Friday On My Mind 68: RIP Levon Helm. Up on Cripple Creek
Posted in 1960s, Friday On My Mind, Music at 12:00 on 4 May 2012
Last week saw the death of Levon Helm, one time drummer and singer with The Band, who were much more than Bob Dylan’s one-time backing band.
I’ve already posted the Band’s version of The Weight, their second biggest UK hit. Their biggest, curiously, was Rag Mama Rag.
Levon took lead vocal on this one, though.
The Band: Up on Cripple Creek
Levon Helm: 26/5/1940-19/4/2012. So it goes.
Tags: Bob Dylan, Friday On My Mind, Levon Helm, Rag Mama Ragk, The Band, The Weight, Up on Cripple Creek
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