''Electric Dirt'' is the final studio album from American musician

Levon Helm Mark Lavon "Levon" Helm (May 26, 1940 – April 19, 2012) was an American musician who achieved fame as the drummer and one of the three lead vocalists for the Band, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. H ...

, released in 2009. It is the follow-up to his

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-winning 2007 album ''

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''. In ''

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''s list of the 150 best albums between 2000 through 2009, ''Electric Dirt'' was listed 80th. It won the first ever

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, an inaugural category in 2010. The track "Growin' Trade", cowritten with

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, was Helm's first cowritten song since his debut solo album, ''

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''.

Track listing

#"Tennessee Jed" (

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, Robert Hunter) – 5:58 #"Move Along Train" (

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) – 3:22 #"Growin' Trade" (Levon Helm,

) – 4:22 #"Golden Bird" (

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) – 5:11 #"Stuff You Gotta Watch" (

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) – 3:38 #"White Dove" (

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) – 3:29 #"Kingfish" (

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) – 4:24 #"You Can’t Lose What You Ain’t Never Had" (

) – 4:01 #"When I Go Away" (

) – 4:32 #"Heaven’s Pearls" (Anthony Leone, Byron Isaacs, Fiona McBain, Amy Helm, Glenn Patscha) – 4:09 #"

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" (Richard Carroll Lamp, Willy E. Taylor) – 3:25

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bonus track #

"That's Alright" (Arthur Crudup) – 4:53 (from ''Souvenir Vol. 1'')

Production notes

*Cover art conception: Levon Helm *Cover art production: Michael (Mike) DuBois *Photos: Ahron R. Foster *Layout and design: Carrie Smith

References

2009 albums Albums produced by Larry Campbell (musician) Covers albums Levon Helm albums Vanguard Records albums Grammy Award for Best Americana Album {{2000s-folk-album-stub