Happy b'day Ramblin' Jack Elliott!

American folk singer Ramblin' Jack Elliott turns 78 today.

Happy Traum vid featuring Bob Dylan's tune "Tonight I'll Be Staying Here w/ You."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NoOuWPfm3s

The Cold Goodnight's new vid for "Revenants."

Great kickin' vid filmed in Lee, NH. Check it out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jH2ZM6U-Uis

The Band's Levon Helm & Robbie Robertson featured in two separate Rolling Stone articles.

Read about Levon Helm's 150th Midnight Ramble in Woodstock, NY & Robbie Robertson's involvement w/ the upcoming Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 25th anniversary celebration concerts.

http://www.rollingstone.com/issue1084/

Rolling Stone online article on Levon Helm's (& others) participation in this past wkd's "Gathering of the Vibes" music fest in CT.

One of Levon Helm's musicians recently posted on facebook that the Grateful Dead's & Rat Dog's Bob Weir joined him on Tennessee Jed.

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/07/27/buddy-guy-levon-helm-csn-brighten-gathering-of-the-vibes/

Happy b'day to the late Mike Bloomfield!

Mike Bloomfield would have turned 66 today. He sadly left us in '81.

Levon Helm #2 on the "Roots Music Report."

Thanks to reader & big Bow Thayer fan Mike Dann for this heads up. Levon Helm is #2 on the Roots Music Report.

http://www.rootsmusicreport.com/index.php?page=charts&name=altcountry