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Mavis Staples & Levon Helm: Carry Me Home

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On May 20, 2022, “Anti-Made” label released “Carry Me Home”, album by Mavis Staples and Levon Helm. It was recorded in 2011, at Helm’s studio, and was produced by Larry Campbell.

Personnel:

  • Levon Helm – drums, vocals, executive production
  • Larry Campbell – guitar, mandolin, harmony vocals
  • Jim Weider – guitar
  • Brian Mitchell – piano, keyboards
  • Byron Isaacs – bass guitar
  • Jay Collins – tenor saxophone
  • Erik Lawrence – baritone saxophone
  • Steven Bernstein – trumpet
  • Clark Gayton – trombone
  • Amy Helm – harmony vocals
  • Teresa Williams – harmony vocals

Mavis Staples Band

  • Mavis Staples – vocals, executive production
  • Rick Holmstrom – guitar
  • Jeff Turmes – bass guitar
  • Stephen Hodges – drums
  • Donny Gerrard – harmony vocals
  • Vicki Randle – harmony vocals
  • Yvonne Staples – harmony vocals
  • Justin Guip – engineer
  • Brendan McDonough – assistant engineering
  • Mark Chalecki – mastering
  • Landon Speers – photography

Track listing:

  1. This Is My Country – Curtis Mayfield
  2. Trouble in My Mind – Richard M. Jones
  3. Farther Along – W. B. Stevens
  4. Hand Writing on the Wall – Dottie Peoples, Harvey Lee Watkins, Jr.
  5. I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free – Dick Dallas, Bill Taylor
  6. Move Along Train – Roebuck “Pops” Staples
  7. This May Be the Last Time – Roebuck “Pops” Staples
  8. When I Go Away – Larry Campbell
  9. Wide River to Cross – Buddy Miller, Julie Miller
  10. You Got to Move – Mississippi Fred McDowell
  11. You Got to Serve Somebody – Bob Dylan
  12. The Weight – Robbie Robertson

Trey Anastasio: Bar 17

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On October 3, 2006, “Rubber Jungle Records” label released “Bar 17”, the fifth Trey Anastasio album. It was recorded in 2006, and was produced by Bryce Goggin and Trey Anastasio.

Personnel:

  • Trey Anastasio – vocal, guitar, bass, keyboards, drums, percussion, horns arrangements
  • Carmen Keegan, Christina Durfee, Joan Wasser, Jen Hartswick – vocals
  • John Medeski, Les Hall, Marco Benevento, Ray Paczkowski – keyboards
  • Mike Gordon, Peter Chwazil, Todd Sickafoose, Tony Markellis – bass
  • Elisabeth Stewart, Jacqueline Pickett – string bass
  • Ben Perowski, Joe Russo, Russ Lawton, Skeeto Valdez, Jonathan Fishman – drums
  • Cyro Baptista – percussion
  • Dave Grippo – alto saxophone
  • Briggan Krauss – alto and baritone saxophone
  • Peter Apfelbaum, Russell Remington – tenor saxophone
  • Erik Lawrence – tenor and baritone saxophone
  • Jared Slomoff, Jen Hartswick, Steven Bernstein – trumpet
  • Andy Moroz – trombone
  • Russel Remington – flute
  • Sue Schick – clarinet
  • Conni Ellisor, David Angell, David Davidson, Janet Askey, Mark Reneau, Karen Winkelmann – violin
  • Jim Grosjean, Kristin Wilkinson, Monisa Angell – viola
  • David Hancock, Sarighani Reist, Gary Tussing – cello
  • Greg Adams – horns arrangements
  • Don Hart – strings arrangements, conductor
  • Adam Sachs, Anthony Ruotolo, Jared Slomoff, Rick Beato, Peter Carini, Ken Lanyon, Bobby Shin – recording
  • Fred Kevorkian – mastering
  • Ben Collette – additional editing, production assistant
  • W.F.N. Productions – art direction, design
  • Beth Mantuori Rowles – studio coordinator
  • Danny Clinch – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Trey Anastasio, except where noted.

  1. Host Across the Potomac
  2. If You’re Walking
  3. Dragonfly – Joe Russo, Marco Benevento, Mike Gordon, Trey Anastasio
  4. Bar 17
  5. Mud City
  6. Let me Lie – Tom Marshall, Trey Anastasio
  7.  What’ Done
  8. Goodbye Head – Eliza Anastasio, Trey Anastasio
  9. A Case of Ice and Snow – Cruz (Benny Stockling), Kevin Hoffman, Trey Anastasio
  10. Empty House
  11. Gloomy Sky
  12. Shadow
  13. Cincinnati – Tom Marshall, Trey Anasatsio

Levon Helm: Electric Dirt

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On June 30, 2009, “Dirt Farmer” label released “Electric Dirt”, the sixth and the final Levon Helm album. It was recorded in 2009, at “Levon Helm Studio” in Woodstock, New York, and was produced by Larry Campbell.

Personnel:

  • Levon Helm – vocals, drums, mandolin
  • Larry Campbell – acoustic, electric and resonator guitar, fiddle, mandolin, dulcimer, harmony vocals
  • Brian Mitchell – piano, organ, harmonium, accordion
  • Jimmy Vivino – organ. acoustic and electric guitar
  • Byron Isaacs – bass, backing vocals
  • Steven Bernstein – alto horn, horn arrangements
  • Erik Lawrence – soprano saxophone
  • Jay Collins – tenor saxophone
  • Clark Gayton – trombone
  • Howard Johnson – tuba
  • Teresa Williams – acoustic guitar, autoharp, harmony vocals
  • Any Helm – mandolin, bass drum, harmony vocals
  • George Receli – backing vocals
  • Jay Collins – backing vocals
  • Allen Toussaint – horn arrangements
  • Justin Guip – recording, mixing
  • Chris Edwards, James Smith, Rocky Talent – engineer assistant
  • Doug Sax – mastering
  • Sangwook “Sunny” Nam – mastering
  • Levon Helm – artwork
  • Michael DuBois – artwork
  • Carrie Smith – layout, design
  • Ahron R. Foster – photography
  • Georgette Cartwright – creative director

Track listing:

  1. Tennessee Jed – Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter
  2. Move Along Train – Roebuck Staples
  3. Growin’ Trade – Levon Helm, Larry Campbell
  4. Golden Bird – Happy Traum
  5. Stuff You Gotta Watch – Muddy Waters
  6. White Dove – Carter Stanley
  7. Kingfish – Randy Newman
  8. You Can’t Lose What You Ain’t Never Had – Muddy Waters
  9. When I Go Away – Larry Campbell
  10. Heaven’s Pearls – Anthony Leone, Byron Isaacs, Fiona McBain, Amy Helm, Glenn Patscha
  11. I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free – Richard Carroll Lamp, Willy E. Taylor