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Levon Helm - Dirt Farmer (2007)

Posted By: Designol
Levon Helm - Dirt Farmer (2007)

Levon Helm - Dirt Farmer (2007)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 335 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 121 Mb | Scans included
Label: Dirt Farmer Music, Vanguard | # 79844-2 | Time: 00:51:41
Folk, Blues, Roots Rock, Country Rock

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.

Review by Don McLeese

During the Band's original run (from 1968 to 1976), Robbie Robertson may have been the group's strongest songwriter and the idea man behind most of their best work, but Levon Helm was truly the group's heart and soul with his tough, sinewy Arkansas vocals and his indomitable, loosely tight drumming. Robertson' solo work since leaving the Band has been the product of a man whose lofty ambitions outstrip his ability to make them interesting, but Helm's music has been the greater disappointment; with the exception of 1980's American Son, most of his solo recordings have been thoroughly disposable, offering plenty of good-time boogie but none of the gravity one might hope for from the man who made "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" come to such compelling life years ago. Which is why Dirt Farmer is such a pleasant surprise; it's easily Helm's best recorded work since American Son, and an absorbing look back at his roots as the son of a farm family in the rural South. Dirt Farmer was produced by Larry Campbell, a session guitarist and member of Bob Dylan's road band, in collaboration with Amy Helm, Levon's daughter, and they've assembled a solid but clutter-free acoustic band for these sessions, and the simple but iron-strong backdrops and superb songs are just what was needed to bring out the best in Levon. Helm survived a bout with throat cancer that was diagnosed in 1998, and his voice is noticeably more weathered than it once was, but in many respects the additional nooks and crannies suit this material beautifully; his interpretations of traditional rural folk songs like "Poor Old Dirt Farmer," "Little Birds," and "False Hearted Lover Blues" sound thoroughly authentic but with a bracing sense of force and commitment in Helm's vocals, and if Steve Earle's "The Mountain" and Buddy & Julie Miller's "Wide River to Cross" aren't venerable classics, they sound like they should be once Levon's done with them. Though Helm adds a touch of boogie to "Got Me a Woman" and a jumped-up interpretation of the Carter Family's "Single Girl, Married Girl," in this context they add some welcome spice to the stew, and Helm's drumming remains superb. Dirt Farmer is a hard-edged but compassionate and full-hearted set of roots music from a master of the form, and it's a welcome, inspiring return to form for Levon Helm after a long stretch of professional and personal setbacks.

Review by Mark Deming, Allmusic.com

Levon Helm - Dirt Farmer (2007)



Tracklist:

01. False Hearted Lover Blues (03:29)
02. Poor Old Dirt Farmer (03:52)
03. The Mountain (03:35)
04. Little Birds (04:41)
05. The Girl Left Behind (03:36)
06. Calvary (04:52)
07. Anna Lee (03:42)
08. Got Me a Woman (03:12)
09. A Train Robbery (05:28)
10. Single Girl, Married Girl (03:19)
11. Blind Child (03:26)
12. Feelin' Good (03:31)
13. Wide River to Cross (04:51)


Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 4 from 23. January 2008

EAC extraction logfile from 12. May 2009, 20:51

Levon Helm / Dirt Farmer

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Analyzed: Levon Helm / Dirt Farmer
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR8 -0.02 dB -9.67 dB 3:30 01-False Hearted Lover Blues
DR8 -0.02 dB -10.83 dB 3:53 02-Poor Old Dirt Farmer
DR7 -0.02 dB -8.63 dB 3:36 03-The Mountain
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DR7 -0.02 dB -8.96 dB 3:27 11-Blind Child
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Number of tracks: 13
Official DR value: DR8

Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 769 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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Levon Helm - Dirt Farmer (2007)

Levon Helm - Dirt Farmer (2007)

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