Dirt Farmer

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Dirt Farmer
Studio album by Levon Helm
Released	October 30, 2007
Genre	Folk
Label	Vanguard Records
Professional reviews
All Music Guide [1] Rolling Stone [2]

Dirt Farmer is a folk music album by American musician Levon Helm, who is most famous for his work as drummer for rock group The Band. The album was released on October 30, 2007 on Vanguard Records, and was Helm's first studio album since 1982. The album contains covers of songs by Steve Earle and J. B. Lenoir and features his daughter Amy as well as ex-Bob Dylan sideman Larry Campbell. It won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album in February 2008.

[edit] Tracklisting

1. "False Hearted Lover Blues" (Traditional) – 3:29
2. "Poor Old Dirt Farmer" (Tracy Schwarz) – 3:52
3. "The Mountain" (Steve Earle) – 3:35
4. "Little Birds" (Traditional) – 4:41
5. "The Girl I Left Behind" (Traditional) – 3:36
6. "Calvary" (Byron Isaacs) – 4:53
7. "Anna Lee" (Laurelyn Dossett) – 3:43
8. "Got Me a Woman" (Paul Kennerley) – 3:11
9. "A Train Robbery" (Paul Kennerley) – 5:28
10. "Single Girl, Married Girl" (A. P. Carter) – 3:18
11. "The Blind Child" (Traditional) – 3:26
12. "Feelin' Good" (J. B. Lenoir) – 3:31
13. "Wide River to Cross" (Buddy & Julie Miller) – 4:52