Neil Young, Jim James, Elvis Costello, Jenny Lewis sing Velvet Underground song in Lou Reed Tribute at Bridge School Benefit

In an extraordinary tribute to fallen punk hero Lou Reed, who passed in New York earlier that day, Neil Young, Jim James (My Morning Jacket), Elvis Costello, Jenny Lewis, and friends joined forces (at the Bridge School Benefit in Northern California) yesterday to perform the Velvet Underground song Oh! Sweet Nuthin' (from the 1970 Velvet Underground album Loaded)

Say a word for Jimmy Brown 
He ain't got nothing at all 
He knocked the shirt right of his back 
He ain't got nothing at all 
And say a word for Ginger Brown 
He walks with his head down to the ground 
Took the shoes right off his feet 
And threw the poor boy right out in the street 
And this is what he said: 
Oh, sweet nuthin' 
She ain't got nothing at all 
Oh, sweet nuthin' 
She ain't got nothing at all 
Say a word for Polly May 
She can't tell the night from the day 
They threw her out in the street 
Just like a cat she landed on her feet 
And say a word for Joana Love 
She ain't got nothing at all 
With every day she falls in love 
And every night she falls 
And when she does she says: 
Oh, sweet nuthin' 
You know She ain't got nothing at all 
[Woe, oh] sweet nuthin' 
She ain't got nothing at all 
Oh, let me hear you 
(guitar solo) 
Oh, say a word, say a word for Jimmy Brown 
He ain't got nothing at all, not a thing 
And not a shirt, shirt on his back 
No, he ain't got nothing at all 
And say a word for Ginger 
He walks with his head to the ground 
He took the shoes, took the shoes from his feet, from his feet 
And threw the poor boy out into the street 
And then he said: 
Oh, sweet sweet nuthin' 
She ain't got, she ain't got, she ain't got nothing at all 
Sweet sweet sweet sweet nuthin' 
She ain't got 
Sweet Sweet nothing ... 
Oh, let me hear you 
(guitar solo) 
She ain't got nothing at all ...

Fortunately, My Morning Jacket already knew the song... they've been doing it in their set for a while now...

The song lends itself well to Jim James' and Neil Young's alt-country interpretation, don't you think?

The song's been covered by Phish and The Black Crowes, amongst others...

Here's the VU original...

.... and a cool version of it live by VU.....