Levon Helm The Weight

Performed live at the Ryman Auditorium with help from John Hiatt, Radney Foster, and Mark Collie.

[@pooperpants4503]

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.

[@Jason-ro2jl]

The world misses that man and his legendary talents

[@krashdaniel3252]

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

[@pamh.graham9289]

Lol

[@anthonyfichera8798]

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

[@pamh.graham9289]

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

[@Touchthepancake]

One of the greatest singing drummers of all time.

[@terrymalone1456]

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

[@timbuckjr9081]

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

[@pws330tn]

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]

Karen carpenter

[@muppetsoup5388]

I agree with all here

[@jahensley1795]

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

[@marcelsmit8789]

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 !!

[@autisticadventuressteam83]

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

[@ToddFleming68]

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

[@Ukedc259]

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.

[@doc76601]

GOD BLESS LEVON HELM

[@joemurphy6206]

God fly his soul🙏

[@richardyoung7415]

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. 🙏✌️😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@shanebaddick6947]

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

[@chrisaycock6963]

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

[@rodneyhood2269]

Levon Helm. What a wonderful soul.

[@davidjohn8845]

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.

[@wakeupcall49]

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

[@user-gy6lh8rd5g]

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

[@thomaslefebre2340]

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]

Your Damn right my friend

[@alanaugusta3758]

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

[@werewolf5674]

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

[@fancypants509]

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]

@ 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]

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

[@steveculbertson7804]

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[@KommaBear]

❤ 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!!

[@pws330tn]

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

[@robertagrubman3887]

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

[@willhenry3337]

Never gets old!

[@jimfladwood4393]

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

[@jeffbranchick1516]

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.

[@murph3001]

God bless his soul ___ he gave us such great music

[@jimmymcgill713]

This geezer was one of the greatest..

[@kareneverett125]

LOVE, LOVE THIS SONG !!!! ❤❤❤❤❤

[@charlesnewcomb6520]

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

[@andrewzeiler3445]

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]

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

[@howiesmith1504]

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]

That is a smile for the ages.

[@lauratanner8475]

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

[@trevorverdoold4843]

Rip Levon ❤️

[@jacksano369]

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

[@IanJacques-nt9nv]

Big O tribute - special. Thankyou from NZ,

[@kathleenlairscey5934]

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

[@theresacarmen9847]

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

[@user-xl6ko9jz2m]

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

[@matthewburke841]

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

[@christopherbrown6284]

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

[@jimsmith2837]

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

[@rogerhwerner6997]

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

[@jimmymcgill713]

Indeed❤️

[@nils_on_wheels]

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]

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

[@carloswazny9157]

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

[@briananderson4032]

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

[@mrchildgrownold3852]

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

[@baradams]

Love Levon! Something about that voice.

[@wakeupcall49]

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

[@thomaslefebre2340]

one of the greatest American singers of all time

[@miguelferreira3458]

Wasn't he Canadian?

[@charlieatlas1198]

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

[@juliettemacdonald5792]

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]

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.

[@user-gy6lh8rd5g]

Another great artist from the south!

[@rickwilliams5524]

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

[@tmg6558]

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.

[@dreamy1070]

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.

[@christiansibbald4327]

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

[@Zarina1634]

Love Levon. Great talent.

[@rickyferguson2362]

That was Awesome! Thank You

[@matthubbard7859]

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

[@MsTdougherty]

Levon was unbelievable!

[@candyceglasgow-pace1676]

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

[@patriciachrzan5763]

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

[@71robsahm]

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

[@stuartdodds4117]

Cant sleep so I listen to this. Miss his Twang

[@juliettemacdonald5792]

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.

[@rokn50s]

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

[@Lector7474]

There are no words!!!!

[@joewalsh3298]

Levon !!!

[@kellymadera423]

Love this song and all the guys

[@jerryrudd4723]

I love this

[@carymatthews3199]

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

[@emmacassidy8482]

And Richard Manuel and Rick Danko

[@PaulusMichael]

These boys have fun!!!!! Adorable!

[@emsngreg]

just awesome levon sounds great

[@debitolar3143]

Wonderful!

[@edburdine5089]

Best bring them days back ☺️

[@charlesnewcomb6520]

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

[@airspeedaudio]

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

[@charlesnewcomb6520]

Mister John Hatt beautiful

[@rciii2201]

Take load off my friend. RIP Levon.

[@deenababie]

Miss you Levon ♥️

[@hotelcaliforniarazor6950]

Exceptionnel ! Grand monsieur, respect !

[@hotelcaliforniarazor6950]

Il a l'air si heureux alors qu'il a un cancer.

[@ItalianHarleyRider]

Awesome!

[@TheUnclehowie]

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]

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.

[@kathytaylor2983]

Best eva!

[@cathcarlj51]

amen!

[@tylerfeagan438]

Legend

[@joshduncil496]

All time the best of all

[@manfredpersson8278]

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

[@wgold20107]

Hugh?

[@carlosmogisp]

Top the list

[@mikemcnamara6119]

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

[@kathytaylor2983]

❤

[@nelgnella4314]

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

[@o.m.e.g.alevelperformancel1662]

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

[@targarosko]

♥♥♥

[@patriciagonzalezgonzalez8224]

Muy bueno!!

[@robertforrest9021]

The way music ought to be

[@edcicoria]

To think these guys lived a few miles from me.

[@briantiffany6827]

I miss that smile!

[@arnoldvijil8305]

Brian Tiffany

[@glimmertwins4]

WHat a voice!

[@foylebutler8952]

Crazy Chester

[@charlesnewcomb6520]

😮

[@ginacaruolo1827]

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

[@danallshaw1131]

Throw in Hiatt, makes it even better.

[@monicadragan6837]

R I P 💝🇦🇩🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@ryq333]

Steve Conn accordion!

[@stargazer6753]

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

[@giuseppeferrari719]

Leggenda

[@Aerialistreloaded]

Yeah pretty much