Bow Thayer & Levon Helm.

We love the Bow Thayer (Gayesville, VT-native) cd featuring Levon Helm on drums (recorded @ Levon's studio/barn) we picked up @ the August 23rd Midnight Ramble. We're heading to The Barnard Inn in Barnard, VT this Sunday between 2-6 PM as Bow & his band will perform to raise money for two local charities. Cost is only $8/person.

http://www.bowthayer.com/index.html

Levon Helm & the movie Fire Down Below.

Caught Levon's very cool performance in Fire Down Below last night - hadn't seen it in a few years. Here's a link to some interesting movie notes that include Levon & performances & interaction w/ Steven Seagal & others from the movie:

http://movies.warnerbros.com/FDB/cmp/prod2.html

Midnight Ramble photos from August 23rd w/ Billy Bob Thornton, Greezy Wheels & Chris Robinson.

Here is the link to levonhelm.com to the August 23rd Midnight Ramble that we attended. What an amzing event:

http://www.levonhelm.com/ramble_8_23_08_files_files/ramble_8_23_08_files.html

More Opus 40 photos.

Memorial stones for founder Harvey Fite & his wife near the main ramp of Opus 40 where their ashes were spread. The 3rd pic is of the famous monolith.

Opus 40.

The beautiful Saugerties, NY-based stonewall & sculpture site called Opus 40 is a place that cannot be missed. The Band fans may recognize it from the early '90s photos by Elliott Landy of the reunited The Band. Harvey Fite, deceased in '76, spent decades constructing this amazing masterpiece.

John Simon autograph.

John Simon, producer w/ The Band on the first two albums Music from Big Pink & The Band (Brown album), signed this Aroma Thyme Bistro program for us August 21, 2008.

Tinker Street Cafe.

Here is 59 Tinker Street, currently home to the Center for Photography, but frmrly The Expresso & Tinker Street Cafe, located @ the center of Woodstock, NY across from the unique Woodstock Legends store. Bob Dylan wrote songs for two albums here: Another Side of Bob Dylan & Bringing It All Back Home. Legend has it, Dylan was too drunk to drive home while a regular customer of The Expresso, so the owners let him stay & he made it a bit of a permenant stay in "the white room" upstairs. The Tinker Street Cafe witnessed great performers such as Rick Danko.