Levon Helm The Weight

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  • Опубліковано 18 лис 2012
  • Performed live at the Ryman Auditorium with help from John Hiatt, Radney Foster, and Mark Collie.

КОМЕНТАРІ • 164

  • @Jason-ro2jl
    @Jason-ro2jl 9 років тому +115

    The world misses that man and his legendary talents

    • @krashdaniel3252
      @krashdaniel3252 2 роки тому +4

      So true he wrote more music than all of you know just a simple drummer a very smart simple drummer

    • @pamh.graham9289
      @pamh.graham9289 Рік тому +1

      Lol

  • @pooperpants4503
    @pooperpants4503 Рік тому +15

    The world could use some Levon. This song has such a great message. Never met anyone that didn’t like after the first listen. Classic band.

  • @Touchthepancake
    @Touchthepancake 5 років тому +98

    One of the greatest singing drummers of all time.

    • @terrymalone1456
      @terrymalone1456 2 роки тому +11

      I'm thinking not "one of" but the.

    • @timbuckjr9081
      @timbuckjr9081 2 роки тому +4

      @@terrymalone1456 Phil Collins and Don Henley rank up there with Levon.

    • @pws330tn
      @pws330tn 2 роки тому +9

      His technical ability along with singing ability puts him in a class all by himself. Yes, there are other singing drummer that sing and play well, however, in opinion LV feel and pocket was impeccable.

    • @jimcunningham61
      @jimcunningham61 Рік тому +3

      Karen carpenter

    • @muppetsoup5388
      @muppetsoup5388 Рік тому +1

      I agree with all here

  • @anthonyfichera8798
    @anthonyfichera8798 Рік тому +18

    No words can really give this performance the justice it deserves!

  • @jahensley1795
    @jahensley1795 2 роки тому +30

    RIP Levon Helm. Thanks for the music. You are loved. ❤️🎶🙏

  • @marcelsmit8789
    @marcelsmit8789 3 роки тому +22

    this must be one of the best songs ever... the way everybody kind of seems to get the harmony right when singing "put the load right on me" is never been heard again..... thanks Levon !!

  • @pamh.graham9289
    @pamh.graham9289 Рік тому +18

    I just love hearing Levon singing. He is just Awesome...

  • @doc76601
    @doc76601 9 років тому +78

    GOD BLESS LEVON HELM

    • @joemurphy6206
      @joemurphy6206 2 роки тому +2

      God fly his soul🙏

    • @richardyoung7415
      @richardyoung7415 Рік тому +1

      He,s up there now playing in the BIG GIG IN THE SKY WITH ALL THE GREAT,S WHO WE'VE LOST, PLAYING FOR THE BIG MAN AND HIS ANGEL,S. PEACE TO YOU ALL MY FRIEND'S. 🙏✌️😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

  • @wakeupcall49
    @wakeupcall49 Рік тому +2

    Everyone has said it their way............all I can say is that I miss you brother...rest in peace Levon

  • @fancypants509
    @fancypants509 3 роки тому +66

    Levon wasn’t well in this song, but he played his heart out. This was before lung cancer took his voice. He fought his way back and got his voice back. He won three Grammys after getting his voice back. I love you Levon!

    • @howiesmith1504
      @howiesmith1504 2 роки тому +7

      @ fancypants 509 Throat cancer in his case, but another smoking casualty nonetheless, one of so many in and out of the music business. What a loss!

    • @jenniejenkins6034
      @jenniejenkins6034 2 роки тому +6

      I love him too. He play with the best cause he was the best ❤❤💓

    • @steveculbertson7804
      @steveculbertson7804 4 місяці тому

  • @Ukedc259
    @Ukedc259 4 роки тому +24

    He had a great voice. And I’ve never heard a bad version of this song. It is a bit of perfection that is timeless.

  • @shanebaddick6947
    @shanebaddick6947 7 років тому +33

    He's playing this at the same beat as the Band played in the Last Waltz. Rest in Peace, Legend.

  • @autisticadventuressteam83
    @autisticadventuressteam83 2 роки тому +11

    The smiles and the stick spin at the end.
    The stick spin.
    Wow. Legend!

  • @user-gy6lh8rd5g
    @user-gy6lh8rd5g 4 роки тому +35

    Levon was Southerner He had enough talent to carry the whole band

    • @thomaslefebre2340
      @thomaslefebre2340 3 роки тому +5

      Robby took all of Levon's stories of the south and wrote them into songs the Band played. Robbie never gave Levon his full due

    • @kevdogrudi7260
      @kevdogrudi7260 3 роки тому +4

      Your Damn right my friend

    • @alanaugusta3758
      @alanaugusta3758 Рік тому

      Levi is in God's arms right now I could listen to the weight the song over and over again is so spiritual and the way he does the drums and sing it puts chills in you that he is such a great man

  • @davidjohn8845
    @davidjohn8845 2 роки тому +7

    One of the best live performances of The Weight ever. Appreciate the boys singing that song like they loved it, they did of course. Levon did to.

  • @ToddFleming68
    @ToddFleming68 2 роки тому +4

    There is no forwarding past this song, replaying is typical...... Thanks for the gifts you left us.

  • @rodneyhood2269
    @rodneyhood2269 3 роки тому +16

    Levon Helm. What a wonderful soul.

  • @IanJacques-nt9nv
    @IanJacques-nt9nv 6 місяців тому +1

    Big O tribute - special. Thankyou from NZ,

  • @charlesnewcomb6520
    @charlesnewcomb6520 7 місяців тому +1

    What a awesome individual that sang this song with rhythm beautiful beautiful

  • @andrewzeiler3445
    @andrewzeiler3445 8 років тому +37

    This must have been close to the end of his life and the joy he takes in his music is evident right up to the end. What a grin on his face.

    • @michalmcquaite4698
      @michalmcquaite4698 5 років тому +6

      This isn't as close to his end as u may think...but his Joy? Yessir!

    • @howiesmith1504
      @howiesmith1504 3 роки тому +8

      According to "The Weight" entry (way down near the bottom of its long thread) on the huge Band fansite , this performance was from a 1995 AIDS awareness concert at the Ryman, 17 or so years before before Levon's 2012 passing. 1995 was the year he turned 55, and aside from a little graying in his hair and whiskers, he still looks youthful and healthy here, plus being in excellent voice. This was a bit before his pipes turned raspy and his face became gaunt and sharp-featured when his illness kicked in.

    • @davidjohn8845
      @davidjohn8845 2 роки тому +3

      That is a smile for the ages.

    • @lauratanner8475
      @lauratanner8475 2 роки тому +2

      @@howiesmith1504 this song was meant to be sang by an old man, so in that way he kinda grew into it.

  • @werewolf5674
    @werewolf5674 4 роки тому +7

    A man that never got what he was owed. A great man.

  • @robertagrubman3887
    @robertagrubman3887 6 років тому +13

    I will always miss Levon Helm, and I will always love this song.

  • @pws330tn
    @pws330tn 2 роки тому +5

    He was mister pocket! His feel was impeccable! You are missed LH. Rest In Peace

  • @chrisaycock6963
    @chrisaycock6963 8 місяців тому +1

    I thought that was Mark Collie, and it was!! I didn't know Radney Foster was singing this,too! How Cool!!

  • @willhenry3337
    @willhenry3337 4 роки тому +14

    Never gets old!

  • @murph3001
    @murph3001 4 роки тому +13

    God bless his soul ___ he gave us such great music

  • @kathleenlairscey5934
    @kathleenlairscey5934 5 років тому +7

    This band had incredible harmony, and the song help me survive my childhood.

    • @theresacarmen9847
      @theresacarmen9847 2 роки тому

      If you don't believe music can save your life, listen to this woman.

  • @KommaBear
    @KommaBear Рік тому +3

    ❤ Take the Lord for Free. Best words ever!! 🙏🙏 Every one of us can have the Lord for Free. He is just waiting for us to open our Hearts to Him. Makes me cry!!

  • @jimfladwood4393
    @jimfladwood4393 Рік тому +2

    The things Levon gave us
    was his love and dedication to and for music. R I P 🙏

  • @user-xl6ko9jz2m
    @user-xl6ko9jz2m Рік тому +2

    Such a great man! And singer! Love you Levon ❤

  • @kareneverett125
    @kareneverett125 11 місяців тому +2

    LOVE, LOVE THIS SONG !!!! ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @jeffbranchick1516
    @jeffbranchick1516 2 роки тому +2

    To all of us who appreciate the qualities of great music, we’ve been blessed to witness this era of phenomenal talents. These greats played and shared their music simply because they loved it. Everything else was just a bonus. Music refreshes the soul.

  • @nils_on_wheels
    @nils_on_wheels 6 років тому +5

    Wow i listen to so much Music from that era and along with John Fogerty this dude is absolutely one of my favorite Singers out there! The Band is stunning! He looks so happy and plays so good! A true legend to me! Talented, smiling, a musician from his heart. RIP Levon

    • @ceceliabeck2101
      @ceceliabeck2101 4 роки тому

      DUST & IRON I do also. My favorite music. I think I’m stuck there.

  • @carloswazny9157
    @carloswazny9157 5 років тому +5

    I loved Levon as Jack Ridley in The Right Stuff. He was actually quite an actor too.

  • @briananderson4032
    @briananderson4032 6 років тому +5

    Man...how time waits for none of us...this takes me down a distant memory of time and lives lost and gone..

    • @mrchildgrownold3852
      @mrchildgrownold3852 5 років тому

      10-4, that kind of talent, is extremely rare these days.

  • @christopherbrown6284
    @christopherbrown6284 7 років тому +72

    he once said he was a drummer who sang a bit well truth is he was a great drummer who sang great

    • @jimsmith2837
      @jimsmith2837 5 років тому +2

      It's almost like he was a singer who also happened to play drums. Levon was great at both.

    • @rogerhwerner6997
      @rogerhwerner6997 5 років тому +1

      Levon did everything g with great heart that's what made Levon Levon

    • @jimmymcgill713
      @jimmymcgill713 2 роки тому +1

      Indeed❤️

  • @matthewburke841
    @matthewburke841 5 років тому +2

    A man sang this song on the news the other day the 50th anniversary of Woodstock.

  • @dreamy1070
    @dreamy1070 4 роки тому +2

    Levon wasn't afraid to change things up a bit. He sang this song with different people and this is the best version by far.

  • @jimmymcgill713
    @jimmymcgill713 2 роки тому +3

    This geezer was one of the greatest..

  • @candyceglasgow-pace1676
    @candyceglasgow-pace1676 2 роки тому +3

    Lemon helm has the best southern accent ever he was from arckansas

  • @jacksano369
    @jacksano369 3 роки тому +3

    Thank you God for the gift of music .
    Let Satan take Rap

  • @baradams
    @baradams 6 років тому +4

    Love Levon! Something about that voice.

  • @rickyferguson2362
    @rickyferguson2362 4 місяці тому +1

    That was Awesome! Thank You

  • @71robsahm
    @71robsahm 2 роки тому +1

    Great band wasn't born in the 40s or 50s to witness the incredible music that came out in the 60s watched easy rider song was part of the sound track it grew on me I bought the soundtrack because of that song

  • @charlieatlas1198
    @charlieatlas1198 8 років тому +13

    Levon used to live in Springdale, Arkansas. Where I worked with his little brother.

    • @juliettemacdonald5792
      @juliettemacdonald5792 5 років тому

      Wow- Arkansas! I’m from Toronto + have ALWAYS had a love for that part of the U.S.
      Always picture it being like it was in the movie “Coal Miners Daughter”- while Levon Helm was in as Patsy’s father.

    • @paulastrachan4053
      @paulastrachan4053 4 роки тому +2

      My husband's first after school job was working in a hatchery with Levon's father, Diamond, and another woman in the family. He rode to work with them until he saved enough to buy his first car. We must have had classes together, because I remember Wheeler from junior high.

  • @thomaslefebre2340
    @thomaslefebre2340 3 роки тому +2

    one of the greatest American singers of all time

  • @kellymadera423
    @kellymadera423 Рік тому +1

    Love this song and all the guys

  • @Zarina1634
    @Zarina1634 Рік тому +2

    Love Levon.
    Great talent.

  • @rickwilliams5524
    @rickwilliams5524 4 роки тому +4

    1975 in pascagoula ms 1st time remember hearing this on a submarine then in overhaul

    • @tmg6558
      @tmg6558 Рік тому

      I sold "The Band's" LPs, many of them, at my music store there, "Pepperland Music", on Market Street. Also played Levon's LPs on our 5 hour Pepperland Album Hour on a local FM station at night. Many Navy sailors from Ingall's came in to buy our concert tickets and music,... which was the Best Ever back then. Every Southerner luved his "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down." My uncle Bob was Commander of the USN Blueback sub, built and Commissioned at Ingalls about 15 years before your overhaul. Small world, eh? Still miss Levon.

  • @christiansibbald4327
    @christiansibbald4327 6 років тому +2

    Still one of our Favorites Levon Helm original drummer of The Band

  • @user-gy6lh8rd5g
    @user-gy6lh8rd5g 4 роки тому +3

    Another great artist from the south!

  • @juliettemacdonald5792
    @juliettemacdonald5792 5 років тому +2

    Just heavenly!
    God bless Levon- there was such beauty in his beautiful southern voice.
    It’s always sad to see people getting older. I’m remembering the boys from The Last Waltz in 1978.
    They started, “The Band”, between 1963-1969, in Toronto with Ronnie Hawkins + started out touring with Bob Dylan.
    Their 1st live appearance, after touring with Dylan, was at Stone Brook University in the spring of 1969. Later that year they performed with Dylan in the U.K- Isle Of Wight Festival.
    I always loved Levon Helm + his overall laid back personality.
    He had an amazing career.

  • @carymatthews3199
    @carymatthews3199 6 років тому +9

    Don McLean wrote a song called the day the music died well not quite totally but a huge huck went down when the world lost Levon

  • @wakeupcall49
    @wakeupcall49 Рік тому

    Hiatt, Collie, and Foster....great musicians in their own right

  • @rokn50s
    @rokn50s 10 років тому +2

    living legend here!!!! take a load off me levon ,you did sir thanx cheers from az

  • @charlesnewcomb6520
    @charlesnewcomb6520 3 місяці тому +1

    A truly honest band member's music instruments.Whatever happened with this, we have b******* and laugh today.Beautiful people.Then I appreciate you.I love you, Mr. John hot.Mister lavonne hams the weight

  • @matthubbard7859
    @matthubbard7859 2 роки тому +2

    He played Loretta Lynn's daddy in Coal Miner's Daughter. He was brilliant.

  • @Lector7474
    @Lector7474 7 років тому +1

    There are no words!!!!

  • @patriciachrzan5763
    @patriciachrzan5763 5 років тому +1

    WOW! This takes me back to a time and place I can't write about here!! Lol

  • @stargazer6753
    @stargazer6753 Рік тому +1

    You know Levon never wanted to end the band. His opinion was never considered. What would they be without him?

  • @trevorverdoold4843
    @trevorverdoold4843 Рік тому +2

    Rip Levon ❤️

  • @jerryrudd4723
    @jerryrudd4723 5 років тому +2

    I love this

  • @deenababie
    @deenababie 2 роки тому +1

    Miss you Levon ♥️

  • @PaulusMichael
    @PaulusMichael 2 роки тому

    These boys have fun!!!!! Adorable!

  • @emsngreg
    @emsngreg 10 років тому +1

    just awesome levon sounds great

  • @charlesnewcomb6520
    @charlesnewcomb6520 7 місяців тому

    Mister John Hatt beautiful

  • @MsTdougherty
    @MsTdougherty 2 роки тому +1

    Levon was unbelievable!

  • @stuartdodds4117
    @stuartdodds4117 4 роки тому +3

    Cant sleep so I listen to this.
    Miss his Twang

  • @debitolar3143
    @debitolar3143 7 років тому +1

    Wonderful!

  • @hotelcaliforniarazor6950
    @hotelcaliforniarazor6950 7 років тому +3

    Exceptionnel ! Grand monsieur, respect !

  • @edburdine5089
    @edburdine5089 Рік тому

    Best bring them days back ☺️

  • @kathytaylor2983
    @kathytaylor2983 Рік тому

    Best eva!

  • @TheUnclehowie
    @TheUnclehowie 11 років тому +4

    This the best of Levon,great sound,wasnt long before he died.I look at the age in his face and I see myself.

    • @obi-onekanoli2663
      @obi-onekanoli2663 6 років тому +3

      No offense, but this is several years before he died. He lost part of his voice in the mid-90s before the final Band album was released, and this is several years before that. His voice here is strong and wonderful.

  • @ItalianHarleyRider
    @ItalianHarleyRider 8 років тому +1

    Awesome!

  • @danallshaw1131
    @danallshaw1131 2 роки тому +1

    Throw in Hiatt, makes it even better.

  • @airspeedaudio
    @airspeedaudio 11 місяців тому

    Sam Sheppard, "Hey Ridley, you got any Beamens, I'll pay back". Levon Helm, "Fair enough"

  • @joshduncil496
    @joshduncil496 2 роки тому

    All time the best of all

  • @manfredpersson8278
    @manfredpersson8278 7 років тому

    Levon Helm was one of the most good arthists i know!

  • @joewalsh3298
    @joewalsh3298 4 роки тому +2

    Levon !!!

  • @cathcarlj51
    @cathcarlj51 7 років тому

    amen!

  • @tylerfeagan438
    @tylerfeagan438 2 роки тому

    Legend

  • @mikemcnamara6119
    @mikemcnamara6119 2 роки тому

    When is my time to go this is the song I have picked out

  • @nelgnella4314
    @nelgnella4314 4 роки тому

    He is a gun smith.actor
    And a very good singer

  • @rciii2201
    @rciii2201 7 років тому +4

    Take load off my friend. RIP Levon.

  • @carlosmogisp
    @carlosmogisp Рік тому

    Top the list

  • @o.m.e.g.alevelperformancel1662
    @o.m.e.g.alevelperformancel1662 9 років тому +2

    I love this. Aretha Franklin's version brought me here.

  • @kathytaylor2983
    @kathytaylor2983 Рік тому

  • @patriciagonzalezgonzalez8224
    @patriciagonzalezgonzalez8224 3 роки тому

    Muy bueno!!

  • @robertforrest9021
    @robertforrest9021 6 років тому

    The way music ought to be

  • @briantiffany6827
    @briantiffany6827 8 років тому +2

    I miss that smile!

  • @glimmertwins4
    @glimmertwins4 7 років тому +1

    WHat a voice!

  • @targarosko
    @targarosko 2 роки тому

    ♥♥♥

  • @edcicoria
    @edcicoria 6 років тому

    To think these guys lived a few miles from me.

  • @foylebutler8952
    @foylebutler8952 Рік тому

    Crazy Chester

  • @ginacaruolo1827
    @ginacaruolo1827 Рік тому

    I had a chocolate lab that was AKC registered as "If You Take Jack My Dog"

  • @ryq333
    @ryq333 4 місяці тому

    Steve Conn accordion!

  • @charlesnewcomb6520
    @charlesnewcomb6520 6 місяців тому

    😮

  • @krashdaniel3252
    @krashdaniel3252 2 роки тому

    Easter is a celebration for all mankind don't forget it.

  • @estebangranados2583
    @estebangranados2583 Рік тому

    Levon Helm es el mismo de Get Together?
    The Youngbloods?

  • @747492WW
    @747492WW Рік тому

    Steve Conn
    On accordion ?