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Bob Dylan has paid tribute to Levon Helm, the former drummer with The Band, who passed away on Thursday April 19, aged 71. Dylan collaborated with The Band over the course of their career, first on Dylan's 1965 American tour. They worked together on the 1967 sessions that were eventually released as The Basement Tapes, and also a joint 1974 tour. Writing on bobdylan.com, Dylan said: "He was my bosom buddy friend to the end, one of the last true great spirits of my or any other generation. This is just so sad to talk about.

A couple of years ago when I was in Woodstock to interview Simone Felice and his band, The Duke & The King, Simone drove me around the mountains where he’d grown up, pointing out places of local and historical interest. These included Big Pink, the house on Parnassus Lane in West Saugerties, where Dylan and The Band recorded The Basement Tapes.

To celebrate the life and music of Levon Helm today, I’ve been collecting your favourite songs and clips of him over on Twitter @JohnRMulvey.

Levon Helm, singer and drummer with The Band has died, aged 71.

The Band's Levon Helm is said to be in the final stages of his "battle with cancer".

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A tribute to the leader of The Band