Love for Levon


Love for Levon: Benefit to Save the Barn was a benefit concert held on October 3, 2012 at the Izod Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The concert was a posthumous tribute to the life of The Band's co-lead vocalist and drummer Levon Helm, who died of throat cancer on April 19, 2012. The concert featured a wide variety of musicians who had worked with Helm as well as musicians who were influenced by him. Proceeds from the concert went towards keeping Helm's Woodstock barn in his family's control as well as continuing his Midnight Ramble concert series in the barn. The concert's musical directors were Don Was and Helm's frequent collaborator Larry Campbell. The concert was released on CD and DVD on March 19, 2013.

Album and video

The concert was released as a two-disc album on CD, and also as a two-disc video on DVD and Blu-ray, on March 19, 2013.

Musicians

House bands

There were two separate house bands for the performance which shared many of the same members. One band was The Levon Helm Band and the other was The All Star Band. The horn section backed both bands for most songs. Some songs included only some members of either band, and My Morning Jacket performed their songs with only the assistance of the horn section.
The All Star Band
The Levon Helm Band
  • Larry Campbell – acoustic and electric guitar, mandolin, fiddle, 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, accordion, keyboards
The Horn Section

Special guests

, Garth Hudson, My Morning 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 G.E. Smith

Setlist

The set list was composed primarily of songs by The Band and Levon Helm solo. The running order and songs performed consisted of:
  1. The All-Star Band
  2. *"The [Shape I'm In (The Band song)|The Shape I'm In]"
  3. *"Long Black Veil"
  4. "Trouble in Mind"
  5. The Levon Helm Band
  6. *"This Wheel's on Fire"
  7. *"Little Birds"
  8. *"Listening to Levon"
  9. *"Move Along Train"
  10. *"Life is a Carnival"
  11. *"When I Paint My Masterpiece"
  12. "Anna Lee"
  13. The All-Star Band
  14. *"Ain't Got [No Home (Clarence "Frogman" Henry song)|Ain't Got No Home]"
  15. *"Whispering Pines"
  16. *"Rag Mama Rag"
Intermission
  1. The All-Star Band
  2. *"Don't Do It"
  3. "I Shall Be Released"
  4. The All-Star Band
  5. *"Tears of Rage"
  6. *"Rockin' Chair"
  7. *"Chest Fever"
  8. *"A Train Robbery"
  9. *"Get Up Jake"
  10. *"Tennessee Jed"
  11. *"Up on Cripple Creek"
  12. My Morning Jacket
  13. *"Ophelia"
  14. *"It Makes No Difference"
  15. *"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"
  16. The All-Star Band
  17. *"Wide River to Cross"
  18. The All-Star and Levon Helm Bands
  19. *"The Weight"