After more than 50 years riding the ups and downs of the music business, Levon Helm continues to disprove the notion that there are no second acts in Americana music.
From barnstorming around Northeastern Canada with Ronnie Hawkins in the early 1960s to redefining rock music with The Band and Bob Dylan later that decade, to starring in the best concert documentary ever in “The Last Waltz,” which segued into a successful movie career, to recovering from cancer of his vocal cords to assume the mantle of elder statesman of American music, Helm has fit more than a few acts into his 70 years.
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