Musicians Zac Brown, T Bone Burnett and Mavis Staples perform onstage at the 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on Feb. 10, 2013 in Los Angeles, California.
The highly-hyped/much-anticipated Levon Helm tribute managed to live up to the pre-show expectations—and possibly surpassed them. The chemistry between the performers was unexpected but palpable—and if the rest of the show was nothing but Mavis Staples and Alabama Shakes’ singer Howard swapping verses from this Band classic, it it still would have all been worth it..
GRADE: A