Levon Helm’s Dead

{ July 10, 2009 @ 6:20 pm } · { Grateful Dead, Levon Helm, Video }

Levon Helm is in fact not dead, the man is alive and kicking and fresh off the release of his new album ‘Electric Dirt’ featuring a soulful cover of the Grateful Dead’s classic ‘Tennessee Jed’. Levon’s band is led by himself on drums and vocals and Larry ‘The Master’ Campbell  on lead guitar and backup vocals – a fantastic duo if I ever saw one.

Check out this video of Levon and his Band performing Tennessee Jed on the Letterman show:

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  1. Jay-Z’s Dead « Welcome To Now Said:

    on July 13, 2009 at 10:14 am

    […] take a 180 degree turn from Levon Helm’s take on The Dead that we saw here on Welcome To Now a couple days ago. These Dead covers come courtesy of a Jay-Z and friends mashup put together by SpinJunkies – […]

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