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Stand in front

It took quite a while for Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams to finally step out on their own. The US couple had been mainly accompanists for such artists as Levon Helm, Phil Lesh and Hot Tuna. Their second album under their own name offers another potent blend of roots sounds, but Campbell's writing－he penned eight of the 11 songs－cuts even closer to the bone. Love is one of the main themes of the album. The set is about the life-affirming power of love and devotion, whether it's Campbell taking the lead on his majestic soul ballad When I Stop Loving You or Williams delivering an exquisite deep-country take on Carl Perkins' Turn Around. And love and devotion are at the heart of the searing Contraband Love as Williams sings, "But the angels have all begun to cry. ... They can't help a liar who believes his own lies. In sorrow they're gone, and now there's only me."