Love for Levon


Love for Levon: Benefit To Save The Barn was a concert held on October 3, 2012 at the Izod Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The concert was a tribute to the life of The Band lead vocalist and drummer Levon Helm. 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 this 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
;The Horn Section
, 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.
  1. "The Shape I'm In"
  2. *feat. Warren Haynes and Rami Jaffee
  3. "Long Black Veil"
  4. *feat. Gregg Allman and Warren Haynes
  5. "Trouble in Mind"
  6. *feat. Jorma Kaukonen, Barry Mitterhoff and Jai Johanny Johanson
  7. "This Wheel's on Fire"
  8. *feat. Shawn Pelton
  9. "Little Birds"
  10. *feat. Byron Isaacs and Teresa Williams
  11. "Listening to Levon"
  12. *feat. Marc Cohn and Greg Leisz
  13. "Move Along Train"
  14. *feat. Mavis Staples
  15. "Life is a Carnival"
  16. *feat. Allen Toussaint and Jai Johanny Johanson
  17. "When I Paint My Masterpiece"
  18. *feat. Garth Hudson, John Prine and Joan Osborne
  19. "Anna Lee"
  20. *feat Bruce Hornsby
  21. "Ain't Got No Home"
  22. *feat. Jakob Dylan and Rami Jaffee
  23. "Whispering Pines"
  24. *feat. Lucinda Williams and Rami Jaffee
  25. "Rag Mama Rag"
  26. *feat. John Hiatt and Mike Gordon
  27. "Don't Do It"
  28. *feat. David Bromberg and Joan Osborne
  29. "I Shall Be Released"
  30. *feat. Grace Potter and Matt Burr
  31. "Tears of Rage"
  32. *feat. John Mayer, Steve Jordan and Ray LaMontagne
  33. "Rockin' Chair"
  34. *feat. Dierks Bentley, Jon Randall and Jessi Alexander
  35. "Chest Fever"
  36. *feat. Garth Hudson, Dierks Bentley, Jon Randall and Jessi Alexander
  37. "A Train Robbery"
  38. *feat. Eric Church
  39. "Get Up Jake"
  40. *feat. Eric Church
  41. "Tennessee Jed"
  42. *feat. John Mayer and Steve Jordan
  43. "Up on Cripple Creek"
  44. *feat. Joe Walsh and Robert Randolph
  45. "Ophelia"
  46. *feat. My Morning Jacket
  47. "It Makes No Difference"
  48. *feat. My Morning Jacket
  49. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"
  50. *feat. Roger Waters, G.E. Smith and My Morning Jacket
  51. "Wide River to Cross"
  52. *feat. Roger Waters and G.E. Smith
  53. "The Weight"
  54. *feat. all guest musicians