Levon Helm
Levon Helm
Mark Lavon "Levon" Helm was an American rock 'n' roller, Americana musician, and actor who achieved fame as the drummer and regular lead vocalist 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"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDrummer
Date of Birth26 May 1940
CityElaine, AR
CountryUnited States of America
If you pour some music on whatever's wrong, it'll sure help out.
I'm not in it for my health. I'm a musician and I wanna live the way I do.
We're all dealt with the same hand here, so to speak. I feel like I've had it a lot better than most people. I've had the opportunity to travel and play music all my life.
When I was younger, I used to drive up to a bunch of turkeys, roll down the window and say something. They'd all gobble back at once.
Dad and mom would have preferred that I be a doctor, a lawyer, a scientist, or a great humanitarian.
The Jungle Bush Beaters didn't last too long as a group, but we had a pretty good time while we did.
I like to get within handshaking distance of the crowd. If it happens, they know it, we know it, and that's all we came here for.
By the time The Band did The Last Waltz, the chemistry had changed, and it wasn't a thrill anymore to live that studio kind of life.
I played some Yamaha drums that I like a lot. And I like the Yamaha people a lot too. They've been really nice to me and The Band.
Good times don't last long sometimes.
I love horns, and the bigger the band, the better it sounds to my ear.
Drums usually seem to tune themselves.
When the second record came out, they started calling it The Band. I voted to call it The Crackers. I'm no fool.
My parents wanted me to be smart and be a scholar, and the best I could do was graduate high school.