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Multi-Instrumentalist Levon Helm of The Band Dead at 71 After Long Struggle With Cancer

Posted 04/19/2012 at 3:20pm | by Damian Fanelli

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Levon Helm, the Arkansas-born multi-instrumentalist and vocalist whose unforgettable voice graced some of The Band's biggest hits, died yesterday in Woodstock, New York, after a long battle with cancer. He was 71.

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The Band's Robbie Robertson Visits Levon Helm in Hospital, Posts Message to Fans

Posted 04/19/2012 at 1:19pm | by Damian Fanelli

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Guitarist Robbie Robertson, a former member of The Band, visited an ailing Levon Helm in the hospital over the weekend. Helm, best known as the drummer in The Band -- and singer of several of the band's hits -- is in the final stages of his 14-year struggle cancer, as posted by his wife and daughter last Friday.

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An Ode to Levon Helm's "Masterpiece"

Posted 04/18/2012 at 12:20pm | by Damian Fanelli

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For me, the ailing Levon Helm's greatest moment with The Band is their cover of Bob Dylan's "When I Paint My Masterpiece" from 1971's Cahoots. While it was already common for other artists to perform Dylan's own songs better than he did, Helm's performance on "Masterpiece" is truly one of a kind.

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