Love for Levon a Benefit to Save the Barn Blu-ray Review

Dearest for Levon: Benefit To Save The Barn
Genre	Rock music
Dates	Oct 3, 2012
Location(southward)	Izod Centre, Due east Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.
Years active	2012

Love for Levon: Benefit To Save The Barn was a concert held on October iii, 2012 at the Izod Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The concert was a tribute to the life of The Band pb vocalist and drummer Levon Captain. The concert featured a wide variety of musicians who had worked with Helm as well every bit musicians who were influenced by him. Proceeds from the concert went towards keeping Helm's Woodstock barn in his family's control equally well as continuing his Midnight Constitutional concert series in the barn. The concert'due south musical directors were Don Was and Helm'south frequent collaborator Larry Campbell.^{[1] [2]} The concert was released on CD and DVD on March nineteen, 2013.^[3]

Album and video [edit]

Love for Levon: A Benefit to Save the Befouled
Alive album by various artists
Released	March nineteen, 2013
Recorded	Oct iii, 2012
Venue	Izod Centre East Rutherford, New Bailiwick of jersey
Genre	Rock, Americana
Label	Time Life Entertainment

The concert was released every bit a ii-disc album on CD, and also as a two-disc video on DVD and Blu-ray, on March xix, 2013.^{[4] [5] [6]}

Musicians [edit]

House bands [edit]

There were two separate business firm bands for this functioning which shared many of the same members. 1 band was The Levon Helm Band and the other was The All Star Band. The horn section backed both bands for about songs. Some songs included but some members of either band and My Morning Jacket performed their songs with only the help of the horn section.

The All Star Band

• Larry Campbell – acoustic and electric guitar, mandolin, fiddle, lead and bankroll vocals
• Amy Captain – atomic number 82 and backing vocals
• Teresa Williams – lead and backing vocals
• Greg Leisz – acoustic and electrical guitar
• Kenny Aronoff – drums
• Don Was – bass guitar, double bass
• Brian Mitchell – piano, organ, accordion, keyboards

The Levon Helm Band

• Larry Campbell – acoustic and electric guitar, mandolin, dabble, lead and backing vocals
• Amy Helm – lead and backing vocals
• Teresa Williams – lead and backing vocals
• Jim Weider – acoustic and electric guitar
• Justin Guip – drums
• Byron Isaacs – bass guitar, double bass
• Brian Mitchell – piano, organ, piano accordion, keyboards

The Horn Section

• Steven Bernstein – trumpet, alto horn, soprano trombone
• Jay Collins – tenor saxophone
• Earl McIntyre – trombone^[7]
• Howard Johnson – tuba, baritone saxophone
• Erik Lawrence – soprano and alto saxophone^[8]

Special guests [edit]

Roger Waters, Garth Hudson, My Morning time Jacket, John Mayer, Joe Walsh, Dierks Bentley, Eric Church, Gregg Allman, Bruce Hornsby, Ray LaMontagne, John Hiatt, Grace Potter, Warren Haynes, Lucinda Williams, Mavis Staples, Allen Toussaint, David Bromberg, Robert Randolph, John Prine, Jorma Kaukonen, Marc Cohn, Jakob Dylan, Mike Gordon, Joan Osborne, Jai Johanny Johanson, Jon Randall, Matt Burr, Barry Mitterhoff, Jessi Alexander, Steve Jordan, Shawn Pelton, Rami Jaffee and Yard.Due east. Smith^[9]

Setlist [edit]

The set list was equanimous primarily of songs past The Ring and Levon Helm solo (including songs they covered or recorded on with another artist).

1. "The Shape I'thou In"
   • feat. Warren Haynes and Rami Jaffee
2. "Long Black Veil"
   • feat. Gregg Allman and Warren Haynes
3. "Trouble in Mind"
   • feat. Jorma Kaukonen, Barry Mitterhoff and Jai Johanny Johanson
4. "This Wheel's on Burn down"
   • feat. Shawn Pelton
5. "Little Birds"
   • feat. Byron Isaacs and Teresa Williams
6. "Listening to Levon"
   • feat. Marc Cohn and Greg Leisz
7. "Move Along Train"
   • feat. Mavis Staples
8. "Life is a Carnival"
   • feat. Allen Toussaint and Jai Johanny Johanson
9. "When I Paint My Masterpiece"
   • feat. Garth Hudson, John Prine and Joan Osborne
10. "Anna Lee"
    • feat Bruce Hornsby
11. "Own't Got No Domicile"
    • feat. Jakob Dylan and Rami Jaffee
12. "Whispering Pines"
    • feat. Lucinda Williams and Rami Jaffee
13. "Rag Mama Rag"
    • feat. John Hiatt and Mike Gordon

Intermission

1. "Don't Do It"
   • feat. David Bromberg and Joan Osborne
2. "I Shall Exist Released"
   • feat. Grace Potter and Matt Burr
3. "Tears of Rage"
   • feat. John Mayer, Steve Hashemite kingdom of jordan and Ray LaMontagne
4. "Rockin' Chair"
   • feat. Dierks Bentley, Jon Randall and Jessi Alexander
5. "Breast Fever"
   • feat. Garth Hudson, Dierks Bentley, Jon Randall and Jessi Alexander
6. "A Train Robbery"
   • feat. Eric Church
7. "Get Up Jake"
   • feat. Eric Church
8. "Tennessee Jed"
   • feat. John Mayer and Steve Jordan
9. "Up on Cripple Creek"
   • feat. Joe Walsh and Robert Randolph
10. "Ophelia"
    • feat. My Morning Jacket
11. "It Makes No Difference"
    • feat. My Morning Jacket
12. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"
    • feat. Roger Waters, Chiliad.Eastward. Smith and My Morning Jacket
13. "Wide River to Cross"
    • feat. Roger Waters and G.E. Smith
14. "The Weight"
    • feat. all guest musicians^[10]

References [edit]

1. ^ Saed Hindash/The Star-Ledger. "Roger Waters joins Love for Levon tribute testify". NJ.com. Retrieved 2012-10-xiii .
2. ^ Gary Graff/Detroit - BillBoard. "'Love for Levon' Concert Gets March Release on CD/DVD, Volition Air on TV". billboard.com. Retrieved 2013-04-24 .
3. ^ "Honey For Levon (2xBlu-Ray + 2xCD)". Retrieved 2013-02-08 . {{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
4. ^ Leggett, Steve. "Love for Levon: A Benefit to Relieve the Barn". AllMusic . Retrieved January 2, 2017.
5. ^ Giles, Jeff (March 28, 2013). "Various Artists, Dear for Levon – Album Review". Ultimate Classic Rock . Retrieved Jan two, 2017.
6. ^ Horowitz, Hal (March 19, 2013). "Various Artists: Love for Levon". American Songwriter . Retrieved Jan 2, 2017.
7. ^ Although Clark Gayton was listed in the liner notes, the DVD clearly shows that the trombone player for the entire concert was Earl McIntyre. This was confirmed in a personal chat with Byron Isaacs who said that Clark had been invited simply did not attend due to a schedule conflict.
8. ^ "Dearest for Levon Helm Tribute Concert - Blackbird Presents". Archived from the original on 2012-09-29. Retrieved 2012-10-02 .
9. ^ Tony LoBue. "'Levon Helm Official Website': Levon Helm Official Website". levonhelm.com. Retrieved 2012-10-fourteen .
10. ^ New Jersey. "'Love for Levon': Levon Helm tribute concert live web log". NJ.com. Retrieved 2012-ten-thirteen .

External links [edit]

• Love for Levon website

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_for_Levon

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