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One of my favorites.
Sad to hear this.

Take a load off Anne
And put the load right on me.

Only the 2 Canadian members of The Band left. Robbie Robertson and Garth Hudson.
The footage of The Band, in Calgary, at Festival Express, one of my all time favourites:
@ 4 minute mark. (not that the rest of it isn't great).
Festival express part 8 - YouTube

Chuck Yeager Pushing The Limits (The Right Stuff) - YouTube

"Sir, over there, is that a man?"

"Yeah, you damn right it is!"

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Originally Posted by creaturecat (Post 6695521)

Rick Danko drunk as a skunk with Jerry and Janis is a pretty good scene, too. That movie was a real gem; glad I saw it.

Godspeed, Levon Helm. Your music gave me great pleasure.

"The last waltz"

A must have DVD

Sad news... but we all have to go when our time is up... Levon must have lived a dozen lifes... he had a good, no, great run.

I've been meaning to go up to one of his shows.... "Midnight rambles" at The Barn...

damn... effing cancer I have lost so many people in my life from this disease.... my dad when he was 49...now that I think about it... every one of my relatives has passed from some form of cancer

Shooter

"that's how conspiracies work"

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This is a devastating version - one of the great live performances. Levon channeling the anguish of history. Awesome. God speed.

The Band - Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - YouTube

He's gone....Godspeed Levon.:(

Rest in peace Levon...

We've lost another great one.
RIP Levon

Not seeing reports that he passed, but either way this song seems pretty apt

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Early in the morning
When the church bells toll
The choir's gonna sing
And the hearse will roll
On down to the graveyard
Where it's cold and gray
And then the sun's gonna shine
Through the shadows
When I go away

Don't want no sorrow
For this old orphan boy
I don't want no crying
Only tears of joy
I'm gonna see my mother
Gonna see my father
And I'll be bound for glory
In the morning
When I go away

I'll be lifted up to the clouds
On the wings of angels
There's only flesh and bones
In the ground
Where my troubles will stay

See that storm over yonder
It's gonna rain all day
But then the sun's gonna shine
Through the shadows
When I go away

(I'm going home - Lift me up)
When I go away
(No more trouble - I'm going home)
(Lift me up - When I go away)
No more crying
(I'm going home - Lift me up - When I go away)
No more trials
(I'm going home)
Home to leave my worries in the ground
(I'm going home - Lift me up - When I go away)
No more troubles
(I'm going home - Lift me up - When I go away)
No more crying
(I'm going home - Lift me up - When I go away)
No more trials
(I'm going home)
Home to leave my worries in the graveyard
Home to leave my troubles in the graveyard
Home to leave my trials
And I'll be bound for glory
In the morning
When I go away

All my kin who love me
All my friends who care
Look beyond the dark clouds
We're gonna meet up there

When they lay me in the cold ground
Bow your heads and pray
(Bow your heads and pray)

And I'll be bound for glory
In the morning
When I go away

And then the sun's gonna shine
Through the shadows
When I go away

(I'm going home - Lift me up)
When I go away
(No more trouble - I'm going home)
(Lift me up - When I go away)
No more crying
(I'm going home - Lift me up - When I go away)
No more trials
(I'm going home)
Home to leave my worries in the graveyard
(I'm going home - Lift me up - When I go away)
No more troubles
(I'm going home - Lift me up - When I go away)
No more crying
(I'm going home - Lift me up - When I go away)
No more trials
(I'm going home)
Home to leave my worries in the graveyard
Home to leave my troubles in the graveyard
Home to leave my trials
And I'll be bound for glory
In the morning
When I go away

And then the sun's gonna shine
Through the shadows
When I go away
Ah, when I go away
When I go away
(When I go away)
When I go away
(When I go away)
When I go away

Tim T, my favorite line of that move is at the very end of that clip, "Still got the shovel"