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John performed the song for his spring 1972 concert. A portion of the live performance appeared in the bootleg recording releases Scope 72 and Apple Pie. [10] The song's lyrics refer to the character Levon as being born on Christmas, and John's first son Zachary, who was born on December 25, 2010, has Levon as one of his middle names. [11]
"The Weight" is a song by the Canadian-American group the Band that was released as a single in 1968 and on the group's debut album Music from Big Pink. It was their first release under this name, after their previous releases as Canadian Squires and Levon and the Hawks.
The meaning of the lyrics: Levon wears his war wound like a "crown", because he was used as a "pawn" in warfare. A pawn advancing to the enemy's home rank receives a "crown", so his head injury makes him fixate on elite status symbols and disrespect populist religious symbols. (Which is another way of fixating on religious symbols.)
"Hurricane" is a song co-written by Thom Schuyler, Keith Stegall, and Stewart Harris. Levon Helm recorded it for his 1980 album American Son. It was later recorded by American country music singer Leon Everette. It was released in July 1981 as the lead single and title track from Everette's album Hurricane.
The song also was included in the Band's Thanksgiving Day concert in 1976 which was the subject of Martin Scorsese's documentary film The Last Waltz, and on that film's soundtrack released in 1978. The last time the song was performed by Helm was in The Last Waltz. Helm refused to play the song afterwards.
"Levon" (song), a song by Elton John and Bernie Taupin Levon & the Hawks, an original alternative name for The Band; Love for Levon, a concert held on October 3, 2012 in New Jersey as a tribute to the late drummer/singer Levon Helm of The Band
In this presentation of the song, Levon, his wife Sandy Helm, and Murray McLauchlan depict the expulsion of Acadian citizens by British forces. The album was well-received critically: Rolling Stone declared that the Band had kicked "a field goal", [ 6 ] and, while he was put off by the sentimentality of the lyrics, Robert Christgau wrote "the ...
Robertson's lyrics were influenced by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's 1847 poem Evangeline, which describes the deportation of Acadians. [1] On The Band's recording of the song, the lead vocal is traded on the verses between Richard Manuel , Levon Helm , and Rick Danko , with all three singers harmonizing on the choruses.