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Originally Posted by KarenB (Post 5952557)

Originally Posted by Edgar Poe View Post
Levon played Ridley in The Right Stuff.
Check You Tube for The Band, "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down."
Powerful song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jREUrbGGrgM

Ed
He also played Gen Jeb Stuart In the Electric Mist.

And he made his acting debut in the movie "Coal Miner's Daughter." He played Loretta Lynn's father.

Levon's wake was open to the public and so many people, including myself, paid our respects to Levon. He gave so much to our town. He played many benefits and did many acts kindness. He was well loved. The main road into Woodstock is named after him: "Levon Helm Boulevard."
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On the day that Levon died, I heard about it on the CBS morning news. Later that day, my wife and I were on the Thruway going north and we got passed by a hearse. I stayed behind it, thinking it might be Levon. I followed him as he got of at exit 19 for Kingston, went west on rt 28, and then turned onto rt 375. When we got to the Woodstock Playhouse, the hearse turned right taking Levon home an I turned left to go to my house in Shandaken.

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Originally Posted by Nyghthawk (Post 5952500)

When playing on the unit where I work or at the assisted living/memory care home where my MIL lives I introduce "The Weight" as the song everyone knows but no one remembers the song title or the name of The Band. Invariably someone is singing along or mouthing the chorus with me.

They had a BUNCH of really great material. :D

You just described the life I'll probably be living in 2030. I just don't know if I'll be in the audience or the "house band."

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Originally Posted by Rodger Knox (Post 5952524)

He also played Gen Jeb Stuart In the Electric Mist.

Rodger, I didn't know that.
Ed

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Originally Posted by KarenB (Post 5952557)

I was born in Oneida New York. But missed Wookstock. You know at the time, no one knew what to expect.

Ed

I've jammed on a couple of their songs over the years. Only saw them once, in 1974, along with Jesse Colin Young, Santana, and CSN&Y.