Fans flock to his Facebook page to share memories . Instead , The Barn became the center of an unlikely and unrivaled rock ' n ' roll revival . His family asks for prayers as Helm , 71 , `` makes his way through this part of his journey '' a trip that has taken him from the South Pacific islands where he grew up and into New York City in search of answers about what happened on Sept. 11, 2001. The Band drummer rose to fame in the late 1960s and 1970s ; fell on hard times in 1990s .
Fans flock to his Facebook page to share memories . His family asks for prayers as Helm , 71 , `` makes his way through this part of his journey '' a trip that has taken him from the South Pacific islands where he grew up and into New York City in search of answers about what happened on Sept. 11, 2001. The Band drummer rose to fame in the late 1960s and 1970s ; fell on hard times in 1990s .