Tracy K. Smith's 2011 poem "Alternate Take", included in her Pulitzer Prize-winning collection Life on Mars, is dedicated to Helm.
On June 2, 2012, at Mountain Jam, Gov't Mule, along with the Levon Helm Band (with Lukas Nelson coming on stage for the closing song) played a tribute set, including "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down," "Up on Cripple Creek,""It Makes No Difference," and closing with "The Weight."[REF] .