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1. www.cnn.com › 2012/04/19 › showbizLevon Helm, co-founder of The Band, dead at 71 - CNN

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   Apr 19, 2012 · Levon Helm, the drummer, multi-instrumentalist and singer for The Band who kept the band’s heart for more than three decades, died “peacefully” Thursday afternoon, according to his record...

2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Levon_HelmLevon Helm - Wikipedia

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   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.

3. exclaim.ca › music › articleThe Life and Times of Levon Helm: A Retrospective Tribute

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   Apr 18, 2012 · Born Mark Lavon Helm on May 26, 1940, the musician grew up on a farm near Turkey Scratch, AR. His interest in music was first stoked through hearing popular country and bluegrass songs, and...

4. consequence.net › 2008 › 05Who's Who at Bonnaroo: Levon Helm and The ... - Consequence

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   May 13, 2008 · Who’s Who at Bonnaroo: Levon Helm and The Ramble On The Road. Born, Mark Lavon Helm on May 26 th 1940 in Marvell Arkansas, Lavon began playing guitar at the tender age of eight years old.

5. www.arkansasonline.com › news › 2021Levon Helm grew up in Arkansas before finding fame in The Band

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   Jan 25, 2021 · Mark Lavon "Levon" Helm was born in Turkey Scratch on May 26, 1940. From that tiny Southeast Arkansas burg, he went on to worldwide fame with his rock group The Band.

6. encyclopediaofarkansas.net › entries › levon-helm-628Helm, Levon - Encyclopedia of Arkansas

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   Aug 13, 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 .

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   Who was Mark Lavon Helm?

   • It was a fitting tribute to a musician whose style was an amalgamation of nearly every essential form of homegrown American music. Born Mark Lavon Helm on May 26, 1940, the musician grew up on a farm near Turkey Scratch, AR.

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   What happened to Levon Helm?

   • 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. Levon Helm was born on May 26, 1940, outside Elaine (Phillips County) to Nell and Diamond Helm. He had two sisters and one brother.

   Helm, Levon - Encyclopedia of Arkansas

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   Who is Levon Helm?

   • Levon Helm was born Mark Lavon Helm in Elaine, Arkansas, on May 26, 1940, the son of a cotton farmer. He told CNN that he was inspired by “the old traveling medicine tent shows” that would make the rounds in the South. “They had comedians and wine and music. Always a lot of music,” he said in 2010.

   Levon Helm, co-founder of The Band, dead at 71 - CNN

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   How old was Levon Helm when he died?

   • "Levon Helm, Drummer and Rough-Throated Singer for The Band, Dies at 71". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012. Retrieved April 20, 2012. ^ "Bill Clinton Remembers Levon Helm". Jambands. April 20, 2012. ^ "George Harrison: 'All Things' In Good Time". Billboard.com. Archived from the original on August 27, 2013.

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   How did Levon Helm start a band?

   • In his 1993 autobiography, This Wheel's on Fire: Levon Helm and the Story of the Band, Helm describes watching Williamson's drummer, James "Peck" Curtis, intently during a live performance in the early 1950s and later imitating this R&B drumming style. Helm established his first band, the Jungle Bush Beaters, while in high school.

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   What happened to Hawkins & Helm?

   • When the Hawks moved to Canada in the early ’60s, Hawkins and Helm recruited several local musicians, including Robertson, Rick Danko, Richard Manuel and finally Garth Hudson. Hawkins left the band in 1963, and the group renamed itself Levon and the Hawks. The next year the group met Bob Dylan, beginning one of rock’s great partnerships.

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8. www.irishtimes.com › life-and-style › peopleMusician in Dylan's band with decades of solo and group ...

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   Apr 28, 2012 · Levon Helm (Mark Lavon Helm), musician, born May 26th, 1940; died April 19th, 2012 . LEVON HELM: A SHORTHAND way of describing Levon Helm, who has died of cancer aged 71, would be as the...