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Levon Helm died today after a long battle with cancer. It's not unexpected, but it's a bummer anyway. In addition to being a completely legendary drummer with The Band, Helm was also great for what ... read more �

Photo: Ahron R. Foster Another rock and roll legend has passed. Levon Helm, drummer for The Band and successful solo artist, passed away today at the age of 71. The cause of death was throat cancer as Helm had been battling it since the late 1990s. A message was left on Helm's official website which reads, "Levon Helm passed peacefully this afternoon. He was surrounded by family, friends and band mates and will be remembered by all he touched as a brilliant musician and a beautiful soul." [...]

As Levon Helm, the drummer and singer for the Band, once famously wrote, "If it doesn't come from your heart music just doesn't work." It was just a few days ago that his family publicly announced that he was in the final stages of a long battle with throat cancer; today we're saddened to learn that the Arkansas-born roots-music patriarch has died at the age of 71. "Mr. Helm's drumming valued space over showiness," reads his New York Times obituary . "He gave his drums a muffled, bottom-heavy sound that placed them in [...]

Levon Helm passed away  today after a long battle with cancer. This afternoon and over the next few days we expect plenty of tributes and thoughts about The Band drummer to file in from around the world. We'll compile word of those tributes within this post and will update it accordingly. [Photos by Jeremy Gordon ] Obituaries : Jambands.com : "The only American member of the quintessential Americana quintet, Helm—who also played mandolin, [...]

from http://levonhelm.com/ It was reported recently that Levon Helm , founding member of The Band, an award winning drummer and instrumentalist in his own right, was "in the final stages of his battle with cancer." Today comes the sad news that Levon Helm has passed away. According to the Levon Helms Studios website , "Levon Helm passed peacefully this afternoon. He was surrounded by family, friends and band mates and will be remembered by all he touched as a brilliant musician and a beautiful soul." His legacy as will no doubt be regarded [...]

Just got word that Levon Helm, pride of Arkansas, died today. My fave singing drummer was 71 years old. Miss him. The Band - Jemima Surrender

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Levon Helm, best known for his association with the Band, has just passed at the age of 71.Dear Friends, Levon is in the final stages of his battle with cancer. Please send your prayers and love to hi

Levon Helm, with the Band. (Photo by Art Meripol) Sad news from Woodstock, N.Y., today: Levon Helm, drummer and singer for The Band and a Grammy Award-winning solo artist, has died. Helm, 71, was diagnosed with throat cancer in the late 1990s. Intensive radiation treatment left him with a raspy voice that can be heard on the album Dirt Farmer (2007). Nevertheless, the Arkansas native carried on a busy touring schedule and hosted "Midnight Ramble" events at his barn in Woodstock. The [...]

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Levon Helm - RIP

Rolling Stone reports that Levon Helm, the great Americana drummer and singer, has died in New York, a few days after his family posted a statement that he was in the "final stages" of cancer. Helm, a former member of the Band, had been battling throat cancer for more than a decade. He was 71. The Arkansas-born Helm got his start in the Hawks, the backing band for the Canada-based rockabilly musician Ronnie Hawkins. The Hawks eventually split with Hawkins, touring with Helm as the frontman and eventually backing Bob Dylan on tour and on Music From [...]

Filed under: News , R.I.P. AP Photo, Richard Drew 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 York's Memorial Sloane-Kettering Cancer Center. "We lost Levon at 1:30 today surrounded by friends and family and his musicians have visited him," Larry Campbell, [...]

Levon Helm , legendary drummer of The Band, has passed away at the age of 71 this afternoon surrounded by his friends and family at NYC's Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center according to the Times Herald-Record . On Tuesday we found out Helm was in " the final stages of his battle with cancer " and today he succumbed to the dreaded disease. Levon may best have been known for his time in The Band, but over the last few years he reinvented his career. The drummer worked [...]

Charles Pierce on Levon Helm : I wanted to write all of this before he passed. I wanted to thank him for the way he sang, and for the throb of his drums, and for the way he helped point the way home for all of us who thought we'd lost our country. He brought us back to what was really important: the fugitive grace of a young democracy, that America, for all its flaws and shortcomings, for all its loss of faith in itself and its stubborn self-delusions, was a country that was meant [...]

Filed under: News Michael Loccisano, Getty Images The Band 's Robbie Robertson has put aside years of acrimony to visit Levon Helm in the hospital. In a Facebook note posted just hours ago , Robertson wrote of seeing the singer and drummer, who is dying from cancer , for "one last time." "Last week I was shocked and so saddened to hear that my old band mate, Levon, was [...]

Legendary musician Levon Helm's daughter Amy and wife Sandy have released the following statement on his website : Dear Friends, Levon is in the final stages of his battle with cancer. Please send your prayers and love to him as he makes his way through this part of his journey. Thank you fans and music lovers who have made his life so filled with joy and celebration... he has loved nothing more than to play, to fill the room up with music, lay down the back beat, and make the [...]

From Levon Helm's website : Dear Friends, Levon is in the final stages of his battle with cancer. Please send your prayers and love to him as he makes his way through this part of his journey. Thank you fans [...]

Some very sad news hit yesterday. The Band co-founder and drummer Levon Helm has entered the "final stages" of his battle with cancer, according to his official website. Often times with truly great, memorable music groups we feel the need to pick out our favorite member. I'm sure you all have a favorite Beatle. Levon Helm was always my favorite member of The Band:   Both for his voice, and for just how much fun he always looked like he was having when he played. In addition to playing with The Band , [...]

Levon Helm has as fine a voice in music's history as any. Sure, he'll always be remembered for his contributions to The Band, but by all accounts Helm was/is as fine a gentleman as he was a musician. Helm has not left this mortal coil yet, but his family announced yesterday that "Levon is in the final stages of his battle with cancer. Please send your prayers and love to him as he makes his way through this part of his journey." It won't be long until we lose a [...]

photo by dgans taken at the santa cruz civic auditorium 1976 godspeed, l evon .... 1. announcers intro 2. mc intro 3. ophelia 4. the shape i'm in 5. it makes no difference 6. the weight 7. king harvest 8. the twilight 9. the night they drove old dixie down [...]