On April 19, 2012, Mark Lavon “Levon” Helm died aged 71. He was singer, multi – instrumentalist and actor, best known as drummer and vocalists for The Band. He sang on Band classics including The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, Up on Cripple Creek, Rag Mama Rag, and The Weight. In February 2008, his album “Dirt Farmer” won “Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album”, and in November same year, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked Helm at number 91 on its list of “100 Greatest Singers of All Time”.
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Joan Baez: Blessed Are…
In July 1971, “Vanguard” label released “Blessed Are…”, the thirteen Joan Baez studio album. It was recorded in 1971, at “Quadrafonic Sound Studios” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Norbert Putnam and Jack Lothrop
Personnel:
- Joan Baez – guitar, vocals
- Pete Wade – guitar
- Norman Blake – guitar, dobro
- David Briggs– keyboards
- Charlie McCoy– harmonica
- Norbert Putnam– bass, arrangements
- Kenneth A. Buttrey –drums
- The Holladay – singers
- Ed Logan – tenor saxophone
- Buddy Spicher– violin
- Gene Eichelberger – engineer
- Dave Harris – artwork
- Jobriath– design
- Jim Marshall– photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Joan Baez, except where noted.
- Blessed Are…
- The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down – Robbie Robertson
- Salt of the Earth – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
- Three Horses
- The Brand New Tennessee Waltz – Jesse Winchester
- Last, Lonely and Wretched
- Lincoln Freed Me Today (The Slave) – David Paton
- Outside the Nashville City Limits
- San Francisco Mabel Joy – Mickey Newbury
- When Time Is Stolen
- Heaven Help Us All – Ronald Miller
- Angeline – Mickey Newbury
- Help Me Make It Through the Night – Kris Kristofferson
- Let It Be – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
- Put Your Hand in the Hand – Gene MacLellan
- Gabriel and Me
- Milanese Waltz/Marie Flore
- The Hitchhikers’ Song
- The 33rd of August – Mickey Newbury
- Fifteen Months
The Band: Same
On September 22, 1969, “Capitol” label released the self-titled, second Band (The) studio album, also known as “The Brown Album”. It was recorded 1968 – 1969, at the “Pool House” in West Hollywood, and “The Hit Factory” in New York, and was produced by John Simon.
Personnel:
- Robbie Robertson – acoustic and electric guitars, engineer
- Garth Hudson – electronic organ, clavinet, acoustic piano, accordion, melodica, soprano, tenor and baritone saxophones, slide trumpet, bass pedals
- Richard Manuel – vocals, acoustic piano, drums, baritone saxophone, harmonica
- Levon Helm – vocals, drums, mandolin, rhythm guitar
- Rick Danko – vocals, bass guitar, fiddle, trombone
- John Simon – tuba, electric piano, baritone horn, tenor saxophone, “high school and peck horns”, engineer
Track listing:
All tracks by Robbie Robertson, except where noted.
- Across the Great Divide
- Rag Mama Rag
- The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
- When You Awake – Richard Manuel, Robbie Robertson
- Up on Cripple Creek
- Whispering Pines – Richard Manuel, Robbie Robertson
- Jemima Surrender – Levon Helm, Robbie Roberston
- Rockin’ Chair
- Look Out Cleveland
- Jawbone – Richard Manuel, Robbie Robertson
- The Unfaithful Servant
- King Harvest
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