SurvivorNetTV Presents: 'Ain't In It For My Health: A Film About Levon Helm'
- Ain’t In It For My Health: A Film About Levon Helm takes a look at the recording of Helm’s Grammy-winning album Dirt Farmer just eight years after he lost his singing voice while battling throat cancer.
- Helm played drum and sang as part of The Band, best known for supporting Bob Dylan in the ’60s and ’70s. He also worked on his own solo material.
- Helm’s story is one of passion and perseverance; he battled back from cancer to win a Grammy award.
A rock star returns to the spotlight. A recording artist gets to work on his first album in 25 years. A music legend finds his voice again after a harrowing battle with throat cancer. Welcome to the SurvivorNetTV premiere of Ain’t In It For My Health: A Film About Levon Helm.
Having lung cancer is a challenge and sometimes lung cancer treatment can be rough on the mind and body, but keeping a positive attitude like Levon Helm did throughout treatment can help with a positive outcome. Watching this film could give you the inspiration you need to power through the day.
In 2006, Levon Helm released his acclaimed solo album Dirt Farmer, which he recorded entirely at his home in Woodstock, New York. It marked the start of a rare career resurgence, which saw Helm collect three Grammy Awards for Farmer and his follow-up albums Electric Dirt and Ramble At The Ryman. Helm shot to fame as a member of The Band, with the Arkansas-native playing drums and providing vocals for the group that backed Bob Dylan for close to a decade.
Dirt Farmer was never meant to be after Helm lost his singing voice eight years prior and been told it would never return after battling throat cancer. Helm invited director Jacob Hatley to follow along on this journey, and the result is an intimate, bracing, and unexpected look at the strength of the human spirit.
Learn more about SurvivorNet's rigorous medical review process.
Chris Spargo is a senior reporter at SurvivorNet. Read More
SurvivorNetTV Presents: 'Ain't In It For My Health: A Film About Levon Helm'
- Ain’t In It For My Health: A Film About Levon Helm takes a look at the recording of Helm’s Grammy-winning album Dirt Farmer just eight years after he lost his singing voice while battling throat cancer.
- Helm played drum and sang as part of The Band, best known for supporting Bob Dylan in the ’60s and ’70s. He also worked on his own solo material.
- Helm’s story is one of passion and perseverance; he battled back from cancer to win a Grammy award.
A rock star returns to the spotlight. A recording artist gets to work on his first album in 25 years. A music legend finds his voice again after a harrowing battle with throat cancer. Welcome to the
SurvivorNetTV premiere of
Ain’t In It For My Health: A Film About Levon Helm.
Having lung cancer is a challenge and sometimes lung cancer treatment can be rough on the mind and body, but keeping a positive attitude like Levon Helm did throughout treatment can help with a positive outcome. Watching this film could give you the inspiration you need to power through the day.
Read More In 2006, Levon Helm released his acclaimed solo album
Dirt Farmer, which he recorded entirely at his home in Woodstock, New York. It marked the start of a rare career resurgence, which saw Helm collect three Grammy Awards for
Farmer and his follow-up albums
Electric Dirt and
Ramble At The Ryman. Helm shot to fame as a member of The Band, with the Arkansas-native playing drums and providing vocals for the group that backed Bob Dylan for close to a decade.
Dirt Farmer was never meant to be after Helm lost his singing voice eight years prior and been told it would never return after battling throat cancer. Helm invited director Jacob Hatley to follow along on this journey, and the result is an intimate, bracing, and unexpected look at the strength of the human spirit.
Learn more about SurvivorNet's rigorous medical review process.
Chris Spargo is a senior reporter at SurvivorNet. Read More
