Levon Helm, the supremely talented multi-instrumentalist and singer best known as the drummer and co-lead vocalist of the influential Americana group The Band, died on April 19, 2012. He was 71.

When Elton John began working on his 1971 album, Madman Across the Water with Bernie Taupin they named the lead single after the Band‘s drummer Levon Helm. Though the song was believed to be about ...

Like many younger fans of Levon Helm, my first real exposure to his music was from the film The Last Waltz, Martin Scorsese’s documentary about The Band’s farewell concert, which took place in San ...

Helm wasn't exactly the leader, although it's his voice on "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down," the famous Civil War narrative that appears on 1969's The Band. And while the others pitch in on Big ...

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 ...

Levon Helm and friends ramble on at the Ryman Auditorium. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent ...

Not every musician gets to tour with the real life versions of their prized record collection, but there are few people with a highlight reel like Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams have amassed.

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 ...

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, ...