SONG OF THE DAY “Everybody’s Talkin’ ” by Tedeschi Trucks Band (Everybody’s Talkin’, Sony Legacy, May 22, 2012). Written by Fred Neil. WHERE I HEARD IT Woodstock Radio!! INTERESTING FACTS (a la wikipedia) Tedeschi Trucks Band will release their first live album, Everybody’s Talkin’, on May 22. The double CD, which was recorded in October …
The Legend of Jesse James is a 1980 country music concept album by various artists singing songs by English songwriter Paul Kennerley, based on the story of American Old West outlaw Jesse James. The album features Levon Helm singing the role of Jesse James, Johnny Cash as Frank James, Charlie Daniels as Cole Younger and …
“Anna Lee” is another great track (track 9, in fact) and performance from Ramble at the Ryman , the 2011 live album recorded by American rock multi-instrumentalist Levon Helm during his September 17, 2008 performance at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. The album won the 2012 Grammy Award for Best Americana Album.
“Ophelia”, a Robbie Robertson original, is Ramble at the Ryman’s first track. The 2011 live album was recorded by American rock multi-instrumentalist Levon Helm during his September 17, 2008 performance at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. The album features six songs by The Band and other cover material, including songs from previous Helm solo releases. Helm’s band …
“A Train Robbery” is track 9 on The Levon Helm Band’s critically acclaimed 2007 album, Dirt Farmer. The album was Helm’s first studio album since 1982. The album contains covers of songs by Steve Earle and J. B. Lenoir, and features his daughter Amy, as well as ex-Bob Dylan sideman Larry Campbell. It won the …
“Baby Don’t You Do It” is a 1964 single by American singer Marvin Gaye, and was written by Holland–Dozier–Holland. The Band recorded the song numerous times under the title “Don’t Do It”; the different versions, both studio and live, appear on several of their albums and box sets. “Don’t Do It” was the encore performed …
“Long Black Veil” is a 1959 country ballad, written by Danny Dill and Marijohn Wilkin and originally recorded by Lefty Frizzell. The song has become a standard and has been covered by a variety of artists in country, folk and rock styles. In 1968, it appeared on The Band’s debut album, Music from Big Pink. …
“The Weight” was released by The Band as Capitol Records single 2269 in 1968, and appeared one week later on the group’s debut album Music from Big Pink. The song is listed as #41 on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time published in 2004, and Pitchfork Media named it the thirteenth best song …
Another track off that great 1969 album, The Band, and another track with the gritty, powerful lead vocals of the late, great Levon Helm, is “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”. According to Rob Bowman’s liner notes to the 2000 reissue of The Band’s second album, The Band, it has been viewed as a …
Levon Helm sang lead vocals and played drums on this iconic song recorded for 1969’s eponymous second album from The Band. A live performance of “Up on Cripple Creek” also appears in The Band’s live concert film The Last Waltz and it’s accompanying soundtrack. In addition, a live version of the song appears on Before …