Levon Helm

The Dead's "Tennessee Jed" is an inspired kickoff to Levon Helm's first proper rock & roll
record in a dog's age. His 2007 comeback from throat cancer, Dirt Farmer, was mainly an
acoustic affair. Electric Dirt — recorded with Larry Campbell and the rest of the band from
Helm's Midnight Ramble gigs at his Woodstock, New York, home — wants to party: Helm
struts his slippery shell-game groove on "Jed" and works it deftly throughout. Bu... More >