Levon (eBook)

From Down in the Delta to the Birth of THE BAND and Beyond

Sandra B. Tooze (Autor)

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2020
344 Seiten
Diversion Books (Verlag)
978-1-63576-702-5 (ISBN)

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The life of the legendary drummer and singer is explored through extensive research and personal interviews with family, friends, and fellow musicians.In the Arkansas Delta, a young Levon Helm witnessed “blues, country, and gospel hit in a head-on collision,” as he put it. The result was rock 'n' roll. As a teenager, he joined the raucous Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks, then helped merge a hard-driving electric sound with Bob Dylan's folk roots, and revolutionized American rock with the Band. Helm not only provided perfect “in the pocket” rhythm and unforgettable vocals, he was the soul of The Band.Levon traces a rebellious life on the road, from being booed with Bob Dylan to the creative cauldron of Big Pink, the Woodstock Festival, world tours, The Last Waltz, and beyond with the man Dylan called “one of the last true great spirits of my or any other generation.” Author Sandra B. Tooze digs deep into what Helm saw as a devastating betrayal by his closest friend, Band guitarist Robbie Robertson—and Levon’s career collapse, his near bankruptcy, and the loss of his voice due to throat cancer in 1997. Yet Helm found success in an acting career that included roles in Coal Miner’s Daughter and The Right Stuff. Regaining his singing voice, he made his last decade a triumph, opening his barn to the Midnight Rambles and earning three Grammys.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 25.8.2020
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Pop / Rock
• Schlagworte: A&M Records • A&R Recording • Acadian Driftwood • Across the Great Divide • Acting • actor & entertainer biographies • Albert Grossman • Al Kooper • Allen Toussaint • Allman Brothers • Americana • Americana music • American Bandstand • American Music • American Son • Amy Helm • Anna Lee Williams • Arista Records • Arkansas • Asylum Records • Basement Tapes • Beach Boys • Beacon Theatre • Bearsville Studios • Before the Flood • Berklee College of Music • Berklee School of Music • Best Revenge • Big Pink • Bill Avis • Billboard • Bill Clinton • Bill Graham • Bob Dylan • Bob Weir • Brass Rail • Bubba Sullivan • Butch Dener • Cahoots • Caledonia Mission • Canada • Capitol Records • Carl Perkins • Carnegie Hall • Cate Brothers • Cate Brothers Band • CD • Cherokee Studios • Chest Fever • Chuck Berry • Civil Auditorium • Coal Miner's Daughter • Coal Miner’s Daughter • Columbia Records • composer & musician biographies • Conway Twitty • country & folk composer biographies • Country Music • Country Music Hall of Fame • C.W. Gatlin • david geffen • Deep Elem Blues • dirt farmer • D.J. Fontana • Donald Fagen • Dr. John • Drummer • drummer biography • Drumming • Drums • Earl Cate • Electric Dirt • Elton John • Elvis Presley • Emmylou Harris • Eric Clapton • Ernie Cate • Ezra Titus • fayetteville • Felt Forum • Fillmore East • Filmore East • Fire Down Below • Folk & Traditional Music • Fred Carter, Jr. • Freddie McNulty • Garth Hudson • Geffen Records • George Harrison • George Lembesis • Golden Rail • Gold Star Studios • Grammy Awards • Grateful Dead • Greek Theatre • Happy Traum • Harold Kudlets • Hawks • Henry Glover • Hollywood Bowl • In A Station • In the Electric Mist • I Shall Be Released • Isle of Wight Festival • It Makes No Difference • Jambone • James Brown • Jane Fonda • jawbone • Jemima Surrender • jerry garcia • Jerry Lee Lewis • Jim Keltner • Jim Weider • Jonathan Taplin • Joni Mitchell • King Biscuit Blues Festival • King Harvest • Kris Kristofferson • Last Waltz • Le Coq d'Or Tavern • Le Coq d’Or Tavern • Leon Russell • Levon and the Hawks • Levon Helm • Libby Titus • Life Is a Carnival • Lightning in a Bottle • Lonesome Suzie • Long Black Veil • Look Out Cleveland • Loretta Lynn • Mandolin • Martin Scorsese • Mary Vaiden • Massey Hall • mavis staples • MCA Records • Midnight Rambles • Moondog Matinee • Morris Levy • movie history & criticism • Muddy Waters • music biography • music from big pink • Music from the Big Pink • Music History & Criticism • Musician Biography • music techniques • My Masterpiece • Mystery Train • Nashville • Neil Diamond • Neil Young • once were brothers • Ophelia • Ottawa • Palladium • Paul Berry • Paul Butterfield • payola • Peacock Alley • Percussion • percussion instruments • percussions instruments • performing arts • Planet Waves • pop artist biographies • popular music • Pyramid Records • Quality Records • Radio City Music Hall • Rag Mama Rag • R&B artist biographies • RCO All-Stars • Red Rocks Amphiteatre • Red Rocks Amphitheatre • rich & famous biographies • Richard Bell • Richard Manuel • Rick Danko • Ringo Starr • Robbie Robertson • Rock and Roll • rock band biographies • Rockin' Chair • rock music • Rock n Roll • Rock of Ages • rock singer • Roger McGuinn • Rolling Stone • Ronnie Hawkins • Roulette Records • Ryman • Sammy Davis, Jr. • Sandra Dodd • Sandy Dodd • Shangri-La • Shooter • singer biography • Sissy Spacek • Songwriting • Stage Fright • Stan Szelest • Staple Singers • Steve Jordan • Tears of Rage • Teresa Williams • The Adventures of Sebastian Cole • The Beatles • The Byrds • The Dollmaker • the Hawks • The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down • The Right Stuff • The Shape I'm In • The Shape I’m In • the weight • This Wheel's On Fire • This Wheel’s On Fire • To Kingdom Come • Toronto • Unfaithful Servant • up on cripple creek • Van Morrison • Vince Gill • Vinyl • Watkins Glen • We Can Talk • When I Paint My Masterpiece • When You Awake • Whispering Pines • Willie Nelson • Winterland Ballroom • Woody Guthrie • Yonge Street
• ISBN-10: 1-63576-702-4 / 1635767024
• ISBN-13: 978-1-63576-702-5 / 9781635767025