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Re: Levon Helm

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 4:07 pm
by MRhet
Niles wrote:This is why he's one of my favorite musicians:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adFgQCa4 ... 66A1ABFF59
This.

Re: Levon Helm

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 5:15 pm
by langmick
Singing and drumming...I think every drummer needs to understand it.

Jim Keltner's groove is so similar...big and rounch, moves like mud...

Re: Levon Helm

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 5:20 pm
by langmick
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBV_RB3-7o0[/youtube]

He had that easy way, prolly not for him, of changing grooves so nicely...that's what I first got from his playing. He could glide from half time to 4/4 and the other way around so fluidly, I couldn't figure it out...

Re: Levon Helm

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 6:53 pm
by langmick
He picks up the turnarounds so well...wow.

I learned so much from him.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ5Jl3zxabo[/youtube]

Re: Levon Helm

Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 2:43 am
by Yussuf
Very sad to lose Levon. Sad to see all the giants go. Cancer is unfair.

Re: Levon Helm

Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 11:15 am
by Morgenthaler

Re: Levon Helm

Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 12:08 pm
by langmick
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf8me0AHuC8[/youtube]

Re: Levon Helm

Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 1:13 pm
by Clint Hopkins
So sad. RIP Levon. You'll be greatly missed.

Re: Levon Helm

Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 2:08 pm
by willyz
This is a big one. Sad stuff...

Re: Levon Helm

Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 5:04 am
by S.P
RIP Levon. I gotta say I've never checked him out until now...BBC News had a good bit about him and a barn where he would play every Saturday night.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17779551