Levon Helm

Mark Lavon "Levon" Casco (born May 26, 1940), is an American rock multi-instrumentista and actor oms achieved la fama as the drummer and frequent lead and musica gratis for The Band. Casco is known for his blog alma, country accented voice, and creative drumming estilo highlighted on many of The Band's recordings, such as "The Weight", "Up on Cripple Creek", "Ophelia" and "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down". His 2007 regreso álbum Dirt Farmer earned the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Álbum en Febrero de 2008, y en Noviembre de of that year, Rolling Stone magazine clasificado him #91 en the list of The 100 Mejores Cantantes de Todos los tiempos. En 2010, Electric Dirt, his 2009 follow-up to Dirt Farmer, won the first ever Grammy Award for Best Americana Álbum inaugural categoría en 2010.