Drummers You Just Can’t Beat: # 17 – Levon Helm

Levon Helm died five years ago. He was 71. Two days before he passed his family had announced that he was in the final stages with the cancer that he would succumb to. Levon Helm was my favourite singing drummer.

That makes him sound like a circus act, a novelty musician who could rub his tummy while patting his head. Drumming and singing is a bit like t…