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Helm performed on the CBS television program Late Show with David Letterman on July 9, 2009. He also toured that same year in a supporting role with the band Black Crowes. 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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
Helm remained with The Band until their 1976 farewell performance, THE LAST WALTZ, which was recorded in a documentary film by director Martin Scorsese. With the break-up of The Band in its original form, Helm began working on a solo album LEVON HELM AND THE RCO ALL STARS, followed by LEVON HELM.
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In 2010, Levon once again graced the big screen in Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm, a documentary focusing on his daily life. Mark Lavon Helm passed away on April 19, 2012. The next day, another Arkansan, former President Bill Clinton, released a statement.
