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Also known as Mark Helm

American musician (1940–2012)

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  • This wheel's on fire
  • Love of Cats Calendar 2022
  • Levon Helm Midnight Ramble

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1940-05-26
Active to
2012-04-19
folkrock

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Mark Lavon Helm (May 26, 1940-April 19, 2012), better known as Levon Helm, was an American rock musician most famous as the drummer for the rock group The Band. Helm was also known for his deeply soulful, country-style voice, and powerful drumming style highlighted on many of the The Band's recordings, such as "The Weight", "Up on Cripple Creek", "King Harvest", "Ophelia" and "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down". Early years Helm was born in Marvell, Arkansas and began playing the guitar at th

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Born
Mark Lavon Helm , ( 1940-05-26 ) May 26, 1940, Elaine, Arkansas , U.S.
Died
April 19, 2012 (2012-04-19) (aged 71), New York City , U.S.
Resting place
Woodstock Cemetery
Occupations
Musician songwriter singer record producer
Years active
1957–2012
Spouse
Connie Orr ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1962 , divorced ) ​ Sandra Dodd ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. September 7, 1981</span>"}]]}'>1981 ) ​
Partner
Libby Titus (1969–1978)
Children
Amy Helm
Genres
Rock Americana country folk roots rock
Instruments
Drums vocals mandolin guitar bass harmonica
Labels
Capitol MCA
Formerly of
The Band Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band
Website
levonhelm .com

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Official website
levonhelm.com
Image
LevonHelmWoodstockNY2004.jpg
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Levon Helm
date of birth
1940-05-26
date of death
2012-04-19
start of work period
1957-00-00
birth name
Mark Lavon Helm
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Mark Lavon "Levon" Helm (May 26, 1940 – April 19, 2012) 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. 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 actor, appearing as Loretta Lynn's father in Coal Miner's Daughter (1980), as Chuck Yeager's friend and colleague Captain Jack Ridley in The Right Stuff (1983), the father of Laura Dern's character in Smooth Talk (1985), as a Tennessee firearms expert in Shooter (2007), and as General John Bell Hood in In the Electric Mist (2009).

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