Electric dirt

"The Dead's "Tennessee Jed" is an inspired kickoff to Levon Helm's first proper rock & roll record in a dog's age ... 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. But he digs deepest here with his voice, which veers between soulful stoicism and boozy yowl".

"'Electric Dirt' brygger videre på successkivens hjemmebrændte kvaliteter og tilfører ingredienser som blæsere og New Orleans-jazz i en fyldigere mixture af Helms ubesværede opskrift på at røre country, folk, blues, gospel og rock'n'roll sammen til en boblende masse, der er så naturlig, at den forekommer at pible frem fra jorden".

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