The great Levon Helm died yesterday after a long battle with cancer. We were fortunate to have him in this world as long as we did, but I sure wish he could have lived forever. I heard him live many times over the years, from the Fillmore in ‘69 to the Ramble in 2011, and he played every minute of every gig with a joyful intensity. This is from a 2010 Ramble I went to with my son John. Phil Lesh and Donald Fagen among others are sitting in.

The great Levon Helm died yesterday after a long battle with cancer. We were fortunate to have him in this world as long as we did, but I sure wish he could have lived forever. I heard him live many times over the years, from the Fillmore in ‘69 to the Ramble in 2011, and he played every minute of every gig with a joyful intensity. This is from a 2010 Ramble I went to with my son John. Phil Lesh and Donald Fagen among others are sitting in.

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“It takes as long as it takes.”-William Shawn on the disjunct kinship of creative work and time

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