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Everybody’s Talkin’ by Tedeschi Trucks Band

SONG OF THE DAY “Everybody’s Talkin’ ” by Tedeschi Trucks Band (Everybody’s Talkin’, Sony Legacy, May 22, 2012). Writ­ten by Fred Neil. WHERE I HEARD IT Wood­stock Radio!! INTERESTING FACTS (a la wikipedia) Tedeschi Trucks Band will release their first live album, Everybody’s Talkin’, on May 22. The dou­ble CD, which was recorded in Octo­ber dur­ing the band’s Rev­e­la­tor World …

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One More Shot — Levon Helm Tribute Week

The Leg­end of Jesse James is a 1980 coun­try music con­cept album by var­i­ous artists singing songs by Eng­lish song­writer Paul Ken­ner­ley, based on the story of Amer­i­can Old West out­law Jesse James. The album fea­tures Levon Helm singing the role of Jesse James, Johnny Cash as Frank James, Char­lie Daniels as Cole Younger and …

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Anna Lee (Live)- Levon Helm Tribute Week

“Anna Lee” is another great track (track 9, in fact) and per­for­mance from Ram­ble at the Ryman , the 2011 live album recorded by Amer­i­can rock multi-instrumentalist Levon Helm dur­ing his Sep­tem­ber 17, 2008 per­for­mance at Nashville’s Ryman Audi­to­rium. The album won the 2012 Grammy Award for Best Americana Album.

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Ophelia (Live) — Levon Helm Tribute Week

“Ophe­lia”, a Rob­bie Robert­son orig­i­nal, is Ram­ble at the Ryman’s first track. The 2011 live album was recorded by Amer­i­can rock multi-instrumentalist Levon Helm dur­ing his Sep­tem­ber 17, 2008 per­for­mance at Nashville’s Ryman Audi­to­rium. The album fea­tures six songs by The Band and other cover mate­r­ial, includ­ing songs from pre­vi­ous Helm solo releases. Helm’s band …

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Don’t Do It — Levon Helm Tribute Week

“Baby Don’t You Do It” is a 1964 sin­gle by Amer­i­can singer Mar­vin Gaye, and was writ­ten by Holland–Dozier–Holland. The Band recorded the song numer­ous times under the title “Don’t Do It”; the dif­fer­ent ver­sions, both stu­dio and live, appear on sev­eral of their albums and box sets. “Don’t Do It” was the encore performed …

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Long Black Veil — Levon Helm Tribute Week

“Long Black Veil” is a 1959 coun­try bal­lad, writ­ten by Danny Dill and Mar­i­john Wilkin and orig­i­nally recorded by Lefty Frizzell. The song has become a stan­dard and has been cov­ered by a vari­ety of artists in coun­try, folk and rock styles. In 1968, it appeared on The Band’s debut album, Music from Big Pink. …

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The Weight — Levon Helm Tribute Week

“The Weight” was released by The Band as Capi­tol Records sin­gle 2269 in 1968, and appeared one week later on the group’s debut album Music from Big Pink. The song is listed as #41 on Rolling Stone’s 500 Great­est Songs of All Time pub­lished in 2004, and Pitch­fork Media named it the thir­teenth best song …