And his voice--singing 'The Weight'-all deep soul. I am so sad." Levon Helms Was one of the greats in R n R. Been listening to him play & sing my whole life. Sad news indeed. RIP.

Ms. AMY HELMS (Daughter of Levon Helms): To me, The Band was Rick Danko's band... MICHEL: Helm's daughter, Amy. Ms. HELM: ...because the only song that I knew and the only one that I really - the ...

(CBS News) Legendary singer and drummer Levon Helm died Thursday at the age of 71 of cancer, a disease which had almost taken his life once before. Our Bill Flanagan of MTV has an appreciation ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. Among his legacies: an extraordinary ...

and The Band at Levon Helms Midnight Ramble in Woodstock 8/23/08 September 18, 2010 Midnight Ramble, Woodstock, NY September 25, 2010 Midnight Ramble, Woodstock, NY October 2, 2010 Midnight Ramble ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...