Friday 20 April 2012

Levon Helm

Twanged on 6music this evening to hear the great live version of 'The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down' by The Band - not just a great version of this particlular song but a great live performance and recording of any song. On finishing, Gideon Coe remarked that it had been played as part of a tribute to The Band's singing drummer who'd died after a long battle with cancer, which I was unaware of. I'm a late convert to The Band and am still catching up, but this quick post is for Mr Helm. If you're interested in watching Levon & The Band performing the song live then click here (link good at time of post).

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  1. Fantastic Russ. I love the shapes you can come up with as well as the uncanny resemblance while still pushing the caricature. AWESOME!!!

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  2. Nice one Bro! Sadly you will now have to do one of Adam Yauch aka MCA. We've been educating Levi in the tunes of those Beastie Boys.

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    1. Ach, didn't know til I read your comment (just got back from Torkers). Sad times. Fight for your right to caricature...

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