Is there some kinda way I can give this two likes?

One thing that strikes me about Levon - every single time you see him playing, he looks like an excited small boy to be on stage singing/drumming/playing. So talented and yet so humble. RIP.

My dad played this song when I was younger, he was a good flat picker did a great cover on this song. RIP Dad.

well done Im 76,play every day for 44 yrs.Thank you,it was a pleasure.

close your eyes,,,, picture yourself sitting outside a cabin on the porch with your friends sipping some honeysuckle shine , swapping stories. a gentle wind flows across the hairs on your arm. the music is in your blood. the same blood as your earthly brothers. no words need be said, and this song follows that gentle breeze.and time slows down to cherish every second as if it was your last. feels good, dont it? your welcome here anytime, no judging anything, letting your souls blend together. happy, content. heaven on earth. that is how i paint my picture

Larry Campbell, your guitar playing is so damn good, I keep listening and never get tired

Why did it take me 9 years to find this pure gem!!!!!? Beautiful

Larry Campbell is a great musician and a great guy, that’s why Levon worked with him!

Larry Campbell is one of the most talented unknown musicians around.

I just love this song and the looks on the faces of the players, doing what they love with the man they love, Levon Helm, "The Man". Larry Campbell's picking on this is special!

Found this accidentally last week. How could anyone give it a thumbs down? Absolute magic!!

STILL luvin this song after all these yrs. That darn LC he's f***g GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Larry Campbell! This is the best version of this song I've heard.

I can’t stop coming back to hear and feel this over and over.

THIS IS REAL FRIGGIN' MUSIC !!!! First TIME I've ever heard them !!!!!

Levon Helm was/is a National Treasure.

One of the best pickers and singers to ever grace a stage. Fantastic! 🎶🤗🎵

I lived in Dallas for a year and came back to Austin in 1972. I knew this song and wondered if it was about Deep Elem in Dallas. Come to find out that it is! Levon and his band do a damn fine job playing it too!

This is the best version of Deep Elem Blues I've found. RIP Levon Helm.

Levon's Music Transcends Time, Race or Creeds --It is Music from the Heart and Soul that All can Respect and Enjoy.....

One of the best versions I've heard. So much feeling.❤

That gets better every time I watch it.

Great song, beautifully performed!! ❤❤

Levons birthday ought to be a national holiday.

His parties were amazing, he was even more amazing. He was a real good human and I'll miss him.

the problem with this is that there is no problem. it just caint get any better, thanks 4 posting. still can't get over it. best version. music to my ears.

That’s the best and most effective performance on acoustic bass I ever heard.

love everything about this song and Larry Campbell please keep bringin it on RIP Levon

can’t get this darn song out of my brain man I love it.

love this more traditional arrangement of the blues classic......r.i.p. Levon

levon is a legend

Larry Cambell blows me away!!!! Never heard of him till about a yr ago.He makes this quartet

Deep Ellum... back when I lived in Ft, Worth, many years ago now was a place some of us wanted to go, we KNEW where the music was real, & so was life, rich with the good soul. Maybe I'll get back there who knows. Meantime thanks to Levon & Dirt Farmers not to mention soo many others for keeping this alive

I love this. Original old style country/blues. Reminds me of Guy Clarke somehow.

I have watched this video a few times now. I come every once in a while to remember levon. This Larry buy blows me away too. That voice is incredible. I give him all my admiration for helping levon go out as he did... I hope you are repaid, my friend.

How could anybody dislike this? Wonderfull!

Music of the 1st Class Variety....just doesn't get any better. Levon always surrounded himself with the best musicians. Miss him. Thanks for posting!

That´s the right weight and speed! Very heavy and nice. One off our favourite tunes at the oldtime jam, Stockholm, Sweden with Rachel Eddy.

Never complain or insult SIR. KZfaq music is the way forward. It feeds the souls of ALL lovers of music.

Love this performance. It sends out such good and positive energy

Wow! just blew me away, seriously talented guy and extraordinary band, Really special...thanks..

Had the pleasure of picking with Mr Larry a while back, hope the opportunity presents itself again. A really talented guy 🎼🎶🎸🪕🎻 Dennis

There was a time in America when this music was played all the time. A time when the feelings this music evokes were plentiful. Bless you Levon.

Love this... Deep Elem has been a Grateful Dead staple since the 70's.

Levon Helm was one hell of a player.

Those guitar solos are really awesome. And that woman in the white shirt has a great voice.

Awesome musicians. Levon Helm was a giant of his craft. I miss him. Thank goodness their music will live on forever.

A great cast of musically gifted angels, thanks for the great sounds that just changed my state from them Deep Elem Blues Blues to bliss!

I want to like this 3 or 4 times!! I saw Larry and Teresa at the Vancouver Island Folk Festival last year. Immediately impressed, and so taken by Larry's great big grin - ALL THE TIME! Have you ever seen anyone who loves what he is doing more than this?? So, so talented, and I am a guitar player, so I know brilliance when I see it. Love these guys, and miss Ol' Levon...

Man, he can really plat that guitar! The guy on the bass viol's awesome too!

Great musicianship all the way around, and Larry sounds really good on lead vocals.

Thank you for striking the real chord that runs through Americana Blues!

Beautiful, joyful, relaxed musicianship. Like all great bands, it's about how good the music is rather than how good the players are. This is what you learn from a lifetime of doing it well.

Love Larry Campbell. So talented!

Levon and Larry! Larry is as good as anyone

From Wikipedia : The "Deep Elm Blues" is an American traditional song. The title of the tune refers to historical African American neighborhood in downtown Dallas, Texas, known as Deep Ellum, and a home to music legends Blind Lemon Jefferson, Blind Willie Johnson, Lead Belly, and Bill Neely. Sometimes the song's title is also spelled "Deep Elem" or "Deep Ellum."[1]The first known recording was made by the Cofer Brothers under the name of The Georgia Black Bottom on OKeh Records. The Shelton Brothers recorded various versions of this song, the first being cut in 1933 with Leon Chappelear under the pseudonym of Lone Star Cowboys for Bluebird Records. They recorded it again in 1935 for Decca Records followed by "Deep Elm No.2" and "Deep Elm No.3". Les Paul (as Rhubarb Red) recorded "Deep Elem Blues" and "Deep Elem Blues #2" on Decca in 1936. The Sheltons also recorded it in the 1940s as "Deep Elm Boogie" for King Records. Other versions of the song were made between 1957 and 1958 by Jerry Lee Lewis for Sun Records, Bobby Jackson for Gold Air Records, Mary McCoy & the Cyclones for Jin Records and, later, by Jerry Garcia, the Grateful Dead, Levon Helm, the Infamous Stringdusters, Rory Gallagher and most recently by Redhorse Black.

Loving it it is a reflection of levons greatness much missed

Part of Levon's greatness was that he had no fear of letting great musicians / singers just sing and play, full-tilt, all out. Did not seem to worry that Larry C. or Teresa W. or the bass player (that's Byron?) would outshine him. The Levon Helm (Ramble) Band was so flexible they could do almost anything. And they did: each song would feature a different configuration of musicians and singers performing a different kind of music. Levon lives.

I Refuse to let Levon's Music Die, What a Great Man and Band!!!

This is wonderful version of this song. Well done by all here.

Love it, I am elemental blues ...

This band has proven that, the slower you play the song, the cooler it is.

Larry has been diagnosed with Covid-19. We wish you a speedy and full recovery.

Gone but never, never forgotten!!!! Miss you so much Levon....the world misses you. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

I liked this the first time I heard it. The more I hear it, the more I like it. Awesome!!!

One of the sweetest renditions of this iconic classic, I loved Levon and his friends!

That guitar solo Is awesome! Great all the way around.

That was freaking AWESOME!! Wow I miss Jerry ❤️

Levon and company have created a classic! Perfect voice for music!

The whole song is so cool...call me a bass lover, I don't care, I love the stand up bass in this song. It's all good but bravo to the gentleman bass player. Love you all for sharing with us. Thanks, Mr. Levon Love and miss you sir.

Levon was truly great

Levon, What a Legacy you left in the World of Music....

I LOVE THIS SONG!!! Simple but GREAT musicians!!!

I only knew the Grateful Dead version of this till now. Love it. Levon Helm RIP.

super great picking larry , great singing everyone .

americana music . so under rated .. great music

Robert Hunter died & i came looking for Attics of My Life & found Larry & Theresa singing it and ive been out here ever since with their work - his guitar o my lack o gawd.. So, one treasure after another. Thank you always Levon.

Quite possibly the best version ever... (and i don't say that lightly..!)

Fantastic musicians .god bless. Levon

That's WHY! GREAT PICKING! Clear and precisely done 💓💓💓

This is such a beautiful song love it very well played thank you

Wow this is so wicked cool TY For this awesome share!!! 😍

My God, I miss Levon Helm.

Levon Helm..... a legend, loved him in The Last Waltz.... so, so versatile....

Levon, wish that you were still around making music.

man thats some pickin. love it. Big smiles and great playi ng. A long way from Up On Cripple Creek. What a man Levon Helm .Legend

Really great und unforgettable version, fab.!

Love Larry's mischievous grin at the start, and great guitar tone!

STILL luv this song!!!!!!

I met levon's helms mother and father on a bus trip from Az to Ct. they got on in joplin. they were going up to Bethel N.Y. . saw the scrap books and pictures of Levon's prom tux. it was light blue . nice people . literally salt of the earth

Love this song, great job and a fun song to play

I played with an Injun years ago, Jesse Davis, great guy, player, but drugs finally took him out. He bought my little red Les Paul Special. Really miss him...

I am ashamed that I was not familiar with this song. This song has a really cool vibe to it...done by some incredibly talented people!!

I just love this song and music it makes you feel good just like you want to get up and dance.Wish i had the l lirics.I love the whole layout of the song.I would like to hear more of Levon Helm and his fab group.,Thank You from Sask. Canada.God Bless.

We also would like to Thank Terry and the great post. ...Return from military in December 67...caught many of the ol blues in and outside of Austin Hideaway club, Eanies Chicken Shack ,Charlies Plae House and the ol Armadillo Armadillo Lighting Hopkins ,Freddie King Muddy Waters ,hearing this is Smooth and So deep rooted hearing the History...ol couple way down in TX...gotta love it when Lightin just his guitar and a crowd on his fingertips..thanks again ...jd

Best cover version of this song. Better than the Grateful Dead's. Flawless picking and singing. Nice to see Levon still picking and a-grinning and daughter Amy carrying on the torch

Great music! Love Levon! RIP

It doesn't get much better than this for me. So glad I found it.

Mmmmmmmmmm, Singing is Awesome, picking us even better 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗

Great vocals and they can play! Fun to listen to.