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Saw Levon at the F-town Harvest Festival last year. His voice didn't make it through the night, but his personality sure did. Pure grit and spirit, and great performer.

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Music From Big Pink was my selection for an all time favorite album. Levon Helm was a huge part of The Band. Sad to hear of his loss.

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Not sure if this is common knowledge or not, I just found out today, but all the members of The Band were Canadian.

 

All except Levon, who was from Arkansas. He came up to Canada with Ronnie Hawkins and the rest of the later Band members all worked for Hawkins before splitting off on their own.

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I saw Levon Helm when he played the Ottawa Folkfest last summer. Great show. He paced himself that night so his voice held up for the whole show including a fantastic encore. Really happy that I was able to see one of the key voices of my childhood. My dad only allowed two kinds of music to be played in the truck, the garage and the barn - Country or Western. The Band was the exception to the rule. Evertime I hear Levon's voice, I smell hay or gasoline.

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