steel guitar. Unterberger calls it "a respectable version" which "completed [the Dillards'] move from bluegrass into folk-country-rock", while Turner describes it as "relaxed in tempo and wistful", writing that its use of a pedal steel guitar is "a clear salute to the flourishing folk-rock scene". Kruth suggests that the finished recording influenced bands like the Byrds, the Grateful Dead and the Eagles. Sam Bush, mandolinist for the progressive bluegrass band New Grass Revival, recalled being uninterested in rock music before the mid-1960s, but found that "I've Just Seen a Face" allowed him to "relate to the Beatles for the first time", agreeing with a characterisation of it as "bluegrass without a banjo". New Grass Revival subsequently covered the song with musician Leon Russell for their 1981 live album, The Live Album, a version Turner calls "hard driving" and "erratic". Bush later covered the song as a solo artist for the 2013 Americana tribute album, Let Us in Americana: The Music of Paul McCartney. The group Bluegrass Association recorded the song for their 1974 album Strings Today... And Yesterday, basing their arrangement on the Charles River Valley Boys' version. Other artists George Martin recorded an orchestral version of the song for his 1965 easy listening album, George Martin & His Orchestra Play Help!, credited under its original working title, "Auntie Gin's Theme". In a review of the album for AllMusic, Bruce Eder describes Martin's recordings as "tasteful but otherwise largely undistinguished". He credits the release of tracks under their working titles as one of the album's unique selling points, being "details that Beatles fanatics of the time simply devoured". The Grateful Dead performed the song in concert on 11 June 1969 in San Francisco, playing pseudonymously as Bobby Ace and the Cards from the Bottom of the Deck, and former Grateful Dead keyboardist Tom Constanten recorded a cover for his 1993 album Morning Dew. Hank Crawford, the alto saxophonist of Ray Charles, recorded a funk and reggae-inspired version of the song for his 1976 album Tico Rico. Canadian jazz singer Holly Cole covered the song for her 1997 album Dark Dear Heart. Released with a noir-style music video, the version reached number seven on Canada's RPM Top Singles Chart in November 1997. The 2007 jukebox musical romantic drama film Across the Universe features a cover of the song, later included on its associated soundtrack album. In the film, the lead character,