On April 19, 2012, Mark Lavon “Levon” Helm died aged 71. He was singer, multi – instrumentalist and actor, best known as drummer and vocalists for The Band. He sang on Band classics including The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, Up on Cripple Creek, Rag Mama Rag, and The Weight. In February 2008, his album “Dirt Farmer” won “Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album”, and in November same year, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked Helm at number 91 on its list of “100 Greatest Singers of All Time”.
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Bob Dylan: World Gone Wrong
On October 26, 1993, “Columbia” label released “World Gone Wrong”, the twenty-ninth Bob Dylan studio album. It was recorded in 1983, and was produced by Bob Dylan. It was Dylan’s second consecutive collection of only traditional folk songs, performed acoustically with guitar and harmonica. “World Gone Wrong” received “Grammy Award” for “Best Traditional Folk Album”.
Personnel:
- Bob Dylan– vocals, guitar, harmonica, liner notes
Track listing:
All tracks by Bob Dylan, except where noted.
- World Gone Wrong
- Love Henry
- Ragged & Dirty – Willie Brown
- Blood In My Eyes
- Broke Down Engine – Blind Willie McTell
- Della
- Stack A Lee – arr. Frank Hutchinson
- Two Soldiers
- Jack-A-Roe
- Lone Pilgrim – Benjamin Franklin White, Adger M. Pace
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