Levon Helm
Levon Helm is an americana artist from United States. 14 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Americana · United States · Best americana albums
- 14
- Releases
- 1977–2022
- Active years
Discography
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Dirt Farmer
2007 · 13 tracks
Singles & EPs
1
Live & compilations
2
Credits
5Records Levon Helm worked on for other artists — the roles are as credited on each release.
Collaborators
2
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- Born in
- Elaine
- From
- United States
- Active since
- 1957
- Instruments
- harmonica, drum kit, mandolin, voice
- Voice
- tenor
- Member of
- The Band
- Labels
- Capitol Records, ABC Records
- Children
- Amy Helm
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About
Mark Lavon "Levon" Helm (May 26, 1940 – April 19, 2012) was an American musician and actor who achieved fame as the drummer and one of the vocalists for The Band. 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), as a Tennessee firearms expert in Shooter (2007), and as General John Bell Hood in "In The Electric Mist." (2009).
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In 1998, Helm was diagnosed with throat cancer, which caused him to lose his singing voice. After treatment, his cancer eventually went into remission, and he gradually regained the use of his voice. 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 No. 91 in its list of 100 Greatest Singers of All Time. In 2010, Electric Dirt, his 2009 follow-up to Dirt Farmer, won the first Grammy Award for Best Americana Album, a category inaugurated in 2010. In 2011, his live album Ramble at the Ryman won the Grammy in the same category.
On screen
37Acting roles
As themselves
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Levon Helm in brief
- How many Levon Helm releases are on Riffiter?
- 14 releases are catalogued, spanning 1977 to 2022.
- What genre is Levon Helm?
- Levon Helm is catalogued under Americana, Country.
- What is the most recent Levon Helm release on Riffiter?
- The Howlin' Hill Project, released in 2022.
- Does Levon Helm have children?
- Amy Helm is a child of Levon Helm on public record.