon Helm is back. This is a very good thing. Levon's resume is as impressive as any in rock, and his distinctive voice helped breathe life into so many of Robbie Robertson's lyrics. Other versions of The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down are nice, but in Levon, Virgil Kane comes alive, breathes, slogs through the mud and the moral confusion central to the song.And Levon brings this 'everyman'...

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Another One From Levon.
about 1 year ago

In my "first post":mog.comMore about this songShare So now for this post Levon revisits Paul Kennerley's "A Train Robbery".Paul Kennerley's 1980 release

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Levon Helm- Still Going Strong
3 months ago

A voice of my gggggeneration and a man still going strong after throat cancer and now in his 60s, still having the time of his life- from the looks of it. I watched the Ryman PBS special and really enjoyed it. So I went to see if Levon was getting much MOG love. I don't think he's getting enough, so here's a second contribution from me.CLICK THE COVER TO HEAR THE CD AT HIS SITE."Electric Dirt (...

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SUTC - It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
6 months ago
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    Levon Helm Band MerleFest Ramble
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    It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry

Recorded last year, Levon goes back in time to put some New Orleans style bluezy swagger and additional spice on this familiar tune.

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Hoedown at Grampy Levon's Place
about 1 year ago

Levon Helm is probably best known to most people as That Guy Who Played Loretta Lynn's Dad in Coal Miner's Daughter. He's also, of course, well known as the drummer and occasional (and best) singer for the legendary, if unfortunately named The Band, who backed Dylan, released their own records, and co-starred in the legendary Neil Diamond concert movie The Last Waltz. (I'm kidding. It's their m...

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A Great Vid about Levon's new album Electric Dirt
5 months ago

I didn't do my homework to see if anybody else has posted this...but keeping with The Band & Co. excellent heritage to keep us not only audibly, but visually stimulated, here is Levon!

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LEVON HELM Returns With "Electric Dirt" in June
6 months ago

     MUSIC NEWS - Legendary musician and rock icon, Levon Helm will release his second solo album, ELECTRIC DIRT on  June 30, 2009 via Dirt Farmer Music/Vanguard Records.  Like his 2007 Dirt Farmer release, multi-instrumentalist Larry Campbell, produced, and it was recorded at ‘The Barn’ – The Levon Helm Studios, Woodstock, NY.Electric Dirt again has Levon steeped in tradition wi

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Never Been Mogged:Levon Helm- Stuff You Gotta Watch
5 months ago

Man its HARD to do this with a laptop, but my m-audio fast track ultra made it possible. Some of these ol boys keep me goin. Levon is 69, I just might have 14 years left to get there HAHAHAHAHAHA

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Levon Helm introduces “Tennessee Jed” to Letterman
4 months ago

Levon Helm performed "Tennessee Jed" on the Late Show with David Letterman on 7/9. Check it out below:

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Levon Helm - When I Go Away - New Single Review
4 months ago

Levon Helm - When I Go Away - At first I was kinda like ‘What is going on with this track?’ It almost sounds like gospel mixed with country. After a few more listens I actually got into the track. 7/10Click below to listen (not the original video)Share and Enjoy:

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Levon Helm - "Tennessee Jed" (Live on David Letterman) (video) (Mixed Media)
4 months ago

Americana music god Levon Helm played Letterman this week, serving up a tune off his new album, Electric...

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Preview: Levon Helm's Ramble at the Ryman
3 months ago

PBS will be showing a Levon Helm concert during its upcoming August pledge drive. Ramble at the Ryman was recorded on September 17, 2008 with guests Buddy Miller, John Hiatt, Sheryl Crow and Sam Bush.It is known that Robert Plant, Alison Krauss and Steve Earle also appeared at the original show, but most press materials are not mentioning that they are included in the program.Here are two song...

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Levon Helm, Electric Dirt: Listen to the Whole Durn Thing Right Now
4 months ago

After an already-long stretch of etching sunsoaked memories into the hearts and minds of generations of Band-loving fans, Levon Helm, with his signature Americana style, is at it again and again, this time with a new solo album (his second), Electric Dirt (June 30th, Dirt Farmer Music/Vanguard Records)."Electric Dirt again finds Levon steeped in tradition in his connection to the land and those...

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Video: Levon Helm - Tennessee Jed
4 months ago

Former Band drummer Levon Helm performed Tennessee Jed off his new album, Electric Dirt, on The Late Show last night…Levon Helm - Tennessee Jed

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LEVON HELM's "Ramble at the Ryman" to Air on PBS
3 months ago

     MUSIC NEWS - Since January 2004, Levon Helm can be found on most Saturday nights at his home studio in Woodstock, NY hosting evenings of music at the "barn", his home studio.  These amazing nights are called The Midnight Ramble Sessions, and on September 17, 2008, Helm took the Midnight Ramble on the road to one of America's most treasured music venues, Nashville's historic Ryman Audito

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