Helm, 71, who also toured with Ringo Starr's All Star band in the 1980s and won a Grammy Award for his 2011 release "Ramble at the Ryman," had canceled a series of recent gigs, raising fears about ...

Dirt Farmer (2007), Electric Dirt (2009) and last year's Ramble At The Ryman all won Grammy awards. He also staged the Midnight Ramble jam sessions, featuring guest artists, in a specially ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Levon Helm, the drummer for The Band whose twangy vocals brought a poignancy and earthiness to songs like "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" and "Up on Cripple Creek," died ...

Latterly, Helm toured with Ringo Starr's All Starr Band in the 1980s and won multiple Grammy awards for his albums Dirt Farmer, Electric Dirt and Ramble at the Ryman, as well as one in 2011 for a ...

No worries: “Awesome!” The band that Levon put together for the Rambles produced three albums: Dirt Farmer, Electric Dirt, and last year, Ramble at the Ryman, recorded in Nashville.

Levon Helm 's 'Ramble At The Ryman' has won Best Americana Album at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards. The former the Band singer and drummer had won the same prize for the Grammy's inaugural ...

He saw the birth of rock and roll and though he's too much of a gentleman to say it, his role in helping to keep that rebellious child healthy is more than just instrumental. On May 26, 1940, Mark ...

Levon Helm's Arkansas-hewn voice and imaginative drumming helped make the Band — first known as Bob Dylan's backup band — into one of the most esteemed groups in pop music history.

And, no, he doesn't leave without an encore set of the Young essentials, either. Pro tip: The film rents digitally for $3.99 on Amazon. Levon Helm – "Ramble at the Ryman" (2011) ...

The Band went on to record 10 studio albums of its own. During his solo career, Helm won Grammy awards for his albums "Dirt Farmer," "Electric Dirt" and "Ramble at the Ryman." ...

Levon Helm, whose Arkansas country voice and tightknit work on a spare drum kit helped transform one of music’s most renowned backing groups into The Band, has died after a long battle with ...

Levon Helm, the drummer for The Band whose twangy vocals brought a poignancy and earthiness to songs like "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" and "Up on Cripple Creek," died on Thursday at the ...