Levon Helm , drummer / singer / mandolin player , died on April 19th last......
From ' The Basement Tapes ' , on through ' Music from Big Pink ' and ' The Band ' -
the album that seemed to arrive from somewhere else altogether in 1969 - on through the tours with Dylan , on through the Scorcese film ' The Last Waltz ' .....on through fires , on through throat cancer , on through his last recordings ' Dirt Farmer ' and ' Electric Dirt' ........... for the best part of getting on for nearly fifty years now Levon Helm brought me joy.............................from somewhere timeless , always remembered for the music and those photographs.................
............and now he is gone , along with Rick Danko and Richard Manuel......
Levon Helm , thank you for the music .....R.I.P
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