RIP Levon Helm

Posted by Lance Davis - April 21, 2012 - Levon Helm, The Band

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Levon Helm died on Thursday and I’m still trying to process this fact. I think I’m in denial. He was the heart (and balls) of The Band, a loose, funky timekeeper who possessed a glorious redneck howl. Helm’s genius was that his rock ‘n’ roll singing was totally rooted in country, and yet his […]

Tears Of Rage

Posted by Lance Davis - June 9, 2009 - Levon Helm, Richard Manuel, The Band

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The Band - Tears Of Rage Music From Big Pink, 1968 Amazon The Band - Tears Of Rage “Tears Of Rage” opened (Music From Big Pink) with a slow (tempo), which was just another way of our rebelling against the rebellion. We were deliberately going against the grain. Few artists had ever opened an album […]

Levon Helm: Only Halfway Home

Posted by Lance Davis - April 30, 2008 - Levon Helm, The Band

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Got turned onto this the other day. It’s a short film inspired by and featuring music from Levon Helm‘s 2007 album, Dirt Farmer. The music is uniformly excellent — big surprise there — but the film itself is a poignant snapshot of life in one desperate corner of rural America. In that sense, I’d say […]