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Levon Helm

Levon Helm

American musician and actor

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Mark Lavon "Levon" Helm was an American musician and actor who achieved fame as the drummer and one of the three lead vocalists for The Band. Helm was known for his deeply soulful, country-accented voice, multi-instrumental ability, and creative drumming style, highlighted on many of the Band's recordings, such as "The Weight", "Up on Cripple Creek", and "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down".

Helm also had a successful career as a film

Born Mark Lavon Helm in Elaine, Arkansas,Helm grew up in Turkey Scratch, a hamlet of Marvell, Arkansas. His parents, Nell and Diamond Helm, were cotton farmers who shared a strong affinity for music. They encouraged their children to play and sing at a young age. He saw Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys at the age of 6 and decided to become a musician. Helm began playing the guitar at the age of eight and also played drums.

In 1998, Helm was diagnosed with throat cancer which caused him to lose his singing voice. After treatment, his cancer eventually went into remission, and he gradually regained the use of his voice. His 2007 comeback album Dirt Farmer earned the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album in February 2008, and in November of that year, Rolling Stone magazine ranked him No. 91 in its list of 100 Greatest Singers of All Time, In 2010, Electric Dirt, his 2009 follow-up to Dirt Farmer, won the first Grammy Award for Best Americana Album, a category inaugurated in 2010.In 2011, his live album Ramble at the Ryman won the Grammy in the same category.In 2016, Rolling Stone magazine ranked him No. 22 in its list of 100 Greatest Drummers of All Time.

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Ain't in it for my Health - A Film about Levon Helm | official website<

http://www.levonhelmfilm.com/

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Bill Clinton Remembers Levon Helm

https://jambands.com/news/2012/04/20/bill-clinton-remembers-levon-helm/

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April 20, 2012

Books of The Times; A Member of the Band Recalls Its Glory Days

Margo Jefferson

https://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/29/books/books-of-the-times-a-member-of-the-band-recalls-its-glory-days.html

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December 29, 1993

Levon Helm - The Weight (Live)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD2xY9aHf4U

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July 12, 2013

Levon Helm & Friends "The Weight"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kws7cOoiyE8

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April 17, 2012

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Birthdate
May 1940
Birthplace
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Elaine, Arkansas
Date of Death
2012
Place of Death
New York City
New York City
Child of
Amy Helm
Amy Helm
Location
Woodstock, New York
Woodstock, New York
Awards Received
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Grammy Award for Best Americana Album
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Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album
Occupation
Singer
Singer
Drummer
Drummer
Record producer
Record producer
Songwriter
Songwriter
Composer
Composer
Actor
Actor
Musician
Musician

Other attributes

Birth Name
Mark Lavon Helm
Child
Amy Helm
Amy Helm
Father
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Diamond Helm
Father of
Amy Helm
Amy Helm
Genre
Rock music
Rock music
Folklore
Folklore
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Country music
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Rock
Pop rock
Pop rock
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Roots rock
Industry
Music
Music
Mother
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Nell Helm
Notable Work
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The Right Stuff
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Coal Miner's Daughter
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In the Electric Mist
Wikidata ID
Q356986

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