It turns out that the passing of one of the 20th century's most interesting musicians occurred and I didn't even hear about it.
Levon Helm was a member of the "The Band". The Band was well-known as a group who worked with Bob Dylan in his early days, who played with him when Bob started to use an electric guitar. They played with him when he got booed off of the stage at the Newport Folk Festival for "deserting" the realm of serious folk music.
Levon was a drummer, singer, and song-writer. He also did some acting. He played Loretta Lynn's father in "Coal Miners Daughter". He played the mysterious old guy in "Shooter" who told Mark Wahlberg's character about using paper to obscure rifling on a bullet.
He was known for singing songs like "The night they drove old Dixie down" , "Up on Cripple Creek" and many more.
I always liked him, and will miss him.
