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Monday Morning Video: Missing Levon

Monday, May 14, 2012 By Mayer Danzig

It was just shy of a month ago that we lost Levon Helm, a true legend of rock and roll. The outpouring from the music community was immediate and immense. Here are but a few of the musical tributes (see below for the playlist details).

Levon, you will be missed.

  • Simone Felice performs “Radio Song”
  • Lisa Hannigan, “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”
  • Drive-By Truckers with Megafaun, “The Weight”
  • The Black Keys with John Fogerty, “The Weight”
  • The Punch Brothers, Jesca Hoop, Aoife O’Donovan, “The Weight”
  • Frank Turner, “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”
  • Warren Haynes Band, “It Makes No Difference”/”The Weight”
  • Bon Iver, “Ophelia”
  • Megafaun, “I Shall Be Released”
  • The Band of Heathens, “One More Song”
  • Mavis Staples with Glen Hansard, “The Weight”
  • Bruce Springsteen, “The Weight”

About the author:  Mild-mannered corporate executive by day, excitable Twangville denizen by night.


Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Folk, In Memoriam, Videos Tagged With: Aoife O'donovan, Bon Iver, Bruce Springsteen, Drive-By-Truckers, Frank Turner, Glen Hansard, Jesca Hoop, John Fogerty, Levon Helm, Lisa Hannigan, Mavis Staples, Megafaun, Simone Felice, The Band, The Black Keys, The Punch Brothers, Warren Haynes Band

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