Levon Helm, Simon Kirke, Al Kooper, Steve Cropper Guest On New Frank Black Double Album

Frank Black has wrapped work on a new solo album. The double-disc “Fastman/Raiderman” will arrive June 20 via Back Porch/EMI and is the follow-up to 2005’s country-tinged “Honeycomb.”

Among the musicians that lent a hand on “Fastman/Raiderman” were Steve Cropper, Spooner Oldham, the Band’s Levon Helm, Bad Company’s Simon Kirke, Cheap Trick’s Tom Petersson, Al Kooper and Rich Gilbert, a member of Black’s one-time solo band, the Catholics. Tracks confirmed to appear include “My Terrible Ways,” “Elijah,” “In the Time of My Ruin,” “Sad Man’s Song,” “Fitzgerald” and “Kiss My Ring.”

Source billboard.com.