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Post by itrainmonkeys on Oct 3, 2012 20:38:19 GMT -5
Set break for now. Awesome stuff so far. Allen touissaint, garth hudson, john prine, mike gordon, DYLAN..........JAKOB DYLAN! (Close enough i guess). Still waiting on my morning jacket, john mayer, joe walsh, roger waters and a few others.
Post by itrainmonkeys on Oct 3, 2012 23:49:37 GMT -5
Absolutely amazing. The best part was getting to see My Morning Jacket and Roger Waters share the stage AND acknowledge each other. MMJ was like the pre-headliner to Roger Waters (they played a song together before MMJ left and Waters stuck around).
MMJ killed it, John Mayer was crazy on guitar and played two songs (one was Tennesse Jed and the other was with Ray LaMontagne singing Tears of Rage), Joe Walsh and Robert Randolph absolutely destroyed Up On Cripple Creek (in a good way).
So great. This isn't the order it was in but here was a list of performers. Might be missing one or two:
Roger Waters John Mayer My Morning Jacket Eric Church Ray LaMontagne Dierks Bentley Joe Walsh Gregg Allman Grace Potter Garth Hudson of The Band Marc Cohn Jakob Dylan Mike Gordon Warren Haynes John Hiatt Bruce Hornsby Jorma Kaukonen The Levon Helm Band John Prine Robert Randolph Mavis Staples Lucinda Williams
Post by itrainmonkeys on Oct 4, 2012 0:45:32 GMT -5
Setlist:
1. “The Shape I’m In,” Warren Haynes with house band. 2. “Long Black Veil,” Gregg Allman and Warren Haynes 3. “Trouble in Mind,” Jorma Kaukonen. (Helm played drums on Kaukonen’s version of this on Kaukonen’s 2009 River of Time album. New Jersey’s own Barry Mitterhoff plays mandolin with Kaukonen tonight. A few other musicians also play on this but not the full band. 4. “This Wheel’s on Fire,” the Midnight Ramble Band (Larry Campbell on vocals) 5. “Little Birds,” the Midnight Ramble Band (Levon’s daughter Amy Helm on vocals) 6. “Listening to Levon,” Marc Cohn. A tribute song written by Cohn in 2007. 7. “Move Along Train,” Mavis Staples 8. “Life is a Carnival,” Allen Toussaint sings and plays keyboards. Toussaint arranged horns for the Band’s Cahoots album as well as the Rock of Ages and Last Waltz concerts. 9. When I Paint My Masterpiece,” Garth Hudson also playing accordion on this one. Hudson of course was a co-founder of The Band along with Helm. Big ovation for Hudson. Feel-good moment of night so far. 10. “Anna Lee,” Bruce Hornsby, very stripped-down acoustic version. Hornsby playing some kind of string instrument, I’m not sure what it is, with Campbell on violin and Amy Helm and Teresa Williams on backing vocals. 11. Full band back, with Rami Jaffee of The Wallflowers on keyboards. Jakob Dylan sings “Ain’t Got No Home,” the oldie from The Band’s Moondog Matinee album. Upbeat, swinging version. Very nice. 12. “Whispering Pines” w/ Lucinda Williams “God bless Levon Helm, his spirit lives on,” she says at the end. 13. “Rag Mama Rag”, John Hiatt and Mike Gordon -Intermission- 14. “Baby Don’t You Do It,” David Bromberg and Joan Osborne 15. “I Shall Be Released,” Grace Potter, solo, backing herself on organ. “This is one of the great pleasures of my life,” she says before singing, echoing Neil Young’s line from “The Last Waltz.” 16. “Tears of Rage,” Ray LaMontagne, John Mayer 17. “Rockin’ Chair,” Dierks Bentley, Jon Randall, Jessi Alexander 18. “Chest Fever,” Dierks Bentley, Jon Randall, Jessi Alexander, Garth Hudson Garth Hudson does wild organ improvisation for a couple of minutes as intro to song. 19. “A Train Robbery,” Eric Church 20. “Get Up Jake,” Eric Church 21. “Tennessee Jed,” Larry Campbell, John Mayer 22. “Up on Cripple Creek,” Joe Walsh on guitar and vocals, Robert Randolph on pedal steel. “Jersey boys are here,” says Walsh. 23. “Ophelia,” My Morning Jacket 24. “It Makes No Difference,” My Morning Jacket 25. “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down,” Roger Waters w/ My Morning Jacket and G.E. Smith on guitar Roger Waters holds up a red baseball cap. Says Levon gave him the cap after a show “and it’s been my fishing hat ever since … and this will be with me till the day I die, because it means a lot to me.” 26. “Wide River to Cross,” Roger Waters, G.E. Smith on guitar, Larry Campbell violin solo w/ *House Band 27. “The Weight,” Ensemble. Roger Waters does the “Crazy Chester followed me …”
Post by itrainmonkeys on Oct 4, 2012 13:13:35 GMT -5
I didn't get it, because of randomly-standing people but got the other two. Plenty of pro cameras filming this though and a "producer/director" was given a credit so here's hoping a DVD or something comes out soon.
Post by itrainmonkeys on Oct 4, 2012 13:38:25 GMT -5
Yea seems like a no-brainer that the footage will be released at some point. I don't think it was streaming live so there's got to be a reason they had camera guys running around all night.
Post by itrainmonkeys on Oct 4, 2012 13:54:45 GMT -5
BTW everyone - If you're at a seated arena concert and a few people are standing in your section...that's cool...whatever stand up. I do it too if it's the only way I can see.
BUT If you are THE ONLY person in your whole section standing....please sit the quack down. In the beginning a group of 3 friends standing in the middle of a section made it annoying for a lot more behind them to see but then they sat down. But every now and then one guy would stand up.
He wasn't dancing, his vision wasn't blocked by others in front of him, he was just standing. And it was the ONE spot to directly block myself and others. Some sat on the concrete steps to get a view.
I hate telling people how to behave at concerts. I don't like saying what is right or wrong for people to do at shows because everyone enjoys themselves differently.....but seriously I can't take it when ONE person is standing up. We were up in the top sections....if you need/want to stand you can go up a few rows where the seats were empty.
My main annoyance of the night but it wasn't too bad. The other was people behind me hearing Garth Hudson's extended jammy intro to Chest Fever and thinking he was terrible and that he was tripping or something. I felt like turning around and saying "THIS IS HOW ITS DONE!" They were literally saying that something's wrong with him and everyone on stage must feel weird. It was just the awesome long organ intro before those first sweet notes of Chest Fever
Post by itrainmonkeys on Oct 4, 2012 15:56:36 GMT -5
Bacon - this should make you happy:
The show was filmed for a TV special and a DVD and CD release early next year. Proceeds will go to help paying the mortgage for Levon’s home and barn in Woodstock, New York, which houses a recording studio and where his Midnight Ramble shows are held.
The show was filmed for a TV special and a DVD and CD release early next year. Proceeds will go to help paying the mortgage for Levon’s home and barn in Woodstock, New York, which houses a recording studio and where his Midnight Ramble shows are held.
ITM, thanks for posting the videos and for being our eyes and ears at this tribute. I so wish I could have gone but doing GF and this was too much. I can't wait for the video to be released.
Post by itrainmonkeys on Jan 28, 2013 1:34:39 GMT -5
The news about the DVD is out:
Back on October 3rd, an unbelievable array of star power and musician’s musicians came together at the Izod Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey to pay tribute to the late great Levon Helm. Dubbed “Love For Levon,” the marathon two-set concert was presented with the aim of raising money to pay off the mortgage on Levon Helm Studios. On March 19th official footage of Love For Levon will make its way to DVD, CD and Blu-Ray with the release of four editions of the instant classic concert: Blu-Ray & CD, Blu-Ray, DVD and DVD & CD.
According to the trailer, Love For Levon will feature two hours worth of the concert as well as two hours worth of bonus footage. While we haven’t come across a track listing, from the looks of the trailer the set should include Warren Haynes’ The Shape I’m In, Jakob Dylan’s Ain’t Got No Home, John Hiatt and Mike Gordon’s Rag Mama Rag, John Mayer on Tennessee Jed, David Bromberg and Joan Osborne’s Don’t Do It, Eric Church on Get Up Jake, Joe Walsh and Robert Randolph teaming up for Up On Cripple Creek, Gregg Allman’s Long Black Veil, My Morning Jacket’s It Makes No Difference, Roger Waters with MMJ on The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down and Grace Potter’s stunning version of I Shall Be Released. Check out the trailer for the Love For Levon video release…
Post by itrainmonkeys on Feb 15, 2013 16:17:36 GMT -5
Borrowed this info from the MMJ boards:
Some of the biggest names in music gathered to honor one of the most influential musicians of our time and for the first time you can see the amazing concert on TV! The Love for Levon benefit concert pays tribute to the incomparable Levon Helm, drummer and vocalist for The Band. The star-studded, legendary lineup includes Roger Waters, Lucinda Williams, Grace Potter, John Mayer, Gregg Allman, My Morning Jacket, Dierks Bentley, Robert Randolph, The Levon Helm Band, and many, many more.
AXS TV Concerts: Love for Levon - A Benefit To Save The Barn PREMIERES February 17th on AXS TV
This show is a once-in-a-lifetime event for a once-in-a-lifetime individual. Tune in for the PREMIERE of Love For Levon – A Benefit To Save The Barn Sunday, February 17th at 8p ET only on AXS TV. AXS TV Concerts is giving some lucky viewers the chance to win a copy of this awesome concert, find out how HERE: bit.ly/Y8wbsX
Post by itrainmonkeys on Mar 19, 2013 17:12:20 GMT -5
Got this in the mail today. The packaging for the Blu Ray is awesome and the insert booklet is cool too. Really excited to watch this. Was such an awesome show live.