Mark Lavon “Levon” Helm was a well-known talented drummer who added singing to his craft.
He was one of the three lead vocalists for the Band, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in three decades ago.
The great musician who passed at the age of 72 was born on May 26, 1940, in Elaine Arkansas, United States
When I Go Away(Electric Dirt · 2009), This Is My Country(Carry Me Home), You Got to Serve Somebody (Carry Me Home), Poor Old Dirt Farmer(Dirt Farmer · 2007), The Weight (Ramble at the Ryman · 2011) Get Out Your Big Roll Daddy,(Levon Helm · 1982) are some of the songs he has churned out yearly when he was alive.
One fact many of his ardent fans are interested to know about is what caused him to leave the famous band.
We would answer these questions in a jiffy n the following paragraphs in detail.
Why did Levon Helm quit the Band?
Per our findings after Manuel committed suicide by hanging 37 years ago, the Band carried on for a while, but Danko’s death from heart failure in 1999 put an end to the Band for good.
Helm at the time was really battling a deadly throat cancer.
