Levon Helm drummer for The Band dies at 71 and singer in New York This Mountain is My Home the Eternal Grit of Creative Life Legendary CoFounder Dead [Video] A Drummer Who Could Make You Cry Genius Band's Prayers Final Stages Battling Cancer Tribute to Helm's Departed Mates Rick Danko Richard Manuel Passes Away Age key member LEVON HELM ROCK STAR DIES dead Of At Slash Stars Praying For Cancerstricken THE BAND'S ROBBIE ROBERTSON REUNITES WITH ON HIS DEATHBED 'IN LAST STAGES OF CANCER ' FAMILY ASKS FOR PRAYERS R.I.P. Band... Robbie Robertson I Had No Idea Was Ill Soul In

Levon Helm, key member of The Band, dies at 71 With songs like "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down," ''The Weight" and "Up on Cripple Creek," The Band fused rock, blues, folk and gospel to create a sound that seemed as authentically American as a Mathew Brady photograph or a Mark Twain short story. Levon Helm, key member of The Band, dies at 71 (photos, video) ALBANY, N.Y. — With songs like "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down," ''The Weight" and "Up on Cripple Creek," The Band fused rock, blues, folk and gospel to create a sound that seemed as authentically American as a Mathew Brady photograph or a Mark Twain short story. Levon Helm Remembered by Sheryl Crow, Adam Levine Jane Fonda says about the death of the drummer from The Band, "I am so sad" Levon Helm: Joe Henry remembers 'a deacon who spoke our gospel' Musician, songwriter and producer Joe Henry has overseen recordings by some of America's most celebrated folk, rock, blues and jazz musicians, including Ramblin' Jack Elliot, Allen Toussaint, Solomon Burke, John Doe, Bettye Lavette, Rodney Crowell and Mose Allison. Levon Helm: The 2007 Fresh Air Interview Helm, the longtime drummer of The Band who backed Bob Dylan and sang with Van Morrison, died Thursday. He was 71. Fresh Air remembers Helm with excerpts from his two appearances on the show in 1993 and 2007. Levon Helm: 1940-2012 The Southern muse gave voice to a Canadian band's pioneering Americana by Mark Kemp A friend of Levon Helm's gave me fair warning: "Don't mention Robbie Robertson early in your discussion with him. You won't be able to get him to talk about anything else.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ] Levon Helm, Legendary Drummer-Singer Of The Band, Dies Helm was perhaps best known for his singing on songs like "The Weight" and "Up on Cripple Creek." Martin Scorsese Remembers Levon Helm "I am one among many, many people who will miss him." Co-founder of The Band dies Levon Helm had a voice unlike any other in rock music: definitively Southern, soulful and gritty, an oak-barreled whiskey that sometimes went down with a fiery kick. Levon Helm, drummer and singer for The Band, dies at age 71 after cancer fight ALBANY, N.Y. - With songs like "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down," ''The Weight" and "Up on Cripple Creek," The Band fused rock, blues, folk and gospel to create a sound that seemed as authentically American as a Mathew Brady photograph or a Mark Twain short story.
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