“My biggest mistake was loving you too much — and letting you know.”
“Why do the best things always disappear?”
“Yeah, yeah, you know I sure wish I could yodel like Yoko!”
I was a teenage photo geek, and I used to spin up side two of “Before the Flood” and play it all night in the darkroom. The three voices of The Band — Levon Helm, Rick Danko and Richard Manuel — have been ringing through my head for most of my life.
“They should never have taken the very best.”
Further notice: The man behind the drums has left life’s stage.
Dan Connolly says:
RIP Levon
April 19, 2012 — 8:20 pm
Greg Swann says:
Indeed.
April 19, 2012 — 8:44 pm
Frank Ortega says:
A great voice silenced. RIP Mr. Helm.
April 26, 2012 — 8:25 am