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A documentary on Helm's day-to-day life, entitled Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm was released in March 2010. Directed by Jacob Hatley, it made its debut at the South by Southwest film festival in Austin, Texas, and went on to be screened at the Los Angeles Film Festival in June 2010. [ 21 ]
May 13, 2008 · May 13, 2008 | 10:02am ET. Born, Mark Lavon Helm on May 26 th 1940 in Marvell Arkansas, Lavon began playing guitar at the tender age of eight years old. It was about six years later when Lavon realized his true musical calling (the drums), while watching D.J. Fontana jam them behind Elvis Presley.
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Jul 18, 2011 · Helm appeared in the Martin Scorsese documentary, The Last Waltz, that captured the group's farewell performance. It's considered by many to be the greatest concert film of all time.
Feb 28, 2013 · Levon’s rural southern upbringing, his relationship with hard-living Ronnie Hawkins and his own music formed the man long before he shed his teens, and by all accounts, Mark Lavon “Levon” Helm had an extraordinary connection with all three until the day he died.
Apr 18, 2012 · Despite guitarist Robbie Robertson's decision to put an end the group in 1976 after years of contentiousness -- an occasion lavishly documented in the Martin Scorsese film The Last Waltz -- Helm...
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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 career leading his own band, as well as acting in numerous motion pictures.
