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With horns and a full rhythm section, the drums always looked like the best seat in the house.
Levon Helm
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Levon Helm
Age: 71 †
Born: 1940
Born: May 26
Died: 2012
Died: April 19
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Mark Lavon Helm
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The crowd is just as important as the group. It takes everything to make it work.
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By the time The Band did The Last Waltz, the chemistry had changed, and it wasn't a thrill anymore to live that studio kind of life.
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My parents wanted me to be smart and be a scholar, and the best I could do was graduate high school.
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Most of our stuff was trial and error. You live with a tape recorder, you turn it on, you play the song and you listen to it.
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I don't hear record companies coming up with any good ideas or suggestions. Historically, if it ain't their idea, it ain't no good, so you got that to contend with.
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