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Title: Levon Helm and Greg Ham have passed
Post by: Guinness on April 19, 2012, 02:46:31 pm

Levon: http://www.eonline.com/news/bands_levon_helm_dead_71_after_cancer/309729

Greg Ham was the sax/flute player for Men at Work.

Title: Re: Levon Helm and Greg Ham have passed
Post by: subnuclear on April 19, 2012, 03:02:00 pm

May want to check the top link.

Title: Re: Levon Helm and Greg Ham have passed
Post by: Guinness on April 19, 2012, 03:08:59 pm

details details....

Title: Levon Helm and Greg Ham have passed
Post by: geezerdonk on April 19, 2012, 04:10:01 pm

Helm and his mates were about my favorites. Only Hudson and Robertson left.

Title: Re: Levon Helm and Greg Ham have passed
Post by: cougar on April 19, 2012, 04:27:47 pm

I have a bad feeling about Ham.  Suspiscious circumstances and a history of emotional troubles does not bode well.  Added to the lawsuit MaW lost because of his one contribution to the writing of "Land Down Under" and I'm guessing it got to be to much for him.  Sad, I loved them growing up.

Title: Re: Levon Helm and Greg Ham have passed
Post by: Noe on April 19, 2012, 04:39:47 pm

I liked "The Band" and Helm, but seems what I really loved about Helm was his acting, especially in Coal Miners Daughter and, of all things, Shooter.

Mr. Rate (Helm): That's how a conspiracy works. Them boys on the Grassy Knoll they were dead within three hours, buried in the damned desert, unmarked graves out past Terlingua.
Nick Memphis: You know this for a fact?
Mr. Rate: Still got the shovel...

Title: Re: Levon Helm and Greg Ham have passed
Post by: Taras Bulba on April 19, 2012, 04:48:11 pm

Quote from: Noe in Austin on April 19, 2012, 04:39:47 pm

I liked "The Band" and Helm, but seems what I really loved about Helm was his acting, especially in Coal Miners Daughter and, of all things, Shooter.

Mr. Rate (Helm): That's how a conspiracy works. Them boys on the Grassy Knoll they were dead within three hours, buried in the damned desert, unmarked graves out past Terlingua.
Nick Memphis: You know this for a fact?
Mr. Rate: Still got the shovel...

I strongly agree with this.  He was also damn good in "The Right Stuff."  Another musician who was pretty good as an actor was Jerry Reed.

Title: Re: Levon Helm and Greg Ham have passed
Post by: Noe on April 19, 2012, 04:53:54 pm

Quote from: Taras Bulba on April 19, 2012, 04:48:11 pm

I strongly agree with this.  He was also damn good in "The Right Stuff."  Another musician who was pretty good as an actor was Jerry Reed.

Yup, he (Helm) was good in The Right Stuff.

Title: Re: Levon Helm and Greg Ham have passed
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on April 19, 2012, 07:44:29 pm

He was great.

Title: Re: Levon Helm and Greg Ham have passed
Post by: juliogotay on April 19, 2012, 08:26:28 pm

Saw The Band with Dylan mid-70s at Hofheinz. Great musicians.

Title: Re: Levon Helm and Greg Ham have passed
Post by: Ebby Calvin on April 19, 2012, 09:04:45 pm

Just watched The Last Waltz again.  RIP.