Levon Helm - The Mountain

[eddiemacdonalduk]

Levon Helm. Nobody. But NOBODY. Does it better...

[RRPounder]

Man...and I thought Steve Earle nailed it. Even though Steve wrote it...Levon showed him how it's done.

[ebronston]

@RRPounder That's what Levon DOES.

[finbarboyle]

I love this song, I love The Band, I love Levon Helm and all he represents, to the extent that I went out out and bought the album. So why are you uploading it and taking away the man's livelihood?

[WhackaWhacka]

@finbarboyle Oh, please. This is a youtube, not an illegal downloading site. Your post is as ignorant as it is sanctimonious. Have a nice day.

[greider100]

@WhackaWhacka I would never have heard this song else. And now...I´m going to buy the album. You see...life isn´t just black or white. There´s a lot of colors between...:)

[WhackaWhacka]

@greider100 Good to know. Thanks!

[raponte1955]

@WhackaWhacka And I'm gonna go ahead and buy it too. Would not have heard of it but because of this post.

[JosephCa64]

@finbarboyle Any artist can request to have their officially released material pulled from youtube, if posted by anyone other than them. Any artist, who doesn't either doesn't care, or thinks it benefits them to have their music out there--which it does, of course. I bought this CD after hearing this song on youtube.

[zachfranck06]

@finbarboyle so everyeone can hear it. must pass the music on

[zachfranck06]

@finbarboyle plus this is a steve earle song....

[kajunmoon]

@finbarboyle I would had never ever heard this album on local radio so how would I even know about it ..if it wasnt for the uploader??

[jplandjr]

@finbarboyle I, too, have now bought this album as a result of the post.

[CreekerDon]

OMG..levon is so good..he can still make you fell it!!!!..LONG LIVE Levon Helm

[gage46w]

fuck whoever disliked this



[noseeumish]

What a rendition. Levon Helm embodies the folk, bluegrass, traditional sound. Amazing.

[laceywash1]

one of the sexiest men ever singing and playing Ophelia

[jazzkid66]

long live Levon i love the video promo he did for this. did Steve Earl write this song? though i know its more a N.Carolina fiddle song in spirit...thank you for this!

[nilradem]

@jazzkid66

Yes, The Mountain is by Steve Earle, and it is on the album by the same name. It is his bluegrass album, with the Del McCoury band backing him. There are a couple videos of Steve's version.

[envanje]

Only learned about Levon Helm recently for his songs have finaly found their way to Europe, JUST GREAT !!!!

[thelegalizer1]

I'm from Appalachia, this song hits home, HARD

[Tommit9]

@thelegalizer1 My Mother's folks were from Appalachia. My Dad was a cross of Crow/Blackfoot Indian. There is just something about this type music that resonates in my soul SO HARD, as you say.

[1raymio]

Living in the highlands and love Levon Helm !

[trishf]

God Bless You Levon!!

[Frogslips63]

BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!

[hunterjmj]

best music around



[dispatchman186]

How can you survive these times without this perspective?

[MrDulcer91]

Thank God for sending down satilete radio.....thats where I first heard this song....

[TroutDancert]

Being a native of the Virginia mountains this song touches me.

[stratking69er]

what a trooper---I just love the man. God bless dearest levon Helm. Thanks for all the pleasure you have given us down the years.... I have loved, cried, and laughed with your songs.

[Kitrickshort]

Love this song THE BANDS VOICE IS BACK!!!!!!!!

[TheJrgriffin]

God Bless Levon Helm! His songs have helped me to survive the troubles of life.

[detweilcny]

Levon Helm was the heart and soul of The Band and he has maintained his musical integrity through all of the years since Robbie Robertson blew that fine thing up. He can take just about anything and make it authentically his own, He turns 70 this year and has been a musical blessing for a looooooong time.

[daisydooker]

what a brave brave man, god bless him.

[cadoda44]

This is by far the best rendition of this song. I feel I'm right there.really pulls me into it, to remember that coal is free. The price we pay is for the miners' lives.

[cincybmx420]

This song makes me think of the west virginia coal mine victims. My thoughts and prayers are with them.

[inchworm1971]

So many memories. Wonderful song.

[beckfan95]

Steve Earle wrote this, but you've made this your own...it was made for Levon

[CGiordano464]

i can hear acadian drift wood in all his new songs

[terigower]

the love of home is manifest .....we all need a mountain to call our own........mary

[WhackaWhacka]

Well said. My mountain is fairly flat.

[shumirules1]

@WhackaWhacka I live near the ocean no idea what its like growing up in the coal mining areas. I do love this song. Its about home , the good and the bad of it. But Levon makes you feel the love of a home that is what makes me love this song.

[Fetestet]

He had a big operation for throat-cancer just a year before this album was recorded. The doctors said that he would never be able to sing or even talk again, but Levon was not going to just give up, he made a promise to himself that he would continue to sing, and he did it!

Levon Helm is a true hero!

[yelyarb]

What a great album! Let's not forget our roots, and embrace those changes when we can.

[talltreehill7]

amazing timeless kinda music

sweet

[Mountainmccall]

They don't make artist like Levon anymore...He is awesome

[couger95]

Mr Helm - u had me at hello

[yummyumms96]

levon helm is awesome

[GapMills]

love it love it cant get enuff of it

[fenderhands1]

I fucking love The Band, and every individual who is in it.

[pretorious700]

@fenderhands1 or was in it.

[ggergg30]

His voice does such justice to this Steve Earle/Del McCoury gem

[Mysterymusicgirl]

I have this album i love this song hes singing about coalminers and i am a coalminers daughter

[Matty73]

as well as the connection of Helm having starred in "The Coalminers Daughter" of course, Mmg ;)

i cant say it any better than fenderhands did. Every member of the band weare and still are amongst the very best ever.

If anyone needs a solid book, LH's This Wheels On Fire is pssibly the best muso biog ever IMO.

[topspinblue]

the book is such a great read, but he skips over a very possibly interesting story about going cold turkey to quit heroin and what that was like.

[trollfinger]

Have you ever heard the song "The Sprinhill Mining Disaster" by the Dubliners ? It's great, but creepy.

It just reminded me when you said about coalmining.

[Mysterymusicgirl]

no but sounds interesting send it to me if you find it

[mario15pens]

amazing