Levon Helm, a key member of the seminal rock group The Band who lent his distinctively Southern voice to classics like "The Weight" and "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down," has died at age 71.

NEW YORK (AP) -- The Band member Levon Helm died Thursday, April 19th at the age of 71. Much of the Band's innovative sound was born in the "Big Pink.'' It was a house in idyllic Woodstock, N.Y ...

FILE - In this Dec. 3, 2007 file photo, musician Levon Helm appears on the new "Imus in the Morning" program at New York. Helm, who was in the final stages of his battle with cancer, died Thursday ...

Richard Manuel biography a loving testament to a key member of The Band originally appeared on Goldmine.

ALBANY, N.Y. - With songs like "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down," "The Weight" and "Up on Cripple Creek," The Band fused rock, blues, folk and gospel to create a sound that seemed as authentica ...

(CBS/AP) Musician Levon Helm, founding member of The Band, died on Thursday in New York. He was 71. A note on Helm's website explained, "Levon Helm passed peacefully this afternoon.

NEW YORK (AP) - Much of the Band’s innovative sound was born in the “Big Pink.” It was a house in idyllic Woodstock, N.Y., rented for $125 a week and nicknamed for its distinctive pink paint ...

Levon Helm, key member of The Band, dies at 71 (photos, video) By The Associated Press April 19, 2012. FILE - In this Dec. 3, 2007 file photo, musician Levon Helm appears on the new "Imus in the ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — With songs like "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down," ''The Weight" and "Up on Cripple Creek," The Band fused rock, blues, folk and gospel to ...

Levon Helm, The Band's commanding drummer and singer, whose solid beat and Arkansas twang helped define classics from the tragic "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" to the playful "Up on Cripple ...

Entertainment; Levon Helm, key member of The Band, dies at 71. Published: ; Apr. 19, 2012, 9:49 p.m.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) – With songs like ‘The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down,’ ”The Weight’ and ‘Up on Cripple Creek,’ The Band fused rock, blues, folk and gos… ...