Tribute posting to Levon Helm
January 2, 2008
I’ve been a fan of The Band for a long time. I once saw them in a honky tonk in Arkansas in 1993. In retrospect, I still can’t figure out why they were there playing to a crowd of perhaps 200 people. I think it was likely just for fun. This was before Rick Danko died and it was an amazing show.
I just heard an excellent interview with Levon Helm on Terry Gross’ Fresh Air on NPR. He has remarkably recovered from throat cancer to not only not have an artificial voicing until, but even to sing again.
”Levon Helm Sings Again”
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17103316
He has also appeared in two recent movies. I thought I recognized the old man in each and something was nagging at me, but I never hit IMDB.com and YouTube.com to find out. Find the links below. BTW, Shooter is a surprisingly good movie if you’ve not seen it. The Three Burials is powerful, but better known as a good film.
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14WYvLfz_JI&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpcB9M7xiPs
Levon Helm’s screen bio on IMDB – http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0375629/
Sites of interest -
http://www.myspace.com/levonhelmstudioshttp://levonhelm.com/
