Song · Levon Helm
“The Mountain” by Levon Helm
From the album Dirt Farmer (2007)
“The Mountain” by Levon Helm appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2013. It was first released in 2007 on the album Dirt Farmer. Its best result is #713 on the WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013).
Levon Helm reached for a Steve Earle song, "The Mountain", on Dirt Farmer, which Vanguard released on October 30, 2007, his first studio album since 1982. The former drummer and singer of The Band does both jobs here, singing and playing drums, with Larry Campbell on acoustic guitar, fiddle and mandolin, Byron Isaacs on bass, Brian Mitchell on piano and Glenn Patscha on reed organ, while Buddy and Julie Miller add backing vocals.
Campbell, a fellow Bob Dylan veteran, produced it with Helm's daughter Amy, and Justin Guip engineered and mixed. The album went on to take the Grammy for Best Traditional Folk Album early in 2008.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 713 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
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