Levon Helm

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Levon Helm was an American drummer, singer, and actor best known as the soulful, Southern-voiced backbone of The Band and for his influential work in rock and Americana music.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Americana musician
actor
drummer
human
musician
rock musician
singer
songwriter
actedIn Coal Miner’s Daughter
Shooter
The Right Stuff
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
associatedAct Bob Dylan
Garth Hudson
Richard Manuel
Rick Danko NERFINISHED
Robbie Robertson NERFINISHED
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best Americana Album NERFINISHED
Grammy Award for Best Americana Album (posthumous) NERFINISHED
Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (with The Band)
birthName Mark Lavon Helm NERFINISHED
burialPlace Woodstock Cemetery, Woodstock, New York, United States
causeOfDeath throat cancer
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1940-05-26
dateOfDeath 2012-04-19
founded Levon Helm Studios
Midnight Ramble concerts
genre Americana
country rock
folk rock
rock
roots rock
givenName Mark
influencedGenre Americana music NERFINISHED
roots rock
instrument drum kit
guitar
mandolin
vocals
memberOf Levon and the Hawks
The Band
The Hawks
nickname Levon
notableSongPerformance Life is a Carnival
Ophelia
Rag Mama Rag
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
The Weight
Up on Cripple Creek
notableWork Dirt Farmer
Electric Dirt
Music from Big Pink
Ramble at the Ryman
The Band (album)
The Last Waltz (concert film)
occupation actor
drummer
record producer
singer
songwriter
placeOfBirth Elaine, Arkansas, United States
placeOfDeath New York City, New York, United States
playedCharacter Jack Ridley in The Right Stuff
Jack Webb in Coal Miner’s Daughter
residence Woodstock, New York, United States
voiceDescription soulful Southern-voiced singer

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