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Celebrate Amnesty International’s 50th Birthday!

Amnesty International- Toast to Freedom

http://toasttofreedom.org/

Toast To Freedom” is dedicated to human rights activism around the world. Nearly 50 artists contributed to celebrate Amnesty International’s 50th Anniversary. Toast To Freedom was written by music veterans Carl Carlton and Larry Campbell

WATCH THIS VIDEO-

This was recorded at Levon Helm’s Studio in Woodstock, and HE IS IN IT! As a bonus, you can see some footage of the inside of the studio, where the Rambles were held. Ewan McGregor is there too, so my little fangirl heart is just as happy as can be. The whole list of artists is just incredible…to think, all of those people were together in Woodstock!

I have been a member of Amnesty since I was 13. I read a story about some boys in Turkey, who were my age, who were being tortured by the government, accused of being spies. Basic human rights should be just that, a right! No one should have to fight for access to food, water, healthcare, safety or dignity.

‎Levon was the glue, not just in The Band, but in all of what people think of when they think of North American music. He was a great unifier; a great glue. He unified blues and country, rural and city, and even North and South. Luckily he showed us all the way to keep it together and let it swing.

Jeff Tweedy (via ghostisborn)

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Levon Helm.

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Rest In Peace.

(Thanks to: Levon Helm Studios / Two Guys & A Map)

My last post about Levon Helm for now. Now I finally have the credits for the bottom two photos, which I used it my review of the Midnight Ramble with Mumford and Sons.

I am going to go watch The Last Waltz and work my way through a box of Kleenex.

Much love to y’all. Whatever it is that makes you happy, go do it, often, and with as much joy as possible. You just never know when your time will come. If anyone criticizes you, fuck ‘em. xoxo -Kel