Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Artist:  Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Origin:  Long Beach, California, USA
Genre:  Folk, Country, Folk Rock, Country Rock, Country Pop, Bluegrass

Original line-up:

Jeff Hanna:  Guitar, Mandolin, Washboard, Vocals
Jimmie Fadden:  Guitar, Harmonica, Washtub Bass, Jug, Vocals
Ralph Barr:  Guitar, Clarinet, Vocals
Les Thompson:  Guitar, Mandolin, Vocals
Bruce Kunkel:  Guitar, Kazoo, Vocals
Jackson Browne:  Guitar, Vocals

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is an American Country-Folk-Rock Band from Long Beach, California, formed in 1966 by Jeff Hanna (Guitar, Mandolin, Vocals), Jimmie Fadden (Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals), Bruce Kundel (Guitar, Vocals), Ralph Barr (Guitar, Vocals), and Jackson Browne (Guitar, Vocals).  The band's successes include a cover version of Jerry Walker's "Mr. Bojangles" and their album in 1972's Will The Circle Be Unbroken and in 1989, follow up album base on the same concept, Will The Circle Unbroken:  Volume Two, was certified Gold, won two Grammy Awards and was named Album of the Year at the Country Music Association Awards.

Title:  Anthology  (2 CD)  (2017)
Genre:  Folk, Country, Folk Rock, Country Rock, Country Pop, Bluegrass
Label:  Capitol Nashville
Rating:   ****

Tracks:

Disc 1:

 1.  Buy For Me The Rain  (2:25)
 2.  Some Of Shelly's Blues  (3:12)
 3.  Uncle Charlie Interview  (1:39)
 4.  Mr. Bojangles  (3:37)
 5.  Randy Lynn Rag  (1:46)
 6.  House At Pooh Corner  (2:39)
 7.  Opus 36  (1:41)
 8.  Fish Song  (4:29)
 9.  Jambalaya (On The Bayou)  (3:24)
10. Grand Ole Opry Song  (3:12)
11. You Are My Flower  (3:42)
12. Tennessee Stud  (4:51)
13. I Saw The Light  (4:24)
14. Honky Tonkin'  (2:32)
15. Will The Circle Be Unbroken  (4:53)
16. Cosmic Cowboy, Pt. 1  (3:58)
17. Battle Of New Orleans  (3:21)
18. Bayou Jubilee/Sally Was A Goodun (Medley)  (3:33)
19. Rippin' Waters  (5:37)
20. Mother Earth (Provides For Me)  (3:25)
21. Bowlegs  (4:14)

Disc 2:

 1.  An American Dream  (3:35)
 2.  Make A Little Magic  (3:36)
 3.  Shot Full Of Love  (3:26)
 4.  Dance Little Jean  (3:15)
 5.  Colorado Christmas  (3:34)
 6.  Long Hard Road (The Sharecropper's Dream)  (3:21)
 7.  Fishing In The Dark  (3:22)
 8.  Workin' Man (Nowhere To Go)  (3:52)
 9.  You Ain't Going Nowhere  (3:39)
10. The Valley Road  (4:13)
11. When It's Gone  (2:36)
12. Waiting' On A Dark Eyed Gal  (4:16)
13. Bless The Broken Road (3:50)
14. Catfish John  (4:07)
15. The Lowlands  (3:50)
16. Tears In The Holston River  (4:15)
17. Midnight At Woody Creek  (4:35)
18. The Resurrection  (4:14)

Anthology is the collection in the two-disc Set Anthology of Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, was released on September 29, 2017 by Capitol Nashville, from their first track in 1967 to their most recent studio release 2009's of 39 Hits Fan Favorites hand-picked by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.