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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 […]

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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 […]