Levon Helm’s was taken to us too soon, and he didn’t write many songs on his own, but every song he performed he distinguished as his own. On this anniversary of what would have been his 72nd birthday here are some well-known and lesser known songs he left his imprint on. RIP brother Levon. The place isn’t the same without you.
“The Weight”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjCw3-YTffo
“The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”
“Up On Cripple Creek”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDnlU6rPfwY
“Ophelia”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RjqcTsxx-8
“Poor Old Dirt Farmer”
“Anna Lee”
“The Mountain” (w/composer Steve Earle)
“Atlantic City”
“Evangeline”(w/Emmylou Harris)
Honky Tonkin’ “(w/Sissy Spacek)