Levon Helm - My Image Of America
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Levon Helm died on Thursday. He was 71.
Levon Helm, Drummer and Rough-Throated Singer for the Band, Dies at 71
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/20/arts/music/levon-helm-drummer-and-singer-dies-at-71.html
He was a drummer and a singer of The Band. The Band is one of my favorite American bands. The Band is usually said to be a rock band but it also has musical elements from folk, blues and country music. Thus sometimes its music is called roots rock. However, for me The Band is an 'American' band. It is one of my images of America.
Levon Helm's heavy and steady drumming and his rough-throated, bluesy, weathered vocal make me strongly feel 'America'. Of course America has many different images, from the busy Manhattan downtown and skyscrapers to the extensive corn fields like in the movie 'Field Of Dreams', but one of my images is the boundless wildness. There are no people and no plants but there is a long straight road. I think my image is influenced by the movie 'Easy Rider'.
The Band's song 'The Weight' was used in the movie. Levon Helm sung this song.
Now I am listening to The Music From Big Pink. May he rest in peace.
Levon Helm, Drummer and Rough-Throated Singer for the Band, Dies at 71
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/20/arts/music/levon-helm-drummer-and-singer-dies-at-71.html
He was a drummer and a singer of The Band. The Band is one of my favorite American bands. The Band is usually said to be a rock band but it also has musical elements from folk, blues and country music. Thus sometimes its music is called roots rock. However, for me The Band is an 'American' band. It is one of my images of America.
Levon Helm's heavy and steady drumming and his rough-throated, bluesy, weathered vocal make me strongly feel 'America'. Of course America has many different images, from the busy Manhattan downtown and skyscrapers to the extensive corn fields like in the movie 'Field Of Dreams', but one of my images is the boundless wildness. There are no people and no plants but there is a long straight road. I think my image is influenced by the movie 'Easy Rider'.
The Band's song 'The Weight' was used in the movie. Levon Helm sung this song.
Now I am listening to The Music From Big Pink. May he rest in peace.
However, for me, The Band is an 'American' band.
Levon Helm's heavy and steady drumming and his rough-throated, bluesy, weathered vocals make me strongly feel 'America'.
There are no people and no plants but only long straight road.
Levon Helm sang this song.
Thus sometimes their music is called 'roots rock'.
This is good, if you mean that its genre is called 'roots rock'. But if you mean it's rooted in rock, then you could say something like: "Thus sometimes their music is said to be rooted in the rock genre."
There are no people and no plants, only a long straight road.