Doom & Gloom From the Tomb

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What A Party! Like so many others, my thoughts are with Levon Helm today, who is reportedly in the final stages of his battle against cancer. This morning, I’m going back to the very early days, before Levon and Co. hooked up with a certain superstar and before they morphed into The Band. The group played under several different monikers back then, but one thing is clear — this was Levon’s band. Not to diminish the awesome talents of the others, but one can only assume that it was the older, more experienced (and Southern!) Helm who schooled his still-teenaged Canadian bandmates in the ways of raw, hard-edged, early rock ‘n’ roll. Though they still had plenty of growing to do before they got to Big Pink, Levon & The Hawks were a killer band in their own right.   The Hawks with Levon Helm on vocals, September 18, 1961:What A Party Farther Up The Road She’s Nineteen Levon & The Hawks, Texas, 1964: You Don’t Know Me The Canadian Squires, 45 single, 1964: Leave Me Alone Levon & The Hawks, 45 single, Atco, 1965: He Don’t Love You The Stones I Throw Download

What A Party!

Like so many others, my thoughts are with Levon Helm today, who is reportedly in the final stages of his battle against cancer. This morning, I’m going back to the very early days, before Levon and Co. hooked up with a certain superstar and before they morphed into The Band. The group played under several different monikers back then, but one thing is clear — this was Levon’s band. Not to diminish the awesome talents of the others, but one can only assume that it was the older, more experienced (and Southern!) Helm who schooled his still-teenaged Canadian bandmates in the ways of raw, hard-edged, early rock ‘n’ roll. Though they still had plenty of growing to do before they got to Big Pink, Levon & The Hawks were a killer band in their own right.  

The Hawks with Levon Helm on vocals, September 18, 1961:
What A Party
Farther Up The Road
She’s Nineteen

Levon & The Hawks, Texas, 1964:
You Don’t Know Me

The Canadian Squires, 45 single, 1964:
Leave Me Alone

Levon & The Hawks, 45 single, Atco, 1965:
He Don’t Love You
The Stones I Throw

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