Levon Helm, Drummer and Singer of the Band, Dies at 71

RollingStone

Levon Helm, the widely respected and influential singer and drummer with the Band, whose Arkansas drawl colored the group's signature hits, including "Up on Cripple Creek" and "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down," “Band members are practicing and performing on their instruments nearly seven days a week, 10 months of the year or more. [...]

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Legendary musician Levon Helm dies at age 71

USA TODAY

By David Browne, Rolling Stone 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," Helm's longtime guitarist By Tris McCall/The Star-Ledger AP Photo/Joe GiblinAfter a battle with cancer, classic [...]

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