The country boy behind the group’s hits "The Weight" and "Up on Cripple Creek" loses his long battle with throat cancer. By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Levon Helm, whose Arkansas country voice and ...

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 ...

Levon Helm, the enigmatic drummer and baritone vocalist behind The Band has died at the age of 71 after a lengthy battle with cancer, the Times-Herald Record reports. Helm had been hospitalized at New ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Levon Helm, a key member of the seminal rock group The Band who lent his distinctively Southern voice to classics like "The Weight" and "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down," has ...

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. Levon Helm has been playing music since he was ...

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 ...

Though Levon Helm appears aged and frail behind his drum kit, the 69-year-old still reigns from his (drum) throne. Despite a battle with throat cancer, he continues to fight — his last two albums, ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Drummer Levon Helm, a longtime member of The Band, died on Thursday after a long battle with throat cancer. He was 71. Helm, who also toured with Ringo Starr's All Star band in ...

Levon Helm, singer and drummer for the Band, died on April 19 in New York of throat cancer. He was 71. "He passed away peacefully at 1:30 this afternoon surrounded by his friends and bandmates," ...

Levon Helm, singer and drummer for the Band, died on April 19 in New York of throat cancer. He was 71. "He passed away peacefully at 1:30 this afternoon surrounded by his friends and bandmates," ...