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Dirt farmer
Released: 2007 13 tracks
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Levon Helm is probably best known to most people as That Guy Who Played Loretta Lynn's Dad in Coal Miner's Daughter. He's also, of course, well known as the drummer and occasional (and best) singer for the legendary, if unfortunately named The Band, who backed Dylan, released their own records, and co-starred in the legendary Neil Diamond concert movie The Last Waltz. (I'm kidding. It's their movie. But Neil Diamond really is in it, with fabulous hair and shades.) Helm w... MORE
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Last year marked the comeback of Levon Helm with the release of his album Dirt Farmer . He had regained his voice after battling throat cancer and was ready to hit the road again in 2008. One of the best shows was his appearance at MerleFest, Watson, NC, April 26. With a kick ass band he presented tracks from Dirt Farmer , a few classic folk songs and of course some stuff from The Band . Highlights of this show are Everything's Gonna Be Alright , Got Me A Woman and a tr... MORE
Original Story: http://blogger.xs4all.nl/werksman/archive/2008/...
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Levon Helm is back. This is a very good thing. Levon's resume is as impressive as any in rock, and his distinctive voice helped breathe life into so many of Robbie Robertson's lyrics. Other versions of The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down are nice, but in Levon, Virgil Kane comes alive, breathes, slogs through the mud and the moral confusion central to the song.And Levon brings this 'everyman' quality to so many tracks through the years, with The Band and without.In 1998 ... MORE
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In my "first post":
So now for this post Levon revisits Paul Kennerley's "A Train Robbery".
Paul Kennerley's 1980 release
