Artists ranging from Mavis Staples to Roger Waters of Pink Floyd took the stage at the Meadowlands Arena Wednesday (10/3) in a musical tribute to Levon Helm, the late drummer for the Band.  The three and a half hour concert was a straight-forward affair with music delivering the message instead of speeches and multi-media backdrops.  Notably absent from the lineup were the Band's Robbie Robertson and the artist he and Levon backed early in his career, Bob Dylan.  The Band's Garth Hudson did attend, doing When I Paint My Masterpiece with John Prine and delivering a version of Chest Fever with Dierks Bentley.  Jacob Dylan pinch hit for his father, doing Ain't Got No Home and saying his father would have loved to be there but could not because he was in rehearsals for his tour (a lame reason not to have attended in our book). Other highlights from the night included Gregg Allman and Warren Haynes on Long Black Veil, Joe Walsh and Robert Randolph on Up On Cripple Creek, Roger Waters with My Morning Jacket on The Night They Drove Ole Dixie Down and joining Amy Helm for Wide River to Cross, Grace Potter's rendition of I Shall Be Released and the all-in finale of The Weight.