Dirt Farmer is an album by American

United States

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 musician

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 Levon Helm

Levon Helm

Mark Lavon "Levon" Helm , is an American rock multi-instrumentalist and actor who achieved fame as the drummer and frequent lead and backing vocalist for The Band....

, former drummer

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 for The Band

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. The album was released on October 30, 2007 on Vanguard Records

Vanguard Records

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, and was Helm's first studio album since 1982. The album contains covers of songs by Steve Earle

Steve Earle

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 and J. B. Lenoir

J. B. Lenoir

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, and features his daughter Amy, as well as ex-Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

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 sideman Larry Campbell

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. 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
   Steve Earle
   Stephen Fain "Steve" Earle is an American singer-songwriter known for his rock and Texas Country as well as his political views. He is also a producer, author, a political activist, and an actor, and has written and directed a play....
   
   ) – 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
   Paul Kennerley
   Paul Kennerley is an English singer-songwriter, musician and record producer working in the American contemporary country music industry. His works include the concept albums, White Mansions and The Legend of Jesse James...
   
   ) – 3:11
9. "A Train Robbery" (Paul Kennerley) – 5:28
10. "Single Girl, Married Girl" (A. P. Carter
    A. P. Carter
    Alvin Pleasant Delaney Carter , best known as A.P. Carter, was an American musician and founding member of The Carter Family, one of the most notable acts in the history of country music.-Life:...
    
    ) – 3:18
11. "The Blind Child" (Traditional) – 3:26
12. "Feelin' Good" (J. B. Lenoir
    J. B. Lenoir
    J. B. Lenoir /ləˈnɔːr/ was an African American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter, active in the 1950s and 1960s Chicago blues scene....
    
    ) – 3:31
13. "Wide River to Cross" (Buddy
    Buddy Miller
    Buddy Miller is a country singer, songwriter, musician, recording artist and producer, currently living in Nashville, Tennessee...
    
     & Julie Miller
    Julie Miller
    Julie Miller is a songwriter, singer, and recording artist currently living in Nashville, Tennessee. She married Buddy Miller in 1981...
    
    ) – 4:52

Personnel

• Larry Campbell – dulcimer, acoustic guitar, fiddle, mandolin, percussion, arranger, background vocals, producer, guitar
• Georgette Cartwright – creative services coordinator
• Ahron R. Foster – photography
• Justin Guip – engineer, mixing
• Amy Helm – mandolin, percussion, piano, arranger, drums, vocals, background vocals, producer, harmony vocals, mandola
• Levon Helm – acoustic guitar, mandolin, arranger, drums, vocals, liner notes
• Byron Isaacs – bass, percussion, background vocals
• Buddy Miller
  Buddy Miller
  Buddy Miller is a country singer, songwriter, musician, recording artist and producer, currently living in Nashville, Tennessee...
  
   – harmony vocals
• Julie Miller
  Julie Miller
  Julie Miller is a songwriter, singer, and recording artist currently living in Nashville, Tennessee. She married Buddy Miller in 1981...
  
  – harmony vocals
• Brian John Mitchell – piano, accordion, background vocals
• Glenn Patscha – pump organ
• George Receli – Percussion
• Doug Sax – mastering
• Carrie Smith – art direction, design
• Teresa Williams – background vocals, harmony vocals