Levon Helm and Greg Ham have passed

[Guinness]

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.

[subnuclear]

May want to check the top link.

[Guinness]

details details....

[geezerdonk]

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

[cougar]

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.

[Noe]

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...

[Taras Bulba]

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.

[Noe]

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.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

He was great.

[juliogotay]

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

[Ebby Calvin]

Just watched The Last Waltz again.  RIP.