Music writer Bill Flanagan once said that when people lamented the sad state of rock music, he would tell them to go to Levon Helm’s Barn in Woodstock on a Saturday night and they would find that rock ‘n’ roll […]
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A few months ago, I saw Ramblin’ Jack Elliott play a one-man, acoustic show in New York City. He’s 80 years old now – but he stills plays strong chords and his voice, though struggling to hit those high notes, […]
Just about this time of year – mid-June – some years ago, I found myself on the endless flat plains of west Texas. The one lane country road that I drove on passed by sporadic grain fields and less-sporadic livestock […]
Like so many others before me, I heard Al Kooper’s “product,” so to speak, before I knew that it was him who I heard. When I was 3 or 4 years old, my dad played me Highway 61 Revisited on […]
The news coverage of Levon’s Helm’s death last week has been overwhelming – but not just the coverage. The online community responses of commentary, the continuous Facebook posts on those musicians’ pages who have been influenced by Levon were a […]
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