''Electric Dirt'' is the final studio album from American musician

Levon Helm Mark Lavon "Levon" Helm (May 26, 1940 – April 19, 2012) was an American musician who achieved fame as the drummer and one of the three lead vocalists for The Band, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. Hel ...

, released in 2009. It is the follow-up to his

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-winning 2007 album '' Dirt Farmer''. In '' Uncut''s list of the 150 best albums between 2000 through 2009, ''Electric Dirt'' was listed 80th. It won the first ever

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, an inaugural category in 2010. The track "Growin' Trade", cowritten with Larry Campbell, was Helm's first cowritten song since his debut solo album, '' Levon Helm & the RCO All-Stars''.

Track listing

#"Tennessee Jed" (

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, Robert Hunter) – 5:58 #"Move Along Train" ( Roebuck Staples) – 3:22 #"Growin' Trade" (Levon Helm, Larry Campbell) – 4:22 #"Golden Bird" ( Happy Traum) – 5:11 #"Stuff You Gotta Watch" (

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) – 3:38 #"White Dove" ( Carter Stanley) – 3:29 #"Kingfish" (

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) – 4:24 #"You Can’t Lose What You Ain’t Never Had" (

) – 4:01 #"When I Go Away" ( Larry Campbell) – 4:32 #"Heaven’s Pearls" (Anthony Leone, Byron Isaacs, Fiona McBain, Amy Helm, Glenn Patscha) – 4:09 #" I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free" (Richard Carroll Lamp, Willy E. Taylor) – 3:25

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bonus track #

"That's Alright" (Arthur Crudup) – 4:53 (from ''Souvenir Vol. 1'')

Personnel

* Larry Campbell - producer, guitars, violin, backing vocals * Amy Helm - backing vocals *Theresa Williams - backing vocals * Jim Weider - guitar * Brian Mitchell - keyboards * Howard Johnson - Baritone sax, Tuba * Clark Gayton - trombone *Jay Collins - tenor sax *Erik Lawrence - saxophones * Steve Bernstein - trumpet *Byron Isaacs - bass

Production notes

*Cover art conception: Levon Helm *Cover art production: Michael (Mike) DuBois *Photos: Ahron R. Foster *Layout and design: Carrie Smith

References

2009 albums Albums produced by Larry Campbell (musician) 2000s covers albums Levon Helm albums Vanguard Records albums Grammy Award for Best Americana Album {{2000s-folk-album-stub