Levon Helm

Levon" Helm American rock n roll legend best known as the drummer vocalist for The Band passed away yesterday.  Helm was influenced by all the music percolating in the deep south in the 40's and 50's that eventually fused into what many of us grew up knowing as Rock & Roll. 

Some of the Band's well known recordings were "Up on Cripple Creek", "Ophelia" and "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down".   Helm passed away yesterday from cancer 147 years and 10 days removed from Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox Couort House.  Here's the Band performing "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down".  Godspeed Levon.