My New Year's Resolution

[Joe Allonby]

I met Levon Helm in the mid-nineties. He was sharp as a tack. I was
very saddened by Rick Danko. Shortly after that, he died. I was
selfishly disappointed that one of my musical heroes was so damaged
and not able to communicate with me about our shared passion. It still
makes me sad.



On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 8:05 AM, Monte Davis <montedavis at verizon.net> wrote:
> Rich Romeo sez:
>
>> I was very disappointed with Keith's autobiography...
>
> Mixed reactions here. In some ways he's more substantial than I expected, in
> others self-blind (unlike all present, company, of course). E.g., his
> growing irritation at Jagger's mingling with the glitterati, as if it were
> betraying the days when they huddled in a cold London squat listening to
> R&B...
>
> I mean hey, Keef, you're pondering this on a Gulfstream flying you from
> Parrot Bay to the Riviera or to upscale Connecticut squiredom. And along the
> way you maintained for decades a phalanx of million-dollar lawyers ready to
> defend your million-dollar habits. Would the staunch Red Laborite forebears
> you extol have recognized this as a working-class hero?  Keepin it real,
> right?
>
> Over the holidays I also finally got to Levon Helm's much more interesting
> 1993 _This Wheel's On Fire_. And speaking of wretched pharmaceutical excess,
> his description of the White Room backstage at Winterland for "The Last
> Waltz" is purest Pynchon.
>
> -Monte
>
>