Nitty Gritty Dirt - The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (1967)
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"Buy for Me the Rain" (Steve Noonan, Greg Copeland) - 2:23
"Euphoria" (Robin Remailly) - 1:27
"Melissa" (Jackson Browne) - 2:17
"You Took the Happiness (Out of My Head)" (Russ Regan) - 2:25
"Hard Hearted Hannah" (Jack Yellen, Milton Ager, Robert Wilcox Bigelow, Charles Bates) - 2:10
"Holding" (Jackson Browne) - 2:38
"Song to Jutta" (Bruce Kunkel) - 2:35
"Candy Man" (Rev. Gary Davis) - 2:29
"Dismal Swamp" (John McEuen, William E. McEuen) - 1:55
"I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate" (Armand J. Piron) - 1:50
"Crazy Words, Crazy Tune" (Jack Yellen, Milton Ager) - 1:27
"You're Gonna Get It in the End" (Michael Takamatsu, James Hendricks, Fred Olsen) - 2:28
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Members / Musicians
Bruce Kunkel - Guitar, Kazoo, Washtub Bass
Jeff Hanna - Washboard, Sandblocks, Guitar, Comb, Kazoo, Phinius
Jimmie Fadden - Harmonia, Washtub Bass, Phinius, Kazoo, Cigarette
Ralphy Barr - Guitar, Kazoo, Washtub Bass, bubbles
James SK Wān - Slide Whistle
Les Thompson - Mandolin, Kazoo, Washtub Bass, Phinius
John McEuen - Banjo, Washtub Bass
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is the 1st album by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, released in 1967. This album debuted on the U.S. Billboard Top Pop Albums chart on April 8, 1967, peaked at #161, and was on the charts for eight weeks. The single "Buy for Me the Rain" b/w "Candy Man" debuted on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 on April 8, 1967, peaked at #45 on May 6, 1967, and was on the charts for seven weeks. In Canada, the single reached #37 in May 1967.
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is an American country rock band. The group has existed in various forms since its founding in Long Beach, California, in 1966. The band’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. The band is often cited as instrumental to the progression of contemporary country and roots music.
The band's successes include a cover version of Jerry Jeff Walker's "Mr. Bojangles". Albums include 1972's Will the Circle be Unbroken, featuring such traditional country artists as Mother Maybelle Carter, Earl Scruggs, Roy Acuff, Doc Watson, Merle Travis, and Jimmy Martin. A follow-up album based on the same concept, Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Volume Two was released in 1989, was certified gold, won two Grammys, and was named Album of the Year at the Country Music Association Awards.
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Members / Musicians
1967 The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
1967 Ricochet
1968 Rare Junk
1970 Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy
1972 All the Good Times
1974 Stars & Stripes Forever
1975 Symphonion Dream
1978 The Dirt Band
1979 An American Dream
1980 Make a Little Magic
1981 Jealousy
1983 Let's Go
1984 Plain Dirt Fashion
1985 Partners, Brothers and Friends
1987 Hold On
1988 Workin' Band
1990 The Rest of the Dream
1992 Not Fade Away
1994 Acoustic
1997 The Christmas Album
1999 Bang, Bang, Bang
2004 Welcome to Woody Creek
2009 Speed of Life
Collaborations
1972 Will the Circle Be Unbroken
1989 Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Volume Two
2002 Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Volume III
Live albums
1969 Alive
1991 Live Two Five
2016 Circlin’ Back: Celebrating 50 Years (CD/DVD)
Compilation albums
1976 Dirt, Silver and Gold
1986 Twenty Years of Dirt
1987 The Best Of
1989 More Great Dirt
1990 Greatest Hits
