Love for Levon at Izod Center

Izod Center, East Rutherford, NJ, 10.3.2012 – Love for Levon: A Benefit to Save the Barn was put together at Izod Center after the passing of The Band legend Levon Helm to save his barn where many people joined him for his rambles.  This was a show that saw musician after musician come by to show some love for Levon Helm and play one of his tunes while they were there.  Headlined by none other than Roger Waters, additional musicians like John Mayer, My Morning Jacket, Joe Walsh, Gregg Allman, Warren Haynes, Grace Potter, Jakob Dylan, Ray Lamontagne as well as Larry Campbell paid tribute to music’s lost friend.  Check out my photos from a show people will be talking about forever.

 

So I can’t complain about a soundboard shoot when only 8 photographers were allowed to shoot the show.  About 20 showed up for the step and repeat before the show and were then given tickets to watch the actual show.  I am not equipped for a soundboard shoot like most people are.  I had to rely on my 70-200 on my 7D with a teleconvertor while others were shooting with 400 2.8s.  But I made due and it worked out.  I won’t win any awards for these but I documented an amazing show.  Love for Levon is one of those shows people will be telling their grand kids “I was there”.

Check out Slide Show Below:

• Full Gallery of Photos
• See photos BIG
• Purchase prints from the show (with proceeds going to the Barn)

Equipment:
Canon 5D Mark III, Canon 5D Mark II, Canon 7D
Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II, Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L, Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L II IS

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This entry was posted on Monday, November 12th, 2012 at 6:49 pm. It is filed under Classic Rock, Live Music and tagged with 2012, bowery presents, classic rock, grace potter, izod center, joan osbourne, joe walsh, john mayer, larry campbell, levon helm, live music, love for levon, mavis staples, mike gordon, New Jersey, phish, pink floyd, ray lamontagne, Rock, roger waters, the band, the eagles. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.