Drummer Levon Helm of The Band survived throat cancer and is making music again — at his home in Woodstock, N.Y. This time around, the public is invited.

Helm got his first guitar when he was six, and by 17, played with Conway Twitty. He is best remembered for The Band. By Malcolm Jones.

Levon Helm performs Midnight Rambles with his new band at the Levon Helm Studio in Woodstock, N.Y. Arkansas-born Helm was the only non-Canadian member of the Hawks, a group that first backed early ...

The studio setup and the internal fraying of The Band led to a newly ad hoc record-making process, where only a couple of ...

Levon Helm carried "The Weight" for The Band, and for the Woodstock generation.. The musician died Thursday, two days after his family announced he was losing a fight to cancer. He was 71.

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

FILE - In this Oct. 9, 2009 file photo, Levon Helm, right, performs with his band on the "Imus in the Morning" program on the Fox Business channel, in New York.

John Barry was working as a music writer for the Poughkeepsie Journal in October of 2004 when he first met Levon Helm, legendary drummer and vocalist for The Band. Barry received a call from ...

When Elton John began working on his 1971 album, Madman Across the Water with Bernie Taupin they named the lead single after the Band‘s drummer Levon Helm.Though the song was believed to be ...

Levon Helm could seemingly do the impossible. He could drum expertly and sing at the same time. Helm was a wonder to behold, singing songs like “The Weight” with his rock group, The Band. Helm ...

In this 2009 file photo, Levon Helm (right) performs with his band in New York. At center is his daughter Amy Helm. Levon Helm was in the final stages of his battle with cancer, and died in 2012.