Yim Yames and Levon Helm

[baconus66]

I was at the Levon Helm Outside Lands show last night.  Yim came out and sang "It Makes No Difference" and a verse of both "The Weight" and "I Shall Be Released".  The whole show was phenomenal but the shows with Yim were a whole other level.  You could tell he was as excited to be there as anyone in the audience.

[johnnYYac]

I was at the Levon Helm Outside Lands show last night.  Yim came out and sang "It Makes No Difference" and a verse of both "The Weight" and "I Shall Be Released".  The whole show was phenomenal but the shows with Yim were a whole other level.  You could tell he was as excited to be there as anyone in the audience.

That is awesome.  Please share any video or audio you have.  Yim always makes great moments even greater.

[danz]

RAD!

I saw Jimmy Cliff @ the Mezzanine last night but I never would have guessed that JJ would make an appearance with Levon Helm - I probably would have went just for that, HA.  Jimmy Cliff was amazing though :)

[scosby2]

surely someone felt the awesomeness of yim on stage with levon and picked up their phone/recorder

[jaye]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=He9dQPLr1Ls

:)

Hope this person has more video!

[Sticky Icky Green Stuff]

whoa, sweet.

[Penny Lane]

Holy Fuck! :D :D :D :D :D ;)

[ChiefOKONO]

HOLY SHIT!!! i knew i should have gone but i guess you can't do it all...

more videos to come i hope!!!

[Northern Neighbour]

Levon Helm generally invites a special guest to play "The Weight" with him and his band.  It's cool, though, that he invited JJ.

[sweetheartlover]

HOLY HELL! Here ya'll go!
It Makes No Difference:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZCFfxE0lpQ

[aMillionDreams]

My GOD!!! That man was born to sing that song!  What a dream come true for Jim and he fucking NAILED it!  

[johnnYYac]

HOLY HELL! Here ya'll go!
It Makes No Difference:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZCFfxE0lpQ

Jim had a little Joe Cocker in 'em that night, eh?  Couldn't keep the arms still.  What a treat!

[Sticky Icky Green Stuff]

HOLY HELL! Here ya'll go!
It Makes No Difference:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZCFfxE0lpQ

that brings a warm fuzzy feeling to my heart.

[the_wizzard]

I shall be released:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nu1HKwWmUYg[/media]

[danz]

gave me the chills watching these!

[vwxg14a]

It's a shame that Levon lost his voice to cancer.  I was watching the Last Waltz and jesus he could sing.  I wish I was there.

[deathstick]

It's a shame that Levon lost his voice to cancer.  I was watching the Last Waltz and jesus he could sing.  I wish I was there.

I'm just glad he's still around. Having discovered The Last Waltz long after Rick Danko passed away was shameful on my part. That being said, it's nice to see YY do "It Makes No Difference" with Levon. One of my absolute favorite songs of all time.

[Penny Lane]

SOOOOO..this year i've seen Patterson and Cooley AND Jim James sing that song w/Levon. What a great year.

Jim singing w/Levon definitely just took the place of the Last Waltz version as my favorite version of this song.

Wow....WOW

[Crispy]

AGH! I cannot believe I missed this, and I wasn't even doing anything that night but resting up for yesterday. Ah well, yesterday was great, and I'm about to head that way for another fun afternoon. Social D should be good...

/kicking myself/

[Love Dogg]

I have begun typing many entries on this topic.  Some thrilling, some coy.  Some witty and clever, some heart warming.  I keep erasing them and starting over.  The truth is, I don't have anything to say about this except, "WOW!"  This is a dream come true.  This is truly a dream...that wound up coming to fruition.