Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Well, I've seen two of the finest musicians around in the last week, RT and Levon. The Levon Helm Band is sublimely talented ensemble. The band is: LH Larry Campbell and Jim Vivino on giutar Mike Merrit on bass These were the only four people on stage all night.
The rest was a rotating cast consisting of: Amy Helm Fiona McBride Glenn Pasticha all from Ollabelle Teresa Williams, Campbell's supremely talented wife Little Sammy Davis A smoking 4 piece horn section another keyboard player. Highlights included everything he played. Especially notable were: Ophelia Rag Mama Rag I don't Want to Hang Up my Rock 'n Roll Shoes Atlantic City Chest Fever (with a jaw dropping intro by Campbell playing Garth Hudson's part on guitar, LC and Vivino just bring in the most virtuosic possible fashion) Man of Constant Sorrow I Don't Have a Home no More (Woody Gutherie tune sung by Vivino) Deep Elem Blues (Campbell) Whatever Amy Helm's song was The Weight W.S. Walcott Medicine Show Remedy I Ain't Got No Home The rest of the songs were even better. The crowd knew every word to just about every song, talk about a singalong. Ollabelle did Brokedown again, to keep it on topic (hah)

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