Levon Helm'S Midnight Ramble Sessions News

 
Broward-Palm Beach New Times (blog)
Happy Birthday to the Late, Great Levon Helm - Shout-out to Other Singing Drummers
Broward-Palm Beach New Times (blog)
He toured consistently, played several major venues and began hosting a series of all-star concerts dubbed the Midnight Ramble at his home studio in Woodstock New York. Sadly, Helm's cancer returned and on April 17, 2012, Helm's website informed his ...

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RollingStone.com
Phil Lesh Dedicates Terrapin Station to Levon Helm
RollingStone.com
Directly modeled after Helm's Midnight Rambles in Woodstock, New York, Lesh intends to welcome a rotating cast of musicians for ongoing jam sessions in the building's 250-person capacity Grate Room. For the series' opening night on Thursday, ...

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Riverfront Times (blog)
Off Broadway Hosting All-Star Ramble for Levon Helm
Riverfront Times (blog)
Included in the mix are at least two singing drummers, a nod to Helm's musical dexterity. "We decided since we are going to do a bigger show, it would be a lot more fun in the tradition of Levon's Midnight Rambles where he would have huge ...

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Hindustan Times (blog)
And He Shall Be Levon
Hindustan Times (blog)
Instead of laryngectomy, Helm opted for radiation and by the 2000s, he was singing again. Those early post-cancer recording included the Midnight Ramble sessions, which began featuring Helm's daughter Amy and a bunch of other musicians.


 
Seven Days
Hug It Out
Seven Days
Not only that, but Steven Bernstein, a trumpeter who plays with Sex Mob and was in Helm's Midnight Ramble band, will be leading the HYF Band horn section, using charts from the Band's legendary farewell concert, The Last Waltz.


 
Joan Osborne Interview: Rescued by the Blues
Smashing Interviews Magazine
You recently sang at Levon Helm's funeral. Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Were you two close friends? Joan Osborne: I've known his daughter, Amy, and I was really privileged to be able to do the (Midnight) Ramble.


 
Castanet.net
John Travolta in Paris, June 2011
Castanet.net
Dunn, whose legacy as one of the most respected session musicians in the business also included work with John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd's Blues Brothers as well as with Levon Helm, Eric Clapton, Neil Young and Bob Dylan, died while on tour in Tokyo.

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