posted October 04, 2014 11:39 PM            

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From Wikipedia:

Mark Lavon "Levon" Helm (May 26, 1940 – April 19, 2012) was an American rock and Americana musician and actor who achieved fame as the drummer and regular lead vocalist for The Band. Helm was known for his deeply soulful, country-accented voice, multi-instrumental ability, and creative drumming style highlighted on many of The Band's recordings, such as "The Weight", "Up on Cripple Creek", and "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down".

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LEVON <=> NOVEL

NOVEL
noun
1. an extended work in prose, either fictitious or partly so, dealing with character, action, thought, etc, esp in the form of a story
2. the novel, the literary genre represented by novels
3. (usually pl) ( obsolete) a short story or novella, as one of those in the Decameron of Boccaccio

adjective
1. of a kind not seen before; fresh; new; original: a novel suggestion

HELM
noun
1. Nautical.
a. a wheel or tiller by which a ship is steered.
b. the entire steering apparatus of a ship.
c. the angle with the fore-and-aft line made by a rudder when turned: 15-degree helm.

2. the place or post of control (esp in the phrase at the helm): A stern taskmaster was at the helm of the company.

3. an archaic or poetic word for helmet

verb (used with object)
4. to steer; direct.

HELMSMAN
noun, plural helmsmen.
1. a person who steers a ship.

"When I get off of this mountain, you know where I want to go?
Straight down the Mississippi river, to the Gulf of Mexico..."

posted April 19, 2015 07:05 AM            

LEVON - ELTON JOHN

Levon wears his war-wound like a crown,
He calls his child Jesus 'cause he likes the name
And he sends him to the finest school in town.

Levon, Levon likes his money,
He makes a lot they say;
Spend his days counting
In a garage by the motorway.

He was born a pauper to a pawn on a Christmas day,
When The New York Times
Said, "God is dead, and war's begun,
And Alvin Tostig has a son today."

And he shall be Levon,
And he shall be
A Goodman,
And he shall be
Levon,
In tradition with
The family plan,
And he shall be
Levon,
And he shall
Be a Goodman,
He shall be
Levon.

Levon sells cartoon balloons in town,
His family business thrives.
Jesus blows up balloons all day,
Sits on the porch swing watching them fly,

And Jesus, he wants to go to VENUS,
Leaving Levon far behind;
Take a balloon,
And go sailing,
While Levon -
Levon
Slowly
Dies.

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Got the Wings of Heaven on my Shoes. I'm a dancin man and I just can't lose. You know it's all right. Its ok. I'll live to see another day. We can try to understand The New York Times' effect on man. Whether you're a Brother or whether you're a Mother, you're stayin' alive, stayin' alive.

posted April 19, 2015 07:08 AM            

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Got the Wings of Heaven on my Shoes. I'm a dancin man and I just can't lose. You know it's all right. Its ok. I'll live to see another day. We can try to understand The New York Times' effect on man. Whether you're a Brother or whether you're a Mother, you're stayin' alive, stayin' alive.

posted February 21, 2016 03:52 AM            

LEVON plays drums on and sings the song "Up On Cripple Creek"...

"Up on Cripple Creek she sends me
If I spring a leak she mends me
I don't have to speak, she defends me
A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one"

(btw. Pisces presides over springs, leaks, drunkards, and dreams.)

The Band - The Making of "Up On Cripple Creek"