Levon: From Down in the Delta to the Birth of the Band and BeyondA dazzling, epic biography of Levon Helm the beloved, legendary drummer and singer of the Band. He sang the anthems of a generation: The Weight, Up on Cripple Creek, and Life Is a Carnival. Levon Helm's story told here through sweeping research and interviews with close friends and fellow musicians is the rollicking story of American popular music itself. In the Arkansas Delta, a young Levon witnessed blues, country, and gospel hit in a head on