Chalupa Posted April 17, 2012 Report Share Posted April 17, 2012 (edited) This was just posted on his Facebook page... Dear Friends, Levon is in the final stages of his battle with cancer. Please send your prayers and love to him as he makes his way through this part of his journey. ... Thank you fans and music lovers who have made his life so filled with joy and celebration... he has loved nothing more than to play, to fill the room up with music, lay down the back beat, and make the people dance! He did it every time he took the stage... We appreciate all the love and support and concern. From his daughter Amy, and wife Sandy --------------------------------------------------------------- Always liked his singing and drumming. Take it easy Levon. Edit: changed thread title. Edited April 19, 2012 by J.H. Deeley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmce Posted April 17, 2012 Report Share Posted April 17, 2012 Tremendously sad. The Band's music has had a tremendous impact on my life. Peace, Levon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fasstrack Posted April 17, 2012 Report Share Posted April 17, 2012 This was just posted on his Facebook page... Dear Friends, Levon is in the final stages of his battle with cancer. Please send your prayers and love to him as he makes his way through this part of his journey. ... Thank you fans and music lovers who have made his life so filled with joy and celebration... he has loved nothing more than to play, to fill the room up with music, lay down the back beat, and make the people dance! He did it every time he took the stage... We appreciate all the love and support and concern. From his daughter Amy, and wife Sandy --------------------------------------------------------------- Always liked his singing and drumming. Take it easy Levon. Very sad. Up on Cripple Creek.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fer Urbina Posted April 17, 2012 Report Share Posted April 17, 2012 Just finished reading his memoirs, This Wheel's On Fire, and I'm enjoying a serious Band kick, so I'm very sorry to hear this. F Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.A.W. Posted April 17, 2012 Report Share Posted April 17, 2012 Very sorry to hear this. The first two Band albums are favourites of mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted April 17, 2012 Report Share Posted April 17, 2012 Very, very sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDK Posted April 17, 2012 Report Share Posted April 17, 2012 I keep telling myself it's because of this cold I'm fighting, but damn, my eyes have been watering ever since I read that earlier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted April 17, 2012 Report Share Posted April 17, 2012 Oh shit. This sucks. I wasn't aware things were transitional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregK Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 I had no idea it was this bad. Love the Band, especially the blend of voices together and separately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 Just very sad news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedwork Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 Levon Helm is the man. sad to hear he's not well. fuck... "Don'tchya do it. Don't do it. Don'tchya break my heart. Pleeaaaz!" great musician man. just great. will try to motivate and put together a short tribute vid for the man but i just don't have time tonight. for some reason when i think of him, i usually picture him singing the song i quoted. one of my all-time favorites. he just nails it so beautiful and heartfelt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fer Urbina Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 Levon Helm is the man. sad to hear he's not well. fuck... "Don'tchya do it. Don't do it. Don'tchya break my heart. Pleeaaaz!" great musician man. just great. will try to motivate and put together a short tribute vid for the man but i just don't have time tonight. for some reason when i think of him, i usually picture him singing the song i quoted. one of my all-time favorites. he just nails it so beautiful and heartfelt. Here, nice little video from the gig that resulted in the live album Rock of Ages. Snooky Young, Joe Farrell, Howard Johnson, Earl McIntyre, J.D. Parron... how cool is this reeds/brass section? F Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 Levon Helm is the man. sad to hear he's not well. fuck... "Don'tchya do it. Don't do it. Don'tchya break my heart. Pleeaaaz!" great musician man. just great. will try to motivate and put together a short tribute vid for the man but i just don't have time tonight. for some reason when i think of him, i usually picture him singing the song i quoted. one of my all-time favorites. he just nails it so beautiful and heartfelt. The encore from "The Last Waltz" - that one is FUNKY! Funky as hell! How Levon and Danko lock in the groove together, so sparse, so seemingly simple... but darn! To me, they're the best rock band of all times! And Helm singing and kicking his drums at the same time is something else! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardbopjazz Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 Wow, one of the greats. The Last Waltz was such a great concert film. Levon had a such a great voice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neal Pomea Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 Great duet with Richard Manuel on Whispering Pines! I remember Marcus Van Story of the Sun Rhythm section telling us in the kitchen at the Twist and Shout club in Bethesda Maryland that everyone knew him as luh VONN in Arkansas, but the Hawks could not pronounce his name so it morphed into LEE vonn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim R Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 An older brother turned me on to "Music From Big Pink" when it first came out, and I became a fan of The Band immediately. It wasn't until years later and after the band broke up that I really started to appreciate the individual talents of each of the group's members. Helm really stood out for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 Dammit, this makes me so sad. Listening to "The Last Waltz" right now... Levon's the best! Love the SOUND of his drums! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedwork Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 (edited) this is what i think of pretty much whenever Levon comes to mind: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJtkACrOymQ sad to think of him being gone soon. Edited April 18, 2012 by thedwork Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medjuck Posted April 19, 2012 Report Share Posted April 19, 2012 His recent record "Electric Dirt" is pretty good too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete C Posted April 19, 2012 Report Share Posted April 19, 2012 His recent record "Electric Dirt" is pretty good too. And its predecessor Dirt Farmer. The one time I saw him live, not so long ago, he was having voice problems and couldn't sing, but his playing was superb. It was a taping of Elvis Costello's Spectacle at the Apollo, and how's this for a guest list: Levon, Allen Toussaint, Richard Thompson & Nick Lowe, plus Ray La Montaigne. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head Man Posted April 19, 2012 Report Share Posted April 19, 2012 His recent record "Electric Dirt" is pretty good too. And its predecessor Dirt Farmer. The one time I saw him live, not so long ago, he was having voice problems and couldn't sing, but his playing was superb. It was a taping of Elvis Costello's Spectacle at the Apollo, and how's this for a guest list: Levon, Allen Toussaint, Richard Thompson & Nick Lowe, plus Ray La Montaigne. BRILLIANT! Thank you so much for finding this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted April 19, 2012 Report Share Posted April 19, 2012 His recent record "Electric Dirt" is pretty good too. And its predecessor Dirt Farmer. The one time I saw him live, not so long ago, he was having voice problems and couldn't sing, but his playing was superb. It was a taping of Elvis Costello's Spectacle at the Apollo, and how's this for a guest list: Levon, Allen Toussaint, Richard Thompson & Nick Lowe, plus Ray La Montaigne. http://www.youtube.c...h?v=uyXOjiVhH5U BRILLIANT! Thank you so much for finding this. Oh, that is special...when Toussaint comes in on the vocal, well. And the way you just know Helm's just singing it aloud in his head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 1960 Posted April 19, 2012 Report Share Posted April 19, 2012 (edited) Levon Has Passed Edited April 19, 2012 by Tom 1960 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalupa Posted April 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2012 Damn. Safe travels Levon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted April 19, 2012 Report Share Posted April 19, 2012 Ack. RIP, Levon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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