On June 2 , 2012 , at Mountain Jam , Gov ' t Mule , along with the Levon Helm Band ( with Lukas Nelson coming on stage for the closing song ) played a tribute set , including " The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down , " " Up on Cripple Creek , " " It Makes No Difference , " and closing with " The Weight . " A tribute concert called Love for Levon took place at the Izod Center in East Rutherford , New Jersey , on October 3 , 2012 . The concert featured many special guests who had collaborated with and were inspired by Helm and the Band , including Roger Waters , Garth Hudson , Joe Walsh , Gregg Allman , Bruce Hornsby , Jorma Kaukonen , John Mayer , Mavis Staples , My Morning Jacket , Marc Cohn , John Hiatt , Allen Toussaint , Jakob Dylan , Mike Gordon and others . Proceeds from the concert were to " help support the lasting legacy of Levon Helm by helping his estate keep ownership of his home , barn and studio , and to continue the Midnight Ramble Sessions . " At the 2013 Grammy Awards , the Zac Brown Band , Mumford & Sons , Elton John , Mavis Staples , T-Bone Burnett and Alabama Shakes singer Brittany Howard performed " The Weight " as a tribute to Levon and other recently deceased musicians . They also dedicated the song to the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting . In May 2013 , the New York State Legislature approved a resolution to name State Route 375 — the road which connects State Route 28 with the town of Woodstock — " Levon Helm Memorial Boulevard " . Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the bill on June 20 , 2013 . In July 2017 , U.S. 49 from Marvell , Arkansas to Helena-West Helena was named The Levon Helm Memorial Highway by Act 810 of the Arkansas State Legislature . The Levon Helm Legacy Project is raising money to commission a bronze bust of Helm and to restore his boyhood home . The house , originally located in Turkey Scratch , Arkansas , was moved in 2015 to Marvell , where Helm attended school
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