\nLarry Campbell and Teresa Williams

7-22-2016
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\nMulti-instrumentalist-vocalist \;Larry Campbell \;and singer-guitaristTeresa Williams \;have rocked many a venue\, as both center stage performers and invaluable assets to world class acts. A shortlist of artists who&rsquo\;ve benefited from their talents\, live and in studios\, reads like a Who&rsquo\;s Who of Music Icons: \;Bob Dylan \;(Larry spent eight years on the Never Ending Tour)\, \;Paul Simon\, Little Feat\, Hot Tuna\, Phil Lesh\, Emmylou Harris\, Sheryl Crow\, Mavis Staples\, and\, for one miraculous seven-year stretch\, \;Levon Helm. Now\, with an eponymous debut album\, the couple brings it all back home. Larry and Teresa may have been simmering awhile\, but the timing is perfect\; the eleven tracks\, produced by Campbell\, distill everything into a potent\, infectious blend of Americana style and timeless soul\, offered with a relaxed generosity that can only come from rich experience.
\nThe seeds for a duet project were unwittingly planted in their courting days\, when Larry and Teresa sang and played with the locals under her great-great grandmother&rsquo\;s Tennessee cedar tree\, the same one under which they married. (These gatherings continue to this day.) Later\, when the duo was song-swapping all night with the band in the back of Bob Dylan&rsquo\;s tour bus\, Dylan&rsquo\;s longtime manager Jeff Kramer told Larry he was crazy not to make hay with what they had as a duo. But their schedules kept the idea on the back burner until 2005\, when Levon Helm called. He&rsquo\;d beaten cancer\, was invigorated as never before\, and was putting together a band for the soon-to-be legendary \;Midnight Ramblesat his barn-studio in Woodstock\, NY. He wanted some Campbell-Williams mojo to help make the most of his surprise fourth act. This humble beginning &ndash\; playing in a barn on a dirt road &ndash\; inaugurated the greatest musical experience of Larry and Teresa&rsquo\;s lives.
\nLarry became the unflappable leader of the shape-shifting \;Midnight Ramble Band\, earning \;three Grammysfor producing Levon&rsquo\;s final three CDs\; Teresa\, as an indispensable band member\, frequently brought the house down. "\;Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams"\; is an extension of that time\, featuring eight originals and three covers honed on the carpet of Levon&rsquo\;s barn\, under the gaze of grateful fans. They not only bring a lot to the table\, they bring the table itself &ndash\; plus the house\, the still\, the church\, the marriage bed\, the sawdust-covered floor\, and abiding\, unconditional love\, all carried in two voices harmonizing across hills\, hollers\, porches\, and fire escapes. Those close harmonies ride atop music made in a mountain refuge\, far from the madding crowd\, connected to a spirit that lives on in song.
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