I love Levon's line, "there were no rules and it felt good, so we went with it." That's what a true innovator thinks.

Garth's smile/laugh after playing his line is so sweet! That dude NEVER smiles!!! To see that happen...it's something to treasure, man!! He was having a good time, clearly!

@tullinadaly

7 ай бұрын

i was going to type the same.. not often Gareth smiles, but man he hit a sweet note that time, brilliant !!

Levon Helm is one of the coolest dudes ever to live. He seems like he was such a genuine and down to earth guy that would really be friendly.

@peterwalsh5068

9 ай бұрын

@@joeking433Robertson wasn’t great even though he wrote some of the greatest songs of all time…and he couldn’t play the guitar very well? What d’you consider well? Like hundred notes a second well? The guy was a masterful guitar player.

@peterwalsh5068

9 ай бұрын

@@joeking433 Depends what your definition of mediocre guitar playing is. He did write good songs 😂…only a few “good” ones.

@peterwalsh5068

9 ай бұрын

@@joeking433 Simple is all it needed. He didn’t need to play the rhythm guitar up front, look at the rhythm section they had. Danko, Manuel, Hudson.

listening to Levon's voice... knowing he died from throat cancer... I cried a little. He's a legend.

@sgtpepper1138

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, so sad. I loved the way he spoke and sang. I grew up in the 80s and I first knew him as Jack Ridley/the narrator for The Right Stuff. Then I got a little older and became a huge classic rock fan and became a drummer/musician. Then I find out what ELSE he's done and have been a die hard fan ever since.

@julesotis13

11 ай бұрын

❤

@drummer78

10 ай бұрын

I saw him just before he died and he sang…hope that helps

@harmonygreen1730

10 ай бұрын

My thought too. It is so hard to see our legends leaving...

@thefeckineejit264

10 ай бұрын

For me the greatest group of musicians every to play together, each one a musical genius in their own right…Music from the big pink is one of my favorite albums of all time.

"People give me good credit... and I appreciate it. ... But it's actually easier!" Haha! Levon's a legend!

That should be the only rule in music. "It felt good and we went with it"

@Baci302

5 жыл бұрын

Exactly. You take all those influences you've been studying and playing all your life until they've become a part of you. Then you add "You" to it then off we go. lol. You can't use the right side of your brain for this. I guess that's the beauty of it.

@mikearchibald744

5 жыл бұрын

@@Baci302 yeah, i remember geddy lee saying 'you get so many influences that you get your own style'. similar thing i think. although i think anybody can pick up any instrument and wail on it and have fun. you probably won't make a living out of it, but few do.

@rh741

4 жыл бұрын

Egotistical douches plague rock music now. For fucks sakes people are dressing like it's still 1970.

When I Heard this song in 1969 I was on my way to the nam and it stayed in my head the hole time I was there in the war. The funny thing about that is it sure did help me get through the war. Thank you for that so my hat off to you Levon Helm & THE BAND!!! God bless!!!

@traviswilkins6265

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service.

@philliphutson7250

5 жыл бұрын

Welcome, Brother. '68-'69

@MrBonediver

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you made it home!!!!!

@lsingstock1646

3 жыл бұрын

That's what you call, Meant to Be. 🙂

@mrjon75

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service Brother Vinnie.

Probably the most underrated group in rock.

@bobwonderhem9715

5 жыл бұрын

The other one HAS to be Little Feat... that's leaving out the Canadians, which is ok, These Guys ARE Canadian.. ('cept for Levon, he's honorary citizen of the planet Earth anyway,.. ) thanks for the recognizance of that fact, not too many get that. It was an Amazing time to discover an importantly classic original (near perfect, esp. the song order- to play an album right through - both sides) sounding album per month.

@bobwonderhem9715

5 жыл бұрын

For a Decade. And a Half. Mind bender a month. I was 12 in 1970. I got it, we're the Lucky Ones.

@steveellis1191

4 жыл бұрын

howie9751 s@

@michaelgallagher3640

4 жыл бұрын

Not by their peers.

@michaelgallagher3640

4 жыл бұрын

@@lastnamefirst4035... That's what I said.

Garth's face after that organ fill right around 0:45 is just priceless...and contagious! Makes me get the contact grin every single time...he may well be the most talented musician of the 20th century, seriously. Who else can play like that nowadays?? Nobody, that's who!

@BornLate56

7 жыл бұрын

Garth Hudson was a musical genius - no other word for it. If you watch video of any of the tracks recorded in the basement at 'Big Pink', you can see him watching the other players from his perch behind the organ / keyboards up above them, and he's putting in the fills and embellishments and his brilliant little touches as the music rolls along. Where bands nowadays put in overdubs and multi-layer their music, in what's now called post-production, Garth Hudson was doing it in real time. The Band were IMHO one of the best groups of multi-talented musicians that ever played, and Garth Hudson was the jewel in their crown.

@bobbailey5072

6 жыл бұрын

Sweeps McCullough his face reminds me of the video of the kid eating bacon for the first time. Priceless.

@bg00d9199

6 жыл бұрын

Love the band. Helm, Robbie, and Rick Danko especially on it makes no difference. But would not consider one of these guys the most talented musicians of the 20th century. I think McCartney single handed takes that prize

@HammondB200

6 жыл бұрын

well now that's a clavinet, that's where they talkin about, you even listening?

@Strokecity1

5 жыл бұрын

Amen to that! A true genius! :)

There weren't 5 better musicians in a band, and it made Dylan reach for heights he might never have without their intervention.

@marshsherrif2824

5 жыл бұрын

THEE BAND

My favourite band of all time. The whole band is amazing, but Levon's voice... took it to another level. Rest in peace, brothers. Thanks for the music.

Rick and Levon were so tight. I love songs like "King Harvest" and "Up on Cripple Creek," because Rick's bass playing is so in sync with Levon's bass drum. They complement each other so perfectly.

@deathmetaldownhiller7874

Жыл бұрын

The way the bass and keyboard dance together at the tail end of King Harvest is amazing

This is one of my all-time favorite rock songs. I never tire of it. The tune always makes me think that these were probably really cool guys to have as friends.

One of the most bad ass keyboard tracks ever done, Garth you're a master.

Garth at 0:49 !!!!!!!!!! warms my heart to see that smile.

@Frijolero18

10 жыл бұрын

Man, he's just like a big teddy bear. Gotta love him.

@jcoltrane8976

3 жыл бұрын

He’s feeling the groove. Who couldn’t?

My dad grew me up on this stuff.That dips her doughnut in my tea line always made me laugh as a five year old.Then in '06 my dad got me backstage to meet Levon!Nice and down to earth as he could be.One of the highlights of my life.

@detestor420

4 жыл бұрын

thats amazing.. do you know what he meant by "puts a donut in my tea" ?

@mrdanforth3744

3 жыл бұрын

@@detestor420 I feel a little Canadian influence there. Hot tea is a lot more popular drink in Canada. In the US you might see someone dunk their donut in their coffee. In Canada they would as likely be dunking in their mug of tea. Also, 'dips a donut in my tea' scans where 'dips a donut in my coffee' wouldn't.

This is THE BAND! Never ever will they be duplicated. That’s it....here comes my “The Last Waltz” DVD marathon.

Robbie is blown away by it all...What a classic band...Love em

The Band...the greatest Canadian/American collaboration in history.

Too cool for words. Five musical geniuses!

Levon. What a guy

@Luke-pd7xj

4 жыл бұрын

Levon embodies all things cool

I love the big smile on Garth's face when he hits the riff .

I have a bit of an embarrassing story to tell you all about this song. I have loved it ever since I was little, thanks to my father's "The Best Of The Band" cassette tape that we used to listen to in his 1980 Honda Civic 1500DX 5-Speed Hatchback, & one day, we were asked in preschool to write down some of the exciting things we had done during the week. Well, all I knew of the song at the time was the chorus, especially that line "A drunkard's dream, if I ever did see one". And, um.......sure enough, one of the things I put down was "I listened to "A Drunkard's Dream". Needless to say, my father's face was QUITE red when he saw it during a Parents' Night!!!!!!!

@psmguy63

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing. I laughed out loud and had the whole visual. Well done.

The PERFECT mix of GREATNESS there will never be music like this again RIP LEVON

Boy this is fantastic. The short video of them playing in the beginning, Robbie talking through the mixing, Levon talking about his drumming style... What a great, great band.

Freaking brilliant, no more needs to be said. RIP Robbie!

Love Levon’s great vocals on this wonderful song, his voice had such a rich, down home flavour to it that’s really heart warming. My favourite lines in the lyrics: “Now there's one thing in the whole wide world I sure would like to see That's when that little love of mine Dips her doughnut in my tea” oh yes indeed!

"its actually easier says Levon", Mortal drummers say different. A once in a lifetime talent.

@vgr112261

Жыл бұрын

I am a singing drummer and have been doing it for years. It’s not hard. What baffles me is how organists can play two different patterns on separate keyboards while hitting bass notes with the right foot.

The opening guitar and drums always make me think of the way the Meters groove. Very New Orleans for a northern group. Love it!

@WordslingingStephen

2 жыл бұрын

"Northern" group. Yeah-- Canadian!

I love The Band very much . . . ESPECIALLY the way Levon played the Southern Rhythms on the drums . . . sometimes with that timing almost going into Reggae without even trying to go into Reggae at all . . . just fits.

Levon is Americana personified! Funky as hell as a drummer with a different sense of time and like that engineer said to be able to sing and play drums with that complexity is crazy and he's a typical hillbilly/Country Boy like myself being born and raised in West Virginia and he being from Arkansas he's like so many people I've known growing up in the late 70s, 80s and early 90s! Men that were full of knowledge that just effortlessly poured out of them and most were quite proficient at playing multiple instruments while I was struggling to learn to play the guitar at 13-14, my grandpa, my Dad, uncle's, friends and neighbors seemed like every home had at least one accomplished musician in the family.

@jimmyBside

Жыл бұрын

Hey NM. We need more Men like Levon and You. And your friends and family! Who knew we were growing up in legendary times…60/70/80’s. Holy smokes. That was cool to hear the guys breaking down the simple genius of UOCC. That engineer was Robbie Robertson. (He’s with the band). The joy and love on his face…telling the story…a glimpse into his soul. Amazing. Catch you on the B-side…🍻

@luzazul1203

Жыл бұрын

Way cool. Keep it going, man! May we never lose this incredible treasure.

@Trippy_solutions

Жыл бұрын

That’s not a engineer that Robbie Robertson the dick head of the band.

@ProjectTwang

7 ай бұрын

"That Engineer" is Robbie Robertson, the real genius in the band, and writer of that song!

The only song I know that mentions my home town: Lake Charles, Louisiana.

@joetaska

5 жыл бұрын

Check out Lucinda Williams song Lake Charles!

@albertfachan1470

3 жыл бұрын

Lucinda williams lake charles

Levon don’t down play your vocals/instrumentals. You guys made this song GREAT. ABSOLUTELY GREAT. And I thank you all of you guys. God bless you all. Lodie. ☺️

Garth...wow...but I've always -- most of all -- heard Levon's drumming on that song. Two beyond-perfect perfomances. RIP, Levon!

Man, Mr. Helm was just great! The world should miss him a lot more than it does.

Jedi Master of syncopated rock drumming - Jim Kelter - giving props to Levon. LOVE it! Gotta go right now and find the rest of this documentary. RIP Levon. Play on Jim.

@Odawg292002

6 жыл бұрын

Kim H Classic Albums: Making of The Band

@linebacker79

5 жыл бұрын

Watch “Ain’t in it for my Health” and find out why Levon despised Robbie Roberson for ripping off his band mates, leaving Rick basically destitute.

@BillMcGirr

4 жыл бұрын

Snakey Jim Keltner... He played on some of my favorite Harry Nilsson albums. I think he did some Warren Zevon albums as well. Just a great player. Good stuff.💪👍

"There were no rules and if felt good so we went with it...." There it is there. RIP Levon. You were / are the king of this type of playing. Miss you terribly!

that little drumstick twirl just proves it.

That Levon helm could sing his ass off like no other.

My favorite singer & drummer came in one musician. Levon. ❤️

I was there. And I'm glad I was a part of it. That was a revolution in music during the 60-70s. No one will see that again.

@hermanblume275

5 жыл бұрын

I was there, too!

i was too young to appreciate them in their prime. i get it now. they are legends.

I like to watch Levon when he's drumming. His eyes look out into nowhere and you can SEE him listening. He's seeing whatever there is to see but it's not computing. I think that's fascinating how focused he is on the sound and not the sight.

So funny to hear Levon Helm talking toward the end; he was the narrator for the epic movie "The Right Stuff" and I always loved the way he talked.

@slingbladejch7935

5 жыл бұрын

@billt460 Sure do miss him.

@kristiannissen6366

5 жыл бұрын

@billt460 i still cant believe its the same man... and when i found out it just made "Shooter" even better!!! ....Still got the shovel!!! :-D

@OverlandOne

4 жыл бұрын

Not just the narrator. He played the character Jack Ridley, who was a great engineer that worked on the X-1 project and he later even flew the X-1. He was the only engineer Chuck said he trusted. If Jack said it was OK, Chuck flew the profile. Levon was perfect for the part.

@shinigami146

3 жыл бұрын

Holy crap, I did not know that Levon did that! Verified and mind blown!!

@jaypickett3552

3 жыл бұрын

Levon did some acting. In the late 80s he had a supporting role in a movie called “End of the Line”. An enjoyable film that you could watch with your kids. Wilford Brimley, Kevin Bacon., Mary Steenburgen. Check it out.

The dynamics in Helm's drumming are impressive. What a rimshot.

@joelglanton6531

8 ай бұрын

He's one of my favorite drummers for this reason. He could also hit so hard that I was really surprised when I first saw that he played trad grip.

Garth is a trip....that smile in the old footage when he hits that lick.... Gets me everytime

RIP Levon, and thank you for everything. Hope you, Rick and Richard are all in a good place now.

Saw Bob Dylan in 1975 MSG show with The Band...during the concert, they did a 45 minute set that blew me away. They were the real deal. Road tested, tighter than Levon's snare kit.

I absolutely love Levon's drumming.

Well the main instrument is Levon Helm's amazing voice!

You know, back then some of those "folk-rockers" couldn't actually reproduce their music live very well. Whereas for years The Band delivered all the goods, note by note, night after night whether as The Hawks, as Dylan's band, or as The Band, for many years at a high level of vocal and instrumental accomplishment, and it must have taken a toll on them. So I refuse to pass judgement on their personal troubles.

@pattischell7975

4 жыл бұрын

Thank You!

@shinigami146

3 жыл бұрын

@@pattischell7975 And they just kept working at their songs to make them better and better rather than just increase the tempo to get through the songs live. That is a real band.

Different than anything else out there. Canadians more southern than southerners? The Bands music is truly extraordinary. Thank God I got to see them once live, never forget it!

5:29..."there were no rules and we went with it." That is exactly what music is about.

What an amazing group of musicians , they gave us so many great times .

Thanks so much for posting, I love Garth and Levon even Robertson, so much talent!

Goodness how love Mr. Helms soulful voice!

I'm blessed to have been born in the 60's, I lived through the most amazing time period with the best music created. I had "Big Pink" and the "Basement Tapes," in my album collection and loved when they got together with Bob Dylan.

Levon, still missing you terribly...rest in peace, sir.

Don Was keeps popping up everywhere! I love his song “Tell Me That I’m Dreaming”

Either I give these guys way to much credit or they are one of the most unappreciated bands, by the general public, ever! I'm wrong more than I'm right, but I'm pretty sure I'm right this time. What a band. So much talent and charisma

The more I look into The Band, the more it looks like they were kind of the Beatles' Beatles...I mean I think I even read once that Clapton said at one point, he wished he could be in The Band.

@StarlightWorkshop0z

5 жыл бұрын

Clapton is a heamoroide, he says that about every band he talks about. Overrated

@spencercoulter9325

4 жыл бұрын

I’d say the Band could be compared to almost a North American version of the Beatles. That’s just my view.

@chipmaxwell1564

3 жыл бұрын

You know your band doesn’t suck when both Harrison and Clapton wanted in....

@davidkopec9442

3 жыл бұрын

He broke up Cream after he heard them.

@mrdanforth3744

3 жыл бұрын

Clapton tried to join The Band - they turned him down.

One of the the greatest bands ever!❤️

Love this song! Genius, Timeless, Fun! Thanks for the post! 😎👍

RIP Levon. Love ya brother, and eternal thanks for all the music.

Garth is a gate keeper to other worlds

OMFG i love these videos with old bands telling how they made their music

Thanks for sharing this inside look at one of my favorite songs and a small look into a trendsetting group of musicians who changed the world of music by performing outside the box. Their sound is what made more than a few of Dylan's songs more palatable and popular. Great stuff!

All of their oddities add up to originality, which is why they were great.

We miss you levon

ty so much for the upload !!!

2:22 is my favorite part. The guitar and piano alone together sound so peaceful, so beautiful.

Garth made so many great sounds on those early Band records.

Even so Robbie and Levon were at odds with each other when this was made it's nice to see how Robbie still gave Levon credit for his abilities and talents as a musician and a former band member. Rest In Peace Levon, You were one of the greats.

Garth' s smile is like a bashful baby bear here...So much talent in this group. The addictions that blighted them seems sacrilegious.

That was sooooo interesting!!... Robertson's dissection of the song was pretty cool!. & great to see & hear Levon Helm!.

i was 1st intrroduced to the Band in the 80's while playing drums in a 3 piece cover blues band...and have never looked back. i adopted Levon's style for the rest of my life as a drummer, and b4 i retired, was 1 of the "sought after" because of the style. thanx guys , for a helluva ride

One of the greatest songs ever.

Absolutely love this song❤❤❤

thank you so much for posting this. im going to get the dvd!

This is fantastic. Ive not seen a breakdown of this great song in it individual parts. God ,they were so on it.Levon came out out of the womb with the amount of feel and funkiness in his bones. But they were all that good. The Band by name ,the Band by nature.

this is great to hear through headphones!

The Band were one of the best live concerts I ever heard. Cripple Creek still one of my all time favorites.

The first to use a clavinet (I think) was Don Preston of The Mothers Of Invention on the album Absolutely Free (1967). Gotta love THE BAND

Very cool video! Love that organ.

all genius all of them ! in ONE BAND ! we were SO Lucky ! I feel even luckier that i grew up with them from 14 on

Great stuff! Wow. So much fun.

I live on Plochmann Lane now and missed meeting Levon by one year!!! That would have been quite a treat for me and my family!. I am thankful that Amy and her band do the Midnight Ramble and hope they keep it going!!!!

Musicians like that do not exist anymore! I am a musician, born in the early 70s and I don't have a thimbles worth of the talent of any of the cats in The Band, Robbie, Levon and Garth alone are the type that just kinda effortlessly beam musical talent and creativity!

I wasn't sure until now that that keyboard lick was done on a clavinet. Brilliant, it just WORKED!

On Rutube there is the full documentary: Classic Album: the Band in 4 parts. Too good !

I could listen to them dissect their entire discography!!!

Before 'Superstition' says it all ... Much as I love that song (and the undoubted brilliance of it's composer), the ability of Garth Hudson to lift a song to another level was truly remarkable - especially in latter years from Cahoots on when the organic brilliance of the original chemistry of five men making music as one had been somewhat dissipated for the documented reasons (not to say the resulting music wan't still very good (to my subjective ears) and still, at times, awesome. Who would have been up to the challenge of following those first two albums). Garth could always add something, somewhere and take what may not have been one of Robbie's classics into a higher realm (or onto Higher Ground to bring me back to the original thought).

That was a fantastic breakdown!

Talk about being unacknowledged genius, Garth is a Vunderkynd!!

THANK YOU!

RIP Levon. Thanks for the music.

Glorious.

Great breakdown on a Classic

I LOVE THIS!!!

Ah, I love The Band so much