Updated March 18, 2019

Teresa Williams, Larry Campbell and Levon Helm

Larry Campbell is a three-time Grammy Award winning producer. Larry produced Levon Helm's Electric Dirt, which won a Grammy for Best Americana Album of 2009. Electric Dirt was the follow-up release to Dirt Farmer, which won the 2007 Grammy for Best Traditional Folk Album and which Larry also produced (with Amy Helm). In addition, Larry produced Levon Helm's last release, Ramble At The Ryman which won a 2011 Grammy for Best Americana Album.

In 2008, Larry was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award for his instrumental work from The Americana Music Association.

In 2013, The Americana Music Association named Larry Instrumentalist of the Year .

 

 

 

Click here for ticket info for shows with Teresa Williams.

 

 

 
Larry generally performs with his wife, Teresa Williams. This photo is from the November/December 2011 cover of Ulster Magazine where Larry and Teresa were featured in an article.

On June 23rd, 2015, Larry and Teresa released their first self-titled album together. On September 15, 2017, they released a followup album, Contraband Love.

 


Larry plays on Bettye LaVette's album, Things Have Changed. Things Have Changed spans more than five decades of Dylan songs. Other guests on the album include Keith Richards, Trombone Shorty, bassist Pino Palladino and keyboardist Leon Pendarvis. The album was released on March 30th, 2018.

Larry was a special guest on Austin-based singer-songwriter Peter More's debut album Beautiful Disrepair. The album was produced by Donald Fagen and was released on August 24, 2018.

Larry and Teresa will be at the Fur Peace Ranch again next year. April 12 - 15, 2019, Larry will be conducting a workshop on Acoustic Fingerstyle Guitar. On April 13, Larry and Teresa will be performing.


 

Latest Album Productions:
  • Larry is presently producing an album for Kinky Friedman. Details forthcoming.

  • Larry produced Travelin' Shoes, the latest album from Marley's Ghost. Larry played fiddle, mandolin, guitar and pedal steel on the album. Marley's Ghost is a band founded in the 1980s, having a strong bluegrass emphasis, but their musical style is diverse. This latest album is a gospel album and was released on February 8, 2019.

  • Larry produced his followup album with Teresa Williams, Contraband Love . It was released on September 15, 2017. Larry wrote 7 original songs for the album and co-wrote one song with William Bell.

 

 

 

The Guitar of Larry Campbell - Interpreting the Gospel Songs and Style of Rev. Gary Davis, an instructional video, is available at Homespun Tapes. Larry and and Teresa Williams offer dynamic performances of five songs by the legendary master, and then Larry breaks down each one, covering both accompaniment and lead parts for learning players.

 

 

Relief-Block Print by Stephen Alcorn

 

 

With Jackie Greene - Columbus, Ohio 2008
 
 

 
Photo from The Imus Show on December 3, 2007