Levon Helm - Short Fat Fannie

Levon Helm performing the old Larry Williams number in 1993.

[@rhondayates2972]

I could listen to him sing and talk all night. I'm glad these videos exist.

[@kengamble8595]

Old age and feebleness has crept up on me these days but I still remember the good talks with Lavon and sure wish I could do it again. I was born just a few miles from where he was and my parents knew his, it was a very small community ! Many of my relatives still live in the area, some above ground and many that reside in the Cemetery close by. Even though we were as poor as church mice our parents tried to raise us right and I believe his done a great job ! 👌

[@playitstrange129]

I believe every word of this because you got his REAL spelling of his name correct! Even though his actual name was Mark Lavon Helm, but no one ever called him Mark.. Amazing story! So are you from Chicken Scratch, AK too?

[@zenzen1916]

Had the pleasure of meeting Levon. Even when he was on the top of the world he was the salt of the Earth.🎶😇🎶

[@sandmanmac]

Quite simply, one of the most talented, humble, thoughtful, and respectful celebrities of the last few decades. R.I.P. Levon

[@mds24cu]

The goofy grin on Max Weinberg's face (an incredibly accomplished drummer in his own right) while watching Levon tells you all you need to know. When the pros themselves are star-struck, you're a legend..

[@murph3001]

Man alive could he sing rock and roll

[@liaghetta]

The one and only Levon Helm ❤

[@Equalizer58]

There will never be another like Levon. We are particularly proud of his Arkansas roots. RIP Levon. There's gonna big some great music to listen to up there & I know they're proud to have you join them.

[@danny4481]

Could Levon being any more humble? Doesn't consider himself a vocalist..geez!

[@onceuponamidnightdry]

Damn I miss Levon!!

[@dimitriwolfs9370]

Seems like he was a real country gentleman and quite humble too,on top of being a great musician!

[@JC-im6nf]

“I’m not a vocalist.” “I’m just helping out.” I mean come on! There’s humble and then there’s this madness!

[@remowil55]

He made it look easy, what a treasure we all have lost. RIP Levon.

[@tonydcuda5755]

Levon has a unique voice and I love it when he sings and play the drums at the same time. There’s freshness and it’s great. Surely miss him.

[@kayjay111111]

MUCH LOVE, Levon. RIP in peace.

[@johncopeland3826]

There once was a Rock critic who said that playing the drums and singing lead on a song ' live ' was like flying 2 jets at the same time ! Levon Helm was such a master musician craftsman ,that he made the task as easy and simple as smiling ...a true genius of his art .Max Weinberg was giving it ...wow , look at this guy dance his stuff ? Magical ...

[@murph5438]

Ain't nothin but rock and roll and could he ever do it !! The most underated cat there ever was

[@reggiefleming7712]

Right!

[@stevenwiederholt7000]

@@reggiefleming7712 I know, its only rock & roll......but I like it.

[@colinbryan5376]

Anybody else go back to those days of Levon and Ronnie Hawkins at the Le Coc Dor Youge st Toronto in the 50s-60s?

[@Guitarstorage]

Hope all the guys that played with him (Jimmy! - you hear me?) and those that wanted to get together and put on the biggest tribute concert ever to celebrate this one of a kind music icon.

[@brucenlittlepictures]

So much groove on his simplicity.

[@robertocordova2110]

@brucenlittlepictures The New Orleans music beauty

[@cynthiacherneski9]

Levon you have left this world a better place. What great tunes.

[@murph3001]

Well said

[@amgauctions29musicgearandm31]

He plays the funk out of the beat within the groove.

[@dennismurphy9734]

Levon was great and he does a great job on this Larry Williams classic. Max Weinberg helping out on the drums!

[@jonm3024]

Every time I see Levon playing with another drummer, that other drummer never takes his eyes of Levon... to be fiar, I don't either :D dude is awesome!

[@bday55]

I can listen to Levon talk or play all night.

[@knudrobert]

Jamen så hør dog hvor fantastisk enkeltet og fint musik kan fortolkes af en stor kunstner/musikker. Niels Danevang

[@JasonKT]

Legend! This is quality

[@signofthebeast666]

One of the most soulful singers in the universe. Now he belongs to the universe.

[@myroncohen7619]

Just got to say that the Feel Levon gets on his drums is totally unique!His left hand BACKBEAT is THE REAL DEAL!!THANK U!!

[@ulekunkel3]

its hard to get those old songs right without sounding cheesy

[@mahusave1]

The Greatest You will be missed, RIP Levon Helm

[@garymccoy6564]

This is a clinic on how rock and roll is supposed to be performed.

[@lindamayberry4326]

Priceless. Levon is wonderful

[@sullyboy1974]

love it, Levon left us great memories RIP LEVON

[@Marakesh7]

Great track featuring many 50's songs.

[@foghorngoodhorn51]

Levon's "band" is tearing it up! Love the guitarist too! Levon looked healthy. It was all good. Too bad the late nite guys moved from music and humor, to disgusting politics. Gimme the good ole days.

[@traininvain7]

The "other drum player" is Max Weinberg, longtime drummer for Bruce Springsteen, and leader of the Max Weinberg 7, house band on Late Night. A big fan of Levon's and an incredible talent. He belongs there.

[@MB-fy1mv]

Max also drummed for meatloaf for a while.

[@DuneAquaViva]

Levon had the greatest whistle the one he used to call his dogs, Mavis and later Muddy is like I never heard before and the only other person I ever heard do it is his daughter Amy..! God Bless ya Levon, it was a joy to know you...

[@lillybloom1590]

This is Lavon you're seeing. Always respectful. Never changed from his roots. Never spoke to anyone he didn't say, "Yes sir" & "No sir"; and "Yes mam" & "No mam" to. Born and raised a Khristian; went Home one. That says something for the man, having lived and worked through the nutty Hippie years when America's children rushed off to foreign lands to find God. Salut! Bravo!

[@parsonsclubmarket]

One of a kind voice! Love it>>>>

[@alangordon348]

Leavon was the best !

[@CooManTunes]

I wish I could've met Levon....and Richard.....and Rick............fuck.......

[@Hutch41]

What a great guy. He was robbed blind by Robbie Robertson who claimed the lions share of the songwriting credits when in fact they were joint compositions the end result being that poor old Levon died broke after ruinous medical bills.

[@pippensculps]

I'm not sure the world has spawned many people less pretentious as ol' Levon.

[@JCB04359]

Ahhhh, Levon was all rock and roll...still rocking to it 11/2019!

[@debrasoiseth7507]

This is one of those magic moments where everything just cooked. You can just feel it and see it in the enthusiasm in the band. Levon had an effect like that with other players.

[@themersh4064]

He was truly a happy soul.

[@allanbarsness6076]

great song

[@mldave458]

Excellent footage from Early days of Conan's show. Max and Levon together your talkin about two of the best pure rock drummers of all time. The interview was great too. Rock History lesson for all.

[@sofar56]

Rest in peace. Great voice lost to throat cancer.

[@Rzzzzz42]

Get Well !!! Levon Helm... Get Well !!!

[@Chanel1943]

R.I.P. Levon, your music will live on forever...say hi to Ray, Otis, James and Stevie Ray for us...

[@johnnywaddIII]

Jesus H. Christ! Yet another gem from Levon. You know that God is swinging to this song right now.

[@tomcbuchanan1869]

rock and roll will never die....

[@GuitarlosCarlos]

THAT LADIES & GENTLEMEN IS R&R CARLOS GUITAROS 90042 USA

[@BAM-jc7uy]

we danced be-bop and slippin' n sliding and jitterbug dance steps to this at neighborhood backyard teen dances on packed dirt or Wells Park dances in Albuquerque.

[@glasstronn]

Tough to see the Great one's go...RIP

[@tylernash4124]

These lyrics are my favorite

[@JeffChr]

“I’m not vocalist...”. Oh my. How humble!

[@murph3001]

Amazing ! His vocals are wonderful

[@yowzephyr]

Rolling Stone ranked Levon Helm as 91st on their list of 100 Greatest Singers of All Time. And here Levon tells Conan that he doesn't really consider himself to be a vocalist. That's really too bad if Levon didn't know what a fantastic singer he was. Oh well. I'm sure he knew that he was a great drummer.

[@carolgaddy3644]

cant believe rolling stone made a mistake

[@zenzen1916]

🤔Not a singer? That's B.S.! You were the voice that made The Band.🎶😇🎶

[@jaysewall1]

Wonderful interview! Wish it had gone on forever. Levon sure was a humble man, and very in the present. Great answers to those questions. Maybe he will receive his proper due, in post mortem. One of the other members of The Band sure took his....

[@judybencivengo2146]

YAAAY

[@rokeeffe91]

what a sweet soul. RIP

[@Skaia6]

You have not seen music until you've been to a Midnight Ramble at Levon Helm's house

[@traininvain7]

Conan had Levon on several times, he's one of Max Weinberg's idols, and Jimmy V still goes up to do Midnight Rambles when he can. I think you're incorrect. I think everyone had respect for him there. Maybe Conan didn't do his homework for the interview, but just speaking from seeing footage of the Band on Late Night a few years after this and Levon coming on in 2009 just before Conan moved to LA, I think Conan had a great deal of respect for him and liked having him on.

[@MrGandharva108]

Who's better than Levon ?

[@portvuelapsley]

No one!

[@duder9245]

I second that!!

[@laneydavid7727]

Levon and the original group

[@laneydavid7727]

Where's Danko, he doesn't die til 1999 and this was taped in 1993.

[@JoseGonzalez-fc6tl]

Levon can rock n roll till the cows come home and make the roostah crow! Hallelujah!!! Gawd, aw'mighty! Lawd, have mercy!

[@redeyexpress1]

Six dis's? What the hell? You all should be taken out back to the woodshed!

[@vincentedwards2617]

THE BEST GREAT POST jve

[@2raloo]

Great clip! Thanks!!

[@cookin5188]

Best fuckin" singin" drummer EVVVVAH!

[@carolgaddy3644]

tell um cabbage you got a head

[@cookin5188]

Dig levons whistlin at the begging. What a talent

[@byTjo]

Was this Conan's first day on the job?

[@northernmuse9]

No kidding! It's painful to watch most talk show hosts try to interview musicians. (Conan's not stupid and fawning like Fallon, but . . . yeesh.) That's why I miss Letterman so much. He genuinely appreciates great music, and he's also hip to a lot of musicians' humor. Plus, he never wanted to sing with anybody.

[@Telecasterluvr]

Danko on the harmonies with this woulda sounded great

[@wagmorebarkless2579]

Who's the guitar player? One seriously funky dude!

[@AbramsAirsoft]

I believe its a young Jimmy Viviono; he still plays in Conan's late night band.

[@wagmorebarkless2579]

Thanks!

[@northernmuse9]

Jimmy Vivino, in case you're trying to look him up.

[@fooman71]

R.I.P. Levon

[@aceinoc]

he was just so great...RIP

[@robertocordova2110]

Great cover of a *original from Larry Williams* (1957 Specialty)

[@traininvain7]

I love how Levon subtly looks over towards Max when he mentions Elvis coming back with D.J. Fontana on drums :)

[@MrRazorblade999]

Take a load off Fannie...

[@Freakster1970]

I don't think Conan has Interviewed many people who are as unpretentious as Levon Helm.

[@ТехноДом-я1у]

Классно делают

[@yinyinkong2559]

i know him , at roger waters show , his voice is very vr=ery nice

[@richardsongs2022]

Larry Williams wrote this..along with You Make Me Dizzy Miss Lizzy.

[@leonlowery3389]

best rock singer ever. without levon The Band would have been just another good band.

[@tcdave7]

That guy makes everyone around him look good. He is a treat.

[@BirdfromPburg]

Great post, Thanks for the Memories

[@neilladd5799]

From 1957, a real favorite.

[@petesacco3255]

Whenever I hear him talk or sing I imagine it is the same voice that came out of Thomas Jefferson

[@jryan2313]

He was the most modest guy on earth. True super star , RIP Levon

[@alioriquer]

Legendary

[@carolineamber707]

GREAT

[@bobgrilli1427]

How about the guitarist? great solo? JImmy V?

[@BAM-jc7uy]

"jack ridley" in the Right Stuff...👍

[@jonwootten]

Young Jimmy Vivino??

[@fosbury68]

Love this version but the Larry Williams original with drumming by the incomparable Earl Palmer is just un matched.

[@murph3001]

Who cares about your comparisons ! Two separate artists two separate grooves . Where's the contest ?

[@selfmarketing]

I was at this filming! Conan's first season.

[@krewdenim98]

class act

[@TheTrigger900]

@voxmic48 its been around quit along time, i think our black freinds made it up , people had nothing else to play, if you loue music , you,ll find a way, 1800,s till today.love AND PEASE, my music FRENID

[@pgreenlee]

the beard iis so cute i bet it tickles

[@Stonemebaby77]

The skins for The Band and The E Street Band just chilling next to each other and a much younger Jimmy V than I'm accustomed to if my eyes don't decieve me.

[@castlebayern1699]

What the heck is going on with the music of today? This is dynamite. Music scene has sure gone down hill.