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March 29, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Drummers You Just Can’t Beat: # 17 – Levon Helm

Levon Helm died five years ago. He was 71. Two days before he passed his family had announced that he was in the final stages with the cancer that he would succumb to. Levon Helm was my favourite singing drummer. That makes him sound like a circus act, a novelty musician who could rub his […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Dirt Farmer, Drummer, Drummers You Just Can't Beat, Drummers You Just Can’t Beat: # 17 – Levon Helm, Drums, Electric Dirt, Levon Helm, Singing Drummer, The Band, The Weight ·

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August 25, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Levon Helm Band: The Midnight Ramble Sessions Vol. 3

The Levon Helm Band The Midnight Ramble Sessions Vol. 3 Vanguard Records/Universal Dear old Levon – that voice, magical drummer, surely one of the all-time greatest singing-drummers (even if that’s not a huge category, nor sought-after award). Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks, The Band, sitting in with Ringo’s All-Starr band, recording with Neil Young, Clapton […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Allen Toussaint, Black Crowes, Bob Dylan, Brian Mitchell, Chris Robinson, Dirt Farmer, Electric Dirt, Levon Helm, Midnight Ramble, Simple Twist of Fate, The Band, The Levon Helm Band, The Midnight Ramble Sessions, The Midnight Ramble Sessions Vol. 3, V/A ·

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