This Wheel's on Fire: Levon Helm and the Story of the Band
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This Wheel's on Fire: Levon Helm and the Story of the Band is the 1993 autobiography of actor and musician Levon Helm, focusing on his career as a member of the rock group the Band. The book, written with music journalist Stephen Davis, traces Helm's life from his childhood in the deep south through his years as a drummer and singer for the Band, to his struggle to establish a professional identity in the wake of the group's official end in 1976.[1]
The book is notable for providing readers with an inside look at the evolution of a rock and roll group, as well as for placing the blame for the Band's break-up on the shoulders of guitarist Robbie Robertson. Among the accusations Helm makes against Robertson is conspiring with record companies to steal song-writing credits from other members of the Band, arranging the group's break-up as a part of a private agenda, and conspiring with The Last Waltz director Martin Scorsese (a personal friend of Robertson) to make Robertson appear to be the leader and most important member of the group.
Helm's bitterness toward Robertson is balanced by his effusive praise of other musicians, especially other members of the Band, even pausing to admire Robertson's stage presence and talent as a guitarist.
References
- ^ Jefferson, Margo (December 29, 1993). "Books of The Times; A Member of the Band Recalls Its Glory Days". The New York Times. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
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- Levon Helm
- Garth Hudson
- Richard Manuel
- Robbie Robertson
- Richard Bell
- Randy Ciarlante
- Stan Szelest
- Jim Weider
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- Rock of Ages
- Before the Flood
- The Last Waltz (1978 soundtrack album)
- The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down: The Best of the Band Live in Concert
- Live at Watkins Glen
- The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live 1966
- The Last Waltz (2002 box set)
- Live at the Academy of Music 1971
- The Best of the Band
- Anthology
- To Kingdom Come
- Across the Great Divide
- The Best of the Band, Vol. II
- Greatest Hits
- A Musical History
- The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete
- The Last Waltz
- Festival Express
- Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band
- "Uh-Uh-Uh"
- "The Stones I Throw"
- "Go Go Liza Jane"
- "The Weight" / "I Shall Be Released"
- "Rag Mama Rag" / "The Unfaithful Servant"
- "Up on Cripple Creek" / "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"
- "Time to Kill" / "The Shape I'm In"
- "Life Is a Carnival"
- "On a Night Like This" (with Bob Dylan)
- "Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine" (with Bob Dylan)
- "Ophelia"
- "Atlantic City"
- "Tears of Rage"
- "We Can Talk"
- "Long Black Veil"
- "Chest Fever"
- "Lonesome Suzie
- "This Wheel's on Fire"
- "Across the Great Divide"
- "When You Awake"
- "Whispering Pines"
- "Jemima Surrender"
- "Look Out Cleveland"
- "King Harvest (Has Surely Come)"
- "Sleeping"
- "The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show"
- "Daniel and the Sacred Harp"
- "Stage Fright"
- "When I Paint My Masterpiece"
- "4% Pantomime"
- "Don't Do It"
- "Mystery Train"
- "Holy Cow"
- "Acadian Driftwood"
- "It Makes No Difference"
- "Georgia on My Mind"
- "Blind Willie McTell"
- "What Am I Living For"
- Discography
- Bob Dylan
- Bob Dylan World Tour 1966
- Bob Dylan and the Band 1974 Tour
- Cate Brothers
- Ronnie Hawkins
- The Weight Band
- Big Pink
- Shangri-La
- List of Basement Tapes songs
- List of Basement Tapes songs (1975)
- So Many Roads (1965, Helm, Hudson, Robertson)
- The Muddy Waters Woodstock Album (1975, Helm, Hudson)
- No Reason to Cry (1976, Danko, Helm, Hudson, Manuel, Robertson)
- Let It Rock (1995, Bell, Ciarlante, Danko, Helm, Hudson, Weider)
- Carry Me Home (2022, Helm, Weider)
- Endless Highway: The Music of the Band
- The Complete Last Waltz
- This Wheel's on Fire: Levon Helm and the Story of the Band
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