Levon Helm & the RCO All-Stars
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| Released | November 19, 1977 | |||
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| Label | ABC | |||
| Producer | Levon Helm, The RCO All-Stars | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Christgau's Record Guide | C+[1] |
Levon Helm and the RCO All-Stars is a 1977 album by the short-lived musical group of the same name. It was Levon Helm's first studio album independent of The Band.[2][3][4][5]
Track listing
[edit]- "Washer Woman" (Mac Rebennack)
- "The Tie That Binds" (Mac Rebennack, Bobby Charles Guidry)
- "You Got Me" (Booker T. Jones)
- "Blues So Bad" (Henry Glover, Levon Helm)
- "Sing, Sing, Sing (Let's Make a Better World)" (Earl King)
- "Milk Cow Boogie" (Kokomo Arnold) (Traditional; arranged by Levon Helm and Donald Dunn)
- "Rain Down Tears" (Henry Glover, Rudy Toombs)
- "A Mood I Was In" (Fred Carter, Jr.)
- "Havana Moon" (Chuck Berry)
- "That's My Home" (Traditional; arranged by Levon Helm and Mac Rebennack)
Chart performance
[edit]| Chart (1977) | Peak position |
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| Billboard 200 | 142 |
Personnel
[edit]The RCO All Stars
- Booker T. Jones – keyboards, percussion
- Mac Rebennack – keyboards, backing vocals, guitars, percussion
- Paul Butterfield – harmonica, backing vocals
- Fred Carter Jr. – guitars
- Steve Cropper – guitars
- Donald Dunn – bass
- Howard Johnson – baritone saxophone, tuba
- Tom Malone – trombone
- Lou Marini – saxophone
- Alan Rubin – trumpet
Other musicians
- Emmaretta Marks – backing vocals
- Jeannette Baker – backing vocals
- John Flamingo – backing vocals
- Charles Miller – baritone saxophone (track 5)
- Jesse Ehrlich – strings (track 5)
- Louis Kievman – strings (track 5)
- Sid Sharp – strings (track 5)
- William Kurasch – strings (track 5)
- Robbie Robertson – guitar (track 5)
- Garth Hudson – accordion (track 5)
- Technical
- Henry Glover – "Band Master"
- Recorded by Eddie Offord
References
[edit]- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: H". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 26, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ Ollio, J.P. "Levon Helm and the RCO All-Stars". AllMusic. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
- ^ "Levon Helm and the RCO All-Stars". Discogs. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
- ^ "Levon Helm and the RCO All-Stars". The Band – Østfold University College. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
- ^ "Levon Helm – Levon Helm and the RCO All-Stars (1977)". Stuck in the Past!. Retrieved January 7, 2017.