From Spinner:
Levon Helm, the enigmatic drummer and baritone vocalist behind The Band has died at the age of 71 after a lengthy battle with cancer, the Times-Herald Record reports. Helm had been hospitalized at New York’s Memorial Sloane-Kettering Cancer Center.
“We lost Levon at 1:30 today surrounded by friends and family and his musicians have visited him,” Larry Campbell, Helm’s guitarist and band leader, told the news paper. “As sad as this was, it was very peaceful.”
• The Band: http://theband.hiof.no
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