I loved to hear Levon talk. A gentleman.

Babe Root every now and then the student becomes the teacher. IMHO.

UNDERRATED? BY WHOM?

Shelly Tracy I agree. They were regarded highly by all musicians and critics. ( and me, not that that matters much )

@@rob8872 Me too 👍😀 ♥️

Imagine a band with both Hudson AND Billy Preston. Wait...we had one: The Band, 1991. For an all too brief time. The video of one of the Preston/Hudson Band shows is on KZfaq. It’s pretty awesome!

Agreed. Having been a fan of theirs for some 40 years now, I honestly believe that Weider is every bit as good of a guitarist as Robbie. Not Robbie bashing here, since I’m a fan of his, but simply acknowledging Weider’s talent. Saw them in Chicago in April 96. Sat about 10 yards from Garth, my keyboard hero (I play keys and a bit of guitar). A great night. Even got a “salute” from Levon! If you enjoy Weider here, check out his solo from It Makes No Difference from their performance in Germany, 1996; the concert is posted on KZfaq. Blistering. Also, there’s concert video from one of their performances with Billy Preston’s brief time in The Band on KZfaq. It’s worth a watch. Preston joined after Stan Szelest passed away in 90. One reviewer called his time in The Band an embarrassment. I kindly disagree. Preston and Hudson in the same band. Wow! Two of the best ever.

even great drummers get thirsty oh yeah

Don’t think it’s PBR. Old Spillwaukee maybe?

Right you are

The Youngbloods’ version, my personal favorite!!!

One street musician and a looper: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fbt-ocyfl9i9gJ8.html

Great song, best version is by Wea Bee Booze

The original version was done in the mid 1920,s. listen to the Tuba Skinny version if you want the real one!

Ma Rainey

Nah, it's mine!

,by

DuneAquaViva Strawberry Wine Songstress Deana Carter is his daughter

He was in Ronnie Hawkins’s Hawks w Levon and Robbie at one point.

At the beginning of THE BAND all members, except Levon Helms, were Canadian musicians. Not every exceptional band is from the US, you know!

@@suefrench8721 I knew that. By ‘American’ I meant from the Americas and in the American idiom. I should have been clearer!

Just read Levon's book Wheel's On Fire last month. I 've underlined, circled so many parts of this book, and written in margins, always stopping to listen to some of the songs on KZfaq. Book's a keeper, for sure.

No, it was 1996 or 1997, a few years before he died. He was a life long heroin addict, using it as a pain relief for his back

didn't his wife mail him something?

She sent him a packet of heroin, and it was intercepted. He got busted when he went to pick it up. Big mistake on his/her part. He could have gotten ten years

Wasn't a BS charge, his wife mailed him a packet of heroin, and he was arrested when he tried to pick it up. He did six weeks in jail--the US helped to get him out, or so I understand--that may not be true

I wonder if Alexander Hamilton had but avoided Aaron Burr. He was bitter about this for the rest of his life.

No, Robbie’s songs were part of their set list until the end. I mean, I love the “reformed” Band...but imagine a Band concert without Robbie’s songs. “Remedy” and filler.

@@robertbruce6865 I haven't looked at this in a while. I'm no expert, but the issue was whether the rest of the band (The Band) shared in the songwriting. Levon Helm said the anger and heartbreak over the claim of sole authorship was what shortened Rick Danko's life. Who knows? One thing I can say for sure, though, is that every time I see Robbie Robertson on some retrospective interview he is arrogant and syrupy, someone I wouldn't cross the street to hear play or sing. We all get a chance at life, play the chance for better or worse, then we are gone. I like to think we get another chance.

@@johnhamilton5290 What shortened Danko’s life was his decades-long addictions to narcotics. He admitted in an interview later in life that he spent an estimated $100,000 to $200,000 ANNUALLY on drugs. He cleaned up during his stay in a Japanese jail, then relapsed just before he died. Jim Weider said that Rick and his wife had been evicted from their home and were living in a motel, and that Weider tried to get Rick to get to a doctor for help in cleaning up. Danko, severely obese, went out on the road instead. He died two days after his last show in Ann Arbor, Mi. Lack of credits didn’t kill him; the only song that Danko himself complained about was “Twilight”. An exceptionally poor lifestyle killed him. I love Levon, but that was reaching.

@@johnhamilton5290 I won’t argue your point about Robertson. He has had his cringeworthy moments. I’ll just say that I agree with Band insiders like John Simon, Ronnie Hawkins, and Jonathan Taplin...all of whom have said that Robbie wrote the songs that Richard didn’t write. Even Larry Campbell...Levon’s righthand guy for the last decade or so of Levon’s life...said that Levon’s bitterness was irrational. Ronnie Hawkins, who knew Levon from the age of 15 on, said that Levon’s Heroin addiction in the 70’s changed his personality significantly: he became meaner when he had always been a happy-go-lucky guy.

I respectfully disagree. I truly believe that Weider was every bit as good of a guitarist as Robbie is. Not Robbie bashing, as I’m a fan of his also, but I’ve been a Band fan for 40 years and have loved Weider.

robertson is an arrogant jerk

martykate he lost Richard Manuel and his son. Not sure when this was filmed, but he went through a lot.

He found Richard Manuel; helped cut his body down. His son died only a few years later. Don't think he ever got over it. Was sort of the start of the end of him.

@@emmacassidy8482 he married his long time girlfriend only a couple of months after his son died. Always thought the timing was strange on that one

@@martykate6836 People deal w grief in different ways, but I’ve always thought that it was odd to say the least that the Coroner in Eli’s case said that he left 3 phone messages for Rick that were never returned.

@@robertbruce6865 I know Rick's niece Danielle, she has a real problem with that story. I know Rick was on the road when it happened, I don't know where Elizabeth was. I haven't pressed Danielle for further info, I do know that she said "Why didn't they call me?"