Loved Love for Levon!
by RomanticEd on 10/8/12IZOD Center - East RutherfordAmazing. Great lineup. Great songs (The Band's) Great performances.
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Amazing. Great lineup. Great songs (The Band's) Great performances.
a great night. each act was solid. the only real disappointment was the encore. the song was awesome, but all these amazing musicians could have been a bit more extraordinary, i found it a bit flat for all of the potential on stage.
Super sweet tribute, for a sweet, sweet soul. Show was outstanding. Promotional promises of legendary surprise guests that never materialized, were distracting.
Excellent presentation, very well run venue. would definetly return for an oncore.
For those who love Levon, the Band, and good music, this was an unforgettable night.
Special show for a special person with a night filled with unforgettable performances
This show was so good, I was totally emotional through the whole thing! Levon was and old acquaintance of mine; all the way back to Woodstock! I've followed him all the way through his career, (both musically and and films as well). I will miss him more than you know! To see the turnout both fans and musicians; seems to make life worth while!!!!!!!!!!!
blowing...............show was incredible. A great tribute to a great and talented musician.
Great talent and I could even hear a few people. Grace Potter, Mavis Staples, Joe Walsh and a few others. But the mix was TERRIBLE. The lead instrument throughout was the KICK DRUM that shook the hall. It obscured everything when it hit like a depth charge. This was SUPPOSED to be in honor of Levon's barn events even though it was held in an arena. The mixer did a TERRIBLE JOB by pumping up the kick drum as if this was a STADIUM ROCK SHOW. IT WASN'T! He also gave us a CAR STEREO MIX: all treble and bass, no midrange. THIS WAS A FOLK MUSIC SHOW but you couldn't make out voices, just sibilants. When My Morning Jacket arrived it got MUCH better. I BET they brought their own mixer in, or gave the lame brain doing the mix specific instructions because suddenly there was midrange and the drums were properly placed in the mix...otherwise it was unlistenable and we ended up leaving because we couldn't hear much other than that friggin' kick drum. OH and the signage for getting into the Izod arena is TERRIBLE.
Warren Haynes started the show off with a "Bang". John Mayer and Jow Walsh showed how rock and roll has persevered by lighting the place on fire with their guitars. Grace Potter probably took the performance of the night. She left the entire arena in tears! Great show!
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012 at the Izod Center was a great evening. Great variety of musicians doing the music of the Band and Levon Helm. Highlights of the show were Grace Potter's rendition of I Shall Be Released, Joe Walsh and Robert Randolph doing Up on Cripple Creek, and Dierks Bentley and Garth Hudson doing Chest Fever. Other fine performances were John Hiatt and Mike Gordo doing Rag Mama Rag and Roger Waters singing The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down. A great tribute to Levon Helm.
Awesome!..Once in a lifetime show. Levon is still smiling.
No doubt that there was a lot of talent in the house but the interaction with the audience was minimal at best. The concert seemed very business like and not very intimate. No pictures of Levon, few stories about him and rather a disappointing memorial to a great musician. Less performers, more time for performers on stage and more emotional connection with the audience would have gone a long way.
I loved all the love for Levon. What a fitting tribute to such a talented musician gone too soon. The outpouring of love by the parade of outstanding musicians and artists made for a memorable evening. The veterans of country and rock, accompanied by some contemporary talent made beautiful music all night long. Long live the Midnight Rambles!!
it was everything i'd imagined. a really varied assortment of musicians , among the best in their fields , uniting to honor Levon . best way to play that is to pick 'em out and do 'em up right .their talents and hearts combined to cook it up nice . my faves were Joe Walsh' and Robert Randolph's "Cripple Creek" and a kick-ass version of Grace Potter at the keyboard singing the hell out of "I Shall Be Released ." it was well worth the weeknight roundtrip roadtrip up from Philly .you there ?you know . missed it ? maybe a dvd , cd , pkg. ? NPR will milk the Hell out of that at Beg-a-thon time .
It was great to see so many people showing respect for Levon. Good to see Joe Walsh again and Roger Waters was right on. I didn't know My Morning Jacket or Grace Potter and they were great as well as Jakob Dylan, John Hiatt, Gregg Allman, Mavis Staples and all the others. David Bromberg and Joan Osburn was a plus. I hope they raised a lot of money to keep the Ramble going.
Perfect night,had a fantastic time.Missed Levon a lot. RIP,Mr. Helm.
What a great tribute to Levon and the band. The legendary participants checked their egos at the door and played great music!
Everyone played with so much heart, and left thrir egos at the door. Almost like a giant Ramble. I hope Levon was watching.
The show was amazing, the talent & love on that stage was awe-inspiring. Just when I thought the show couldn't get any better.....it did! It was also wonderful to be with so many Levon fans, very emotional also. At one point I swore I heard Levon laugh! Everyone was wonderful & special thanks to Larry, Amy & Teresa and the entire Midnight Ramble Band!!! You guys ROCK!!