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 authentically American as a ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A Manhattan court says Levon Helm long ago signed away rights that let an advertising agency use the song "The Weight" in a cell phone commercial. The Band's former drummer and singer ...

Levon Helm, former drummer for the Band, is suing a Manhattan advertising firm over the use of the band’s signature song, “The Weight,” in a television commercial. In a lawsuit filed in state Supreme ...

Bruce Springsteen ended the first leg of his "Wrecking Ball" tour in Newark, N.J., on Wednesday night and paid special tribute to The Band singer Levon Helm, who died April 19 at age 71. Limited time: ...

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