As reported in various newspapers and media outlets, the Drummer for the Band, Levon Helm has lost his fight with cancer.
From the Spinner website...
http://www.spinner.com/2012/04/19/levon-helm-dead-dies/
I will always remember his voice in such songs as Ophelia, The Night they Drove Old Dixie Down, as well as his skill at not only the drums but many other instruments as well.
As part of the Band, he was very much a driving force along with Dany Danko and Robie Robertson. It really is a shame he and Robertson came to disagreements thus ending the Band...
If anyone has not seen the Martin Scorsese film, The Last Walt, you should find and watch it. It was a film not only about the Band, but included some of the biggest names in rock and roll from that area. The songs make you want to sing along.
RIP Levon...
From the Spinner website...
http://www.spinner.com/2012/04/19/levon-helm-dead-dies/
I will always remember his voice in such songs as Ophelia, The Night they Drove Old Dixie Down, as well as his skill at not only the drums but many other instruments as well.
As part of the Band, he was very much a driving force along with Dany Danko and Robie Robertson. It really is a shame he and Robertson came to disagreements thus ending the Band...
If anyone has not seen the Martin Scorsese film, The Last Walt, you should find and watch it. It was a film not only about the Band, but included some of the biggest names in rock and roll from that area. The songs make you want to sing along.
RIP Levon...
