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Product description No Description Available. Genre: Popular Music Media Format: Compact Disk Rating: Release Date: 30-OCT-2007 Amazon.com Levon Helm's early solo albums, made in t he 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. --Don McLeese Review " closer to the heart of The Band than anything since The Last Waltz." --Bill Flanagan, CBS News Sunday MorningASIN: B000VG7M0OVSKU: GGV.B000VG7M0O.LNCondition: Like NewAuthor/Artist:Levon HelmBinding: Audio cd Show more