Levon Helm - Dirt Farmer [Vinyl]
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Artist: Levon HelmEdition: Vinyl
CD Release Date: 2008-06-10
Music Label: Vanguard Records
Soundtracks:
- False Hearted Lover Blues
- Poor Old Dirt Farmer
- The Mountain
- Little Birds
- The Girl I Left Behind
- Calvary
- Anna Lee
- Got Me a Woman
- A Train Robbery
- Single Girl, Married Girl
- The Blind Child
- Feelin' Good
- Wide River to Cross
Music reviews of Dirt Farmer [Vinyl]
Music Review: :)
Rating: 5 Stars
This was a gift and the receiver was thrilled!
The only questionable thing, is that on the cover it said it was a limited edition numberd record... We couldnt really find that .. and the only number that we did find was in the 4,000 range. I don't know if that's normal..
Description of Dirt Farmer [Vinyl]
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Levon Helm's Dirt Farmer will be releasedOctober 30 by Vanguard Records, his first solo, studio album in 25 years. The organic feel of the sessions hark back to his work with The Band and comes on the heels of a wave of attention for his Midnight Rambles, late night concerts held at Levon Helm Studios in Woodstock, NY.
It's a major landmark on a remarkable journey for Levon Helm. "The last few years have proven to me that we truly live in an age of miracles," writes Levon in the poignant liner notes. After arduous treatments for throat cancer that took away his singing voice and a fire that consumed over eighty percent of his recording studio, Helm was amazed to find both restored.
On Dirt Farmer, Helm's pays tribute to his family, singing traditional songs that he learned growing up in rural Arkansas. He also covers songs by Steve Earle and J.B. Lenoir; full of Dobros, mandolins and acoustic guitars, the album resonates deeply, honoring Levon's roots.
Multi-instrumentalist Larry Campbell (Bob Dylan, Lyle Lovett, Solomon Burke) and Levon's daughter Amy, also a member of Ollabelle, produced and shepherded the project at "The Barn," Levon Helm Studios. Levon himself plays drums, mandolin, and acoustic guitar and provides all lead vocals.
Levon Helm's early solo albums, made in the 1970s after the Band initially broke up, were hit-and-miss affairs, but his first solo studio release in 25 years represents a rich return to his Southern roots. With co-production and musical support from daughter Amy (of Ollabelle) and multi-instrumentalist Larry Campbell (long a mainstay of Bob Dylan's band), Helm gives organic unity and rough-hewn vitality to a selection of Cajun fiddle waltzes, country blues, hardscrabble folk, and some more contemporary material (from the likes of Steve Earle and Buddy and Julie Miller). Following his recovery from throat cancer, Helm's voice has a slightly different timbre, but his phrasing is unmistakable as the same vocalist who sang "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" and "Rag Mama Rag." With Amy providing harmony and duet vocals and Levon's drumming evoking his signature work with the Band, Helm takes material from a variety of sources and makes it all his own. --Don McLeese
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