Levon Helm, former drummer and vocalist for the '60s and '70s rock group, The Band, recounts his early fame, his battle against throat cancer and his continuing solo career. In 1996, Helm was ...

Helm played superpowered, shifting backbeats, helped Bob Dylan go electric and sang some of The Band's biggest hits, including "The Weight" and... Levon Helm, Drummer And Singer In The Band, Dies ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — 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 ...

Amy Helm has provided background vocals for Steely Dan and Rosanne Cash, co-founded an acclaimed alt-country band and released two solo albums. These days, she is offering curbside delivery of songs.

With Levon at the helm, The Band was an adult rock group — for 1969 listeners, The Band represented a last gasp for a country unable to confront its own dark history, a refuge where all men can sing ...

Levon Helm, who died in New York on April 19, age 71, from the cancer that he had been fighting for more than a decade, was one of the most celebrated rock drummers of the last 50 years. He uniquely ...

Sep. 4—STROUDSBURG — The Weight Band, featuring members of The Band and the Levon Helm Band is headed to the Sherman Theater in the Poconos on Saturday, September 7. Performing original songs as well ...

Work is underway on an exhibit honoring an Arkansas native who sang and played drums for The Band. “This Wheel’s Still on Fire: The Legacy of Levon Helm” will go on display in August at the Folk ...

Levon Helm, the drummer and gritty-voiced singer with The Band, a revered rock group that recorded and collaborated with Bob Dylan and was one of the most influential music acts of the 1960s and '70s, ...