Levon Helm Artist Profile

Levon Helm

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Label(s): Breeze Hill, Capitol, Levon Helm Studios, MCA, Mobile Fidelity, Vanguard
Date of Birth: May 26, 1940
Sign: Gemini
Place of birth: Marvell, AR, US
Website: www.levonhelm.com

Levon Helm Biography

Helm was born in Marvell, Arkansas, and grew up in Turkey Scratch, a hamlet west of Helena, Arkansas, where he began playing the guitar at the age of eight. Helm also played drums during his formative years and established his first band The Jungle Bush Beaters while in high school. He was influenced by the Grand Ole Opry and by R&B songs that he heard on radio station WLAC out of...

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