Levon Helm - Wikipedia
Mark Lavon "Levon" Helm (May 26, 1940 – April 19, 2012) [1] was an American musician who achieved fame as the drummer and one of the three lead vocalists for The Band, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.
The Band - Wikipedia
In the late 1970s and 1980s, Helm released several solo albums and toured with a band called Levon Helm and the RCO Allstars. He also began an acting career with his role as Loretta Lynn's father in Coal Miner's Daughter. Helm received praise for his narration and supporting role opposite Sam Shepard in 1983's The Right Stuff.
Remembering Levon Helm, Drummer And Singer In The Band
Apr 19, 2012 · Levon Helm, a member of influential rock group The Band, died in New York City on Thursday. The drummer, singer and actor, who backed Bob Dylan as he turned away from folk toward a more...
Levon Helm, Drummer and Singer of the Band, Dead at 71 - Rolling Stone
Apr 19, 2012 · Levon Helm, singer and drummer for the Band, died on April 19th in New York of throat cancer. He was 71. “He passed away peacefully at 1:30 this afternoon surrounded by his friends and...
Levon Helm Studios
Official site of Levon Helm, drummer for The Band, and Levon Helm Studios in Woodstock, NY, home of the famed Midnight Rambles.
Garth Hudson, The Band's last founding member, dies at 87
1 day ago · Garth Hudson performs in 2012 at the Love For Levon benefit concert in East Rutherford, N.J., a memorial tribute to his bandmate Levon Helm. Brian Killian/Getty Images hide caption
About Levon - Levon Helm Studios
Woodstock’s Midnight Ramble harkens back to the rural childhood of the man Rolling Stone called “rock & roll’s greatest drummer” during his tenure with Americana pioneers, the Band. Levon Helm, who was born in 1940 in the Arkansas Delta, grew up in the hamlet of Turkey Scratch surrounded by music made by his parents, heard on the radio ...
Arkansas Musical Legends: Levon Helm
Mar 1, 2024 · “I was saddened to learn of the death of my fellow Arkansan Levon Helm. Levon was one of America’s great musicians. His music, with the Hawks, the Band, and throughout his career, and his standout performance in Coal Miner’s Daughter, touched a cord with me and with many Americans.
Helm, Levon - Encyclopedia of Arkansas
Nov 21, 2024 · Mark Lavon (Levon) Helm was best known as the drummer and singer for the Canadian rock group the Band. Following the demise of the Band, he continued to have a successful music career leading his own band, as well as acting in numerous motion pictures .
Garth Hudson, One-Man Band Within the Band, Dies at 87
2 days ago · During its peak, the Band was famously a collaborative operation informed by the songwriting and barbed guitar playing of Robbie Robertson and the soulful singing and musicianship of Levon Helm ...