Dirt Farmer

Dirt Farmer
Studio album by Levon Helm
Released October 30, 2007
Recorded Levon Helm Studio, Woodstock, New York
Genre Folk
Label Vanguard Records
Producer Larry Campbell, Amy Helm
Levon Helm chronology
Levon Helm
(1982)
Dirt Farmer
(2007)
Electric Dirt
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Kevchino(8/10) [2]
Rolling Stone [3]

Dirt Farmer is an album by American musician Levon Helm, former drummer for the Band. The album was released on October 30, 2007, on Vanguard Records, and was Helm's first studio album since 1982. It was produced by fellow ex-Dylan sideman Larry Campbell and by Helm's daughter, Amy, both of whom also sing and play on the album. It won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album in February 2008.

Track listing

  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

Personnel

References

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