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Levon Helm

Levon Helm

Birthday: 1940-05-26 | Place of Birth: Marvell, Arkansas, United States

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Mark Lavon "Levon" Helm (born May 26, 1940), is an American rock multi-instrumentalist and actor who achieved fame as the drummer and frequent lead and backing vocalist for The Band. Helm is known for his deeply soulful, country-accented voice, and creative drumming style highlighted on many of The Band's recordings, such as "The Weight", "Up on Cripple Creek", "Ophelia" and "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down". 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 #91 in the list of The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time. In 2010, Electric Dirt, his 2009 follow-up to Dirt Farmer, won the first ever Grammy Award for Best Americana Album, an inaugural category in 2010. Description above from the Wikipedia article Levon Helm, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2015
Mavis!

as    Self

2009
In the Electric Mist

as    General John Bell Hood

2006
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

as    Old Man with Radio

2003
Festival Express

as    Self - The Band

1997
Fire Down Below

as    Reverend Bob Goodall

1990
Roger Waters: The Wall - Live in Berlin

as    Self - Vocals

1989
Staying Together

as    Denny Stockton

1987
End of the Line

as    Leo Pickett

1985
Smooth Talk

as    Harry Wyatt

1980
Coal Miner's Daughter

as    Ted Webb

1978
The Last Waltz

as    Self