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Sunday, February 10, 2013

Levon Tribute

Tonight at Grammys, although not sure why Elton is there except he did write a song called "Levon." Here footage of Levon and the gang doing "Cripple Creek" in rehearsal at the group's peak in 1969, not seen until recently.

2 comments:

Spike Priggen said...

Elton's whole schtick early on was trying to sound like The Band. I can't find the quote right now, but I remember Taupin being asked a question about why the lyrics were so Americana-ish and his answer was basically "WE WERE TRYING TO BE LIKE THE BAND".

Spike Priggen said...

Elton's whole schtick early on was trying to sound like The Band. I can't find the quote right now, but I remember Taupin being asked a question about why the lyrics were so Americana-ish and his answer was basically "WE WERE TRYING TO BE LIKE THE BAND".