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What can you tell me about Levon and the Hawks?
Ronnie Hawkins' backing band, the Hawks left to form their own band, the Levon Helm Sextet, which later became Levon and the Hawks in May 1964.

Question: What was the driving force behind the name change?
Self-contained rewrite: What was the driving force behind the name change from the Levon Helm Sextet to Leven and the Hawks in May 1964?