Trivia

Elton John's song "Levon" is named after him.

Member of the rock group The Band, active mostly in the 1960s and 1970s, whose influence (as Bob Dylan's touring band and in its own right) was far greater than its few hit records.

1994: Elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of The Band).

Profiled in the 1991 book "The Big Beat--Conversations with Rock's Great Drummers", edited by Max Weinberg.

Currently performing a series of Midnight Ramble Sessions at his studio in Woodstock, New York. (January 2004)

He has appeared in three films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: The Last Waltz (1978), Coal Miner's Daughter (1980) and The Right Stuff (1983).

Grandfather of two boys, via his daughter, Amy Helm, who is a vocalist and guitarist with Ollabelle.

His very first acting film role and his very last film role were co-starring alongside Tommy Lee Jones. Levon debuted in Coal Miner's Daughter (1980) and finished with In the Electric Mist (2009), and in between those films he appeared in The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005), directed by Jones, who also plays the main role.

Today, Levon's voice has miraculously recovered after a bout with cancer. He is singing again, strong and clear. His imagination and vision conceived "The Midnight Ramble Sessions", a series of live performances at Levon Helm Studios in Woodstock. Named for the traveling minstrel shows of his youth, the first "Midnight Ramble" was held in January, 2004. It featured one of the last performances by great blues pianist, Johnnie Johnson. Friends old and new have joined Levon on his stage including: Emmylou Harris, Dr. John, John Sebastian, Allen Toussaint, Elvis Costello, 'Larry Campbell (III)', Jimmy Vivino, Hubert Sumlin, 'Little Sammy Davis', The Muddy Waters Band', Donald Fagen, 'Hipmotism', Ollabelle, 'The Love Trio', 'The Bruce Katz Band', 'Sex Mob' and 'The Brian Mitchell Band'. The monthly "Rambles" have been so successful they are usually sold out in advance. (January 2007)