NP - A Tribute to Levon Helm

[Joe Allonby]

Got to meet him backstage at Northeastern about 18 years ago. He was a
gracious gentleman.


On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 5:43 PM,  <malignd at aol.com> wrote:
> What a man what a singer and what a drummer.  I have a house in West
> Saugerties and I'm picturing the entire Catskill preserve draped in black
> bunting.
>
> I was at a Ramble most recently about a year ago.  He looked frail, but he
> played for about three hours, did most of the singing and, amidst the great
> band he had put together, still the kicker and the focus.
>
> He's like Mingus, in that, with that band, he put in place something that
> will carry his music, his approach to music, forward.
>
>
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
> To: P-list <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Sent: Wed, Apr 18, 2012 11:23 am
> Subject: NP - A Tribute to Levon Helm
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