Levon Helm-Dirt Farmer (2007)

Levon Helm is quite a legend in the United States, drummer of the mythical The Band, as well as an actor and one of the greatest percussionists in American folk and country and a patriarch of American roots music.
In 2007 when he was partially recovered from cancer he published his eighth work "Dirt Farmer" where he opened his musical horizon introducing more electric elements with influences from blues, gospel music and even airs that emanate from a city as melomaniac as New Orleans. Levon's voice at the time accused his illness but nevertheless it was perfectly adapted to the new compositions of this work with predominance of versions of The Band, Muddy Waters, Randy Newman, Staples Singers, with some of their own.
A superb record of folk, country and sounds from the deep America.