Levon Helm
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Raised in the Arkansas hamlet of Turkey Scratch, Levon Helm absorbed the region’s blend of blues, country and early R&B while learning guitar at eight and drums soon after, later forming his high-school group the Jungle Bush Beaters before joining Ronnie Hawkins’s Hawks and eventually co-founding The Band, whose recordings featured his resonant, Southern-tinged vocals and inventive drumming. Hi…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
