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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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) ...

“I love The Band. I love Levon Helm. I love all things Band, pretty much,” said Carolyn Wonderland, who will be special guest Sunday at the Levon Helm Studios Presents: The Helm Family ...

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 ...

Helm was first diagnosed with the disease in 1996, and for a period he lost the ability to sing. But by the time we sat down to chat at his home-cum-studio complex, Helm had recovered much of his ...