Levon Helms Was one of the greats in R n R. Been listening to him play & sing my whole life. Sad news indeed. RIP. — Slash (@Slash) April 19, 2012.

Drummer Levon Helm of The Band survived throat cancer and is making music again — at his home in Woodstock, N.Y. This time around, the public is invited.

The gradual return of Levon Helm to singing and performing since undergoing throat cancer surgery in 1998 had a tremendous payoff Sunday night (8/15) at the Greek Theater, where the Band's drummer ...

In the winter of 2004 Levon had a lot of medical bills. So he and his friends hatched an idea. They would hold a concert in Levon's barn in Woodstock and invite local fans to chip in money for the ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Levon Helm, with songs such as "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down," ''The Weight" and "Up on Cripple Creek," was the foundation of Bob Dylan's backup group that became The ...

I think one of the reasons for the tremendous, and appropriate, outpouring of affection for the late Levon Helm is that for all his talent and fame, he knew struggle too, and not just growing up.

The rock group “The Band” left an indelible mark on 20th century music, and its drummer, Levon Helm remained a formidable presence well into the 21st.

Things weren't looking that great for Levon Helm in the early 2000s. The Phillips County native, drummer, vocalist and founding member of The Band was battling throat cancer and had again filed ...

Larry Campbell performed with Levon Helm for the last eight years of the revered drummer’s life. Though the multi-instrumentalist has had plenty of notable experiences in music, not least being ...

One night in August 2008, Levon Helm sat in his kitchen in Woodstock, New York after playing a Midnight Ramble gig in his barn, smoking some “northern Californian organic” and sharing stories ...

June 30 will see the release of Levon Helm’s Electric Dirt, the followup to his 2007 Grammy award-winning comeback album Dirt Farmer. Said to have a feel closer to Helms’ popular Woodstock ...