Levon Helm Quotes

The rock star stuff never came up for us. The Band was never attacked by groupies before, during or after any show that we ever played.

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• The rock star stuff never came up for us. The Band was never attacked by groupies before, during or after any show that we ever played.

  

  Levon Helm
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