Hmm, Paz is credited only with piano on Levee. Maynard is the voice.
I agree that the album should be taken as a whole, but there are some songs I just don't like and Levee is one of them. I, too, would rather see a reinvention than a straight cover. I like it when an artist puts his stamp on a cover. That said, some of the them just didn't work for me. The only ones I'm skipping are People are People and Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie. They just annoy me