Levon Helm & the RCO All-Stars

Levon Helm and the RCO All-Stars
Studio album by Levon Helm
Released	November 19, 1977
Studio	RCO Studios, Woodstock, NY; Shangri-La Studios, Malibu, California
Label	ABC
Producer	Levon Helm, The RCO All-Stars
Levon Helm chronology
Levon Helm and the RCO All-Stars (1977) Levon Helm (1978)

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]

1. "Washer Woman" (Mac Rebennack)
2. "The Tie That Binds" (Mac Rebennack, Bobby Charles Guidry)
3. "You Got Me" (Booker T. Jones)
4. "Blues So Bad" (Henry Glover, Levon Helm)
5. "Sing, Sing, Sing (Let's Make a Better World)" (Earl King)
6. "Milk Cow Boogie" (Kokomo Arnold) (Traditional; arranged by Levon Helm and Donald Dunn)
7. "Rain Down Tears" (Henry Glover, Rudy Toombs)
8. "A Mood I Was In" (Fred Carter, Jr.)
9. "Havana Moon" (Chuck Berry)
10. "That's My Home" (Traditional; arranged by Levon Helm and Mac Rebennack)

Personnel[edit]

• Levon Helm – lead vocals, backing vocals, drums

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

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