Levon Helm Band Tours with Black Crowes

The Black Crowes are back again on their 2009 tour, “Stuck Inside Utopia”. Touring alongside them is the Levon Helm Band, who opened up for the Crowes just this past month in Boston, New York, and Atlantic City.

The Black Crowes just released their newest album, “Before the Frost…”, on Sept. 1. The band recorded the album at Levon Helm’s own personal studio in Woodstock, NY. It features 11 tracks all performed and recorded live in front of an intimate fan-based audience. It follows up last year’s album, “Warpaint”, which was recorded at Levon Helm’s Woodstock barn as well.

The drummer of the long-standing folk country band, Levon Helm takes pride in his timber-framed home built studio located alongside a forest lake in the Catskill Mountains. For over forty years, Helm has hosted a long list of musicians in his barn studio, including his own band. The Levon Helm Band takes part in a tradition every year called the “Midnight Ramble”, where they set out to play a whole night of music for the fans. They’re set to play their next “Ramble” on Oct. 10. You can purchase tickets for this one night event here, or you can get a taste of the band’s music here.

Kaitlin Southron

September 2009