Farewell Great Helmsman: Levon Helm

Levon Helm

The Great Helmsman of the cracking North American roots group, The Band, has put his drumsticks away forever. Levon Helm the man who never gave up, who always kept going, who took forever to get over the breakup of the group he founded, has passed away. 

My brother Gregg had the album we highlight tonight and told me one day, ‘Every song is a classic.’  He especially liked Rag Mama Rag. I’ve always loved Up on Cripple Creek. I don’t know anybody who doesn’t like The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down.

Listen to one of the best American albums since the birth of rock n roll as you read the obit from the Little Rock News.

            Track Listing:

01 Across The Great Divide

02 Rag Mama Rag

03 The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

04 When You Awake

05 Up On Cripple Creek

06 Whispering Pines

07 Jemima Surrender

08 Rockin' Chair

09 Look Out Cleveland

10 Jawbone

11 The Unfaithful Servant

12 King Harvest (Has Surely Come)

13 Get Up Jake (Outtake-Stereo Remix)

14 Rag Mama Rag (Alternate Vocal Take-Rough Mix)

15 The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (Alternate Mix)

16 Up On Cripple Creek (Alternate Take)

17 Whispering Pines (Alternate Take)

18 Jemima Surrender (Alternate Take)

19 King Harvest (Has Surely Come) [Alternate Performance]

29 Ophelia (bonus track)

Listen here.