Toolin' Around Woodstock [Digipak]

Performer: Arlen Roth
Artist: Levon Helm; Sonny Landreth; Bill Kirchen; Lexie Roth; Amy Helm
Engineer: Justin Guip
Producer: Jon Gershen; Arlen Roth
Distributor: Redeye Music Distribution

Notes: Personnel: Arlen Roth (vocals, guitar, slide guitar, lap steel guitar, dobro, mandolin); Lexie Roth (vocals); Sonny Landreth (slide guitar); Brian John Mitchell (accordion, organ, keyboards); Brian Mitchell (accordion); Paul Ossola (electric bass); Joe Bonadio (drums); Bill Kirchen (vocals, guitar); Levon Helm (vocals, drums). Liner Note Author: Tom Wheeler. Recording information: Levon Helm Studios, Woodstock, NY; The Cottage, Brewster, NY. Photographers: Frank Wesley; Tom Gage; Arlen Roth. Renowned guitarist and session musician Arlen Roth travels up to Woodstock, New York. to record with famed drummer and ex-Band member Levon Helm on TOOLIN' AROUND WOODSTOCK. As one would expect from these two roots rockers, the fare is vintage Americana, with a 14-track set list of classic rock-&-roll songs, including Chuck Berry's "Sweet Little Sixteen," Bob Dylan's "Ballad of a Thin Man," and Buck Owen's "Cryin' Time." Helm's high, country-tinged tenor lends earthy color, and a host of top-drawer session musicians give the disc a tight, polished sheen.

Uncut (p.89) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Roth's best guitar turns are saved for 'Unchained Melody' and Dylan's 'Ballad Of A Thin Man,' both given sweeping, majestic arrangements." Dirty Linen (p.77) - "Roth joins with Levon Helm on drums and vocals to transform classic tunes with his masterful playing..."

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