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Founded in California during 1966, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band have lasted longer than virtually any other country-based rock group of their era. Younger contemporaries of the Byrds, they played an almost equally important role in the transformation from folk-rock into country-rock, and were an influence on such bands as the Eagles and Alabama. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's beginnings lay with the New Coast Two, a folk duo consisting of Jeff Hanna (guitar, vocals) and Bruce Kunkel (guitar, washtub bass), formed while both were in high school in the early '60s.By the time the two were college students, they were having informal jams at a local guitar shop. It was there that they met Ralph Barr (guitar, washtub bass), Les Thompson (vocals, mandolin, bass, guitar, banjo, percussion), Jimmie Fadden (harmonica, vocals, drums, percussion), and Jackson Browne (guitar, vocals). This lineup became the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in late 1965, and began playing jug band music at local clubs. At that time, Southern California was undergoing a musical renaissance courtesy of the folk-rock movement, and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band fit in with these other folkies-turned-rockers. Browne left after a few months to pursue a solo career, and was replaced by John McEuen (banjo, fiddle, mandolin, steel guitar, vocals), the younger brother of the group's new manager, Bill McEuen. With Bill McEuen's guidance, the group landed a recording contract with Liberty Records and released their debut album, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, in April of 1967. Their first single, 'Buy for Me the Rain,' became a modest hit and got the band some television appearances.A second album, Ricochet, released seven months later, was a critical success but a commercial failure. The group now found itself at an impasse over the issue of whether to go electric. During the dispute, Kunkel, who wanted to add an electric guitar to their sound, exited the lineup. He was replaced by Chris Darrow (guitar, fiddle). Ironically, by mid-1968 the group had gone electric, and also added drums to their sound. Their first electric album, Rare Junk, released in June of 1968, was also a commercial failure. The band was barely working, a far cry from their success of a year earlier. The band persevered, however, and released Alive! in May of 1969. The album was another commercial disaster, and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band closed up shop soon after.The members scattered for several months, but six months later the group was back for another try; the new lineup included McEuen, Hanna, Fadden, Thompson, and Jim Ibbotson (guitars, accordion, drums, percussion, piano, vocals). They returned to their record company with a demand for control over their recordings and the record company agreed. Bill McEuen became the group's producer as well as its manager. The first result of this new era in the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's history was Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy, issued in 1970. Rooted tightly in their jug band sound, the album had a country feel but no trace of the vaudeville and novelty numbers that had appeared on their earlier records. The album yielded what is the group's best-known single, their cover of Jerry Jeff Walker's 'Mr. Bojangles,' and suddenly, the band had a following bigger than anything they'd known during their brief bout of success in 1967. Their next album, All The Good Times, released in early 1972, had an even more countrified feel. By 1972, several rock bands, most notably the Byrds and the Beau Brummels, had gone to Nashville seeking credibility from the country music community there, only to be received poorly by that community and to have their resulting work ignored by the press and public. At the suggestion of manager Bill McEuen, however, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band went to Nashville in 1972 and recorded a selection of traditional country numbers with the likes of Roy Acuff, Earl Scruggs, Mother Maybelle Carter, and other members of country and bluegrass music's veteran elite. Some of the veteran Nashville stars were skeptical and suspicious at first of the bandmembers and their amplified instruments, but the ice was broken when they saw how respectful the band was toward them and their work, and their music, as well as how serious they were about their own music. The resulting triple album, Will the Circle Be Unbroken, released in January of 1973, became a million-seller and elicited positive reviews from both the rock and country music press. The band had, by now, eclipsed the competition as a 'crossover' act, reaching country and bluegrass audiences even as their rock listeners acquired a new appreciation for musicians such as Acuff and Carter. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band succeeded with Will the Circle Be Unbroken because they were willing to meet country and bluegrass music on the terms of those two branches of traditional music, rather than as rock musicians. During the year and a half that followed the success of Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Les Thompson left the group, reducing the Dirt Band to a quartet. Their next album, Stars & Stripes Forever, issued in the summer of 1974, was a peculiar live album, mixing concert performances and dialogue. Following one more original album, Dream (1975), the group received its first retrospective treatment, a triple-LP compilation entitled Dirt, Silver & Gold, issued late in 1976. Jim Ibbotson left the lineup at around this time, and was replaced initially by session player Bob Carpenter. The remaining trio of Jeff Hanna, John McEuen, and Jimmie Fadden shortened the band's official name to the Dirt Band. In this incarnation, the group became a much more mainstream pop/rock outfit with a smoother sound, with Jeff Hanna guiding them as producer. Their records were far less eccentric, although they continued to be popular. The band's next albums were decidedly more laid-back than previous records, and didn't attract nearly as much attention. An American Dream, released in 1980, did relatively well, as did Make a Little Magic (1981). By 1982, however, they were back to their country roots, renamed the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, and Jim Ibbotson was playing with them again. Let's Go, released in the middle of 1983, heralded their return to country music, as a largely acoustic band. In 1984, after 17 years with Liberty/UA/Capitol, they switched labels to Warner Bros., and that same year made some headlines as the first American rock band to tour the Soviet Union. Their Warner albums sold well, but by the end of the 1980s the group was moving between labels. In 1989, as a reflection of the changing times and in a seeming attempt to make sure everyone got the point that the band was once again mining its country roots, they made Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Vol. 2 for MCA/Universal Records, reuniting with surviving country and bluegrass veterans from the original album and adding a whole roster of new players, including Johnny Cash, Chris Hillman, and Ricky Skaggs. The album won the Grammy for Best Country Vocal Performance (duo or group) and the Country Music Association's Album of the Year Award in 1989. By this time, the Dirt Band was working alongside any number of country/bluegrass crossover artists whose career paths were made easier by that first record, including John Hiatt, Mary Chapin Carpenter, and Rosanne Cash. Their next several albums saw them never veering very far from their country/bluegrass roots.The group continued to record a new album every year or so, including a concert album, Live Two Five, celebrating their 25th anniversary as a band, and the self-explanatory Acoustic. In 1999, they returned with Bang Bang Bang. It was followed by the third installment of the Will the Circle Be Unbroken trilogy in 2002 and an album of all-new material, Welcome to Woody Creek, in 2004. Ibbotson left after the record and tour, having had enough of the road. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band celebrated their 43rd anniversary with the stellar Speed of Life. Issued by Sugar Hill, the album was recorded live in the studio with a few of Nashville's finest providing instrumental and vocal help, and the production assistance of George Massenburg and Jon Randall Stewart. In 2015, the group performed a gala 50th anniversary concert at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium; the show was released a year later as Circlin' Back: Celebrating 50 Years. ~ Bruce Eder
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    The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

    The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

    Welcome to Woody Creek

    The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

    Speed of Life

    The Dirt Band

    An American Dream

    The Dirt Band

    Make a Little Magic

    The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

    Partners, Brothers and Friends

    The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

    Acoustic [Reissue]

    The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

    Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy [Bonus Tracks]

    The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

    Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Vol. 3

    Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

    Bang Bang Bang

    The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

    Stars & Stripes Forever

    Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

    Ricochet

    The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

    The Rest of the Dream

    The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

    Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Vol. 2

    The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

    Workin' Band

    The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

    Hold On

    The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

    Let's Go

    The Dirt Band

    Dirt Band

    The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

    Rare Junk

    Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

    Cadillac Ranch

    Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

    Under the Big Top, Vol. 1.

    Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

    Live - EP

    The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

    Anthology

    Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

    Best of Nitty Gritty Dirt Band [CMCapNash]

Top Tracks

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  2. Fishin' in the Dark
  3. Mr. Bojangles
  4. Grand Ole Opry Song
  5. I Saw the Light
  6. Dance Little Jean
  7. Some of Shelly's Blues
  8. Rocky Top
  9. Keep On The Sunny SidebyMother Maybelle Carter
  10. Will the Circle Be Unbroken
  11. Buy for Me the Rain
  12. Long Hard Road (The Sharecropper's Dream)
  13. Tennessee Stud
  14. The Valley Road
  15. Dixie Hoedown
  16. Workin' Man (Nowhere to Go)
  17. Partners, Brothers and Friends
  18. An American Dream
  19. Stars and Stripes Forever
  20. Little Mountain Church House
  21. I've Been Lookin'
  22. Baby's Got a Hold on Me
  23. Mama's Opry
  24. Catfish John
  25. Tryin' to Try

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Artist: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Title: The Rest Of The Dream
Year Of Release: 1990
Label: MCA Records
Genre: Folk Rock, Country, Bluegrass
Quality: Mp3 320 / Flac (tracks, .cue, log)
Total Time: 37:28
Total Size: 236/396 Mb (full scans)
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:
1. From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come)
2. Waitin On A Dark Eyed Gal
3. Junior's Grill
4. Blow Out The Stars Turn Off The Moon
5. The Rest Of The Dream
6. Just Enough Ashland City

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7. Hillbilly Hollywood
8. Snowballs
9. Wishing Well
10. You Made Life Good Again
US American country rock band that has existed in various forms since its founding in Long Beach, California in 1966. The group's membership has had at least a dozen changes over the years, including a period from 1976 to 1981 when the band performed and recorded as The Dirt Band. Constant members since the early times are singer-guitarist Jeff Hanna and drummer Jimmie Fadden. Multi-instrumentalist John McEuen was with the band from 1966 to 1986 and returned during 2001. Keyboardist Bob Carpenter joined the band in 1977. The band is often cited as instrumental to the progression of contemporary country and roots music.

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