22.05.2011.

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LEVON HELM - Ramble At The Ryman (2011)

Levon Helm was more than just a drummer, singer, and mandolinist for The Band. He was the group’s very soul, and not just because of the loamy rural tenor made famous by songs like “The Weight.” As the only actual Southerner in a Canadian outfit that mythologized the American South, Helm shouldered the load of a nostalgic yet troubled history that was, for his compatriots, mostly a dream. You could almost hear this existential burden in his weary yet unbowed style of drumming—a little behind the beat, as if life were always moving faster than he’d like. On live disc Ramble at the Ryman, with a characteristically exuberant blend of rock, blues, country, and folk, Helm proves himself once again to be one of our most vibrant conservators of traditional Americana.

TRACKS: 01. Ophelia 02. Back To Memphis 03. Fannie Mae 04. Baby Scratch My Back 05. Evangeline 06. No Depression In Heaven 07. Wide River To Cross 08. Deep Elem Blues 09. Anna Lee 10. Rag Mama Rag 11. Time Out For The Blues 12. A Train Robbery 13. The Shape I'm In 14. Chest Fever 15. The Weight