PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Slipping Away with Two Country Gentlemen

Genial, intractable, unvarnished, in control: these were all equally true of Willie Nelson and Levon Helm on Wednesday night at Radio City Music Hall. Each led his working band, engaging a cross-section of old-time American music, from folk and country to gospel, blues, early jazz, rock 'n' roll. Both men were radiant with authority and its trickier cousin, authenticity. The difference between them came down to effort...

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