silentworker | 11/24/2009
... in for a while. I've heard it scream with a guitar fed through a vocoder and a drum pound break Levon Helm might be able to play, but with a sound he couldn't even imagine. I've heard a growl thrown at the song like Patton would, a genuine grit-teeth roar deep from inside somehow and as though each moment of the song was critical. A live version from 2003 was released on the Tell
The Joy of Sox (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
On November 25, 1976, the five members of The Band -- Rick Danko, Levon Helm, Garth Hudson, Richard Manuel, and Robbie Robertson - played their last concert together. It was billed as The Last Waltz . The Thanksgiving Day show (all 5,000 tickleholders were given a full sit-down turkey dinner before the show) was held at San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom and was filmed by Martin Scorsese....
Supersonic Narcissist (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
... much, but I can appreciate what they do. Robbie Robertson is one of my favorite guitar players, Levon Helm kicks ass ("Yazoo" is one of the best vocal performances I've ever heard), Danko and Manuel have beautiful voices and Garth Hudson is about the best rock organist ever. Still, something about their sound doesn't quite add up for me. I like them, but I'm not in love...
The Fader Magazine (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Every once in a while, Levon Helm of The Band opens his upstate New York home to friends and family (and those with about a hundred bucks) and has a Midnight Ramble, an open group session of riffs and trills. We have not been, unfortunately, but friends who’ve attended describe the communal twang as universally [...]
Twangville (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
... mini-tours, the Big Surprise Tour, and jamming with the likes of Bright Eyes, Neil Young, and Levon Helm. But, the diehard fans among us were beginning to suffer withdrawal symptoms from the lack of new recorded material. So we can all breathe a sigh of relief with the release of A Friend of A Friend . It’s credited as a Dave Rawlings Machine record, but Gillian co-wrote half the...
Wolfgangs Vault (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Bob Dylan - guitar, piano, vocals, harmonicaRobbie Robertson - guitar, vocalsRick Danko - bass, fiddle, vocalsRichard Manuel - piano, vocals, drumsGarth Hudson - organ, clavinet, piano, synthesizer, saxophoneLevon Helm - drums, mandolin, vocalsFollowing a seven-and-a-half-year touring hiatus, journey back to 1974 and Bob Dylan's return to the stage. As Dylan and the Band journeyed across...
