Group portrait of Canadian-Amercian rock group The Band in London, United Kingdom, June 1971. L-R Garth Hudson, Robbie Robertson, Levon Helm, Richard Manuel, Rick Danko. (Photo by Gijsbert Hanekroot/Redferns) On April 19, 2012, the music world lost one of its most cherished voices: Levon Helm, the drummer for The Band. Helm’s distinctive vocals, heard on […]
Just when I thought I had read everything possible about Levon Helm the drummer, multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and lyricist for The Band a new book emerges, revealing uncharted aspects of his extraordinary life. John Barry's 'Rock Roll Ramble – The Inside Story of the Man, the Music and the Midnight Ramble' offers fresh information and untold stories.