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Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Band, *1966 US
Rock and World
A.k.a. The Dirt Band Toot Uncommons

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.

     
Members
PortraitJackson Browne
voc, p *1948 US
PortraitJeff Hanna
voc *1947 US
PortraitChris Darrow
*1944 US
PortraitJimmie Fadden
h *1948 US
PortraitBernie Leadon
g, voc, bj, stg *1947 US
PortraitBob Carpenter
bvoc, acc, p US
PortraitJimmy Ibbotson
Les Thompson
man US
PortraitJohn McEuen
bj *1945 US
PortraitVic Mastrianni
dr, perc, voc *1953 US
PortraitBruce Kunkel
g US
Ralph Barr
eg, cl, acg
Popular Tracks   
Fishin' in the Dark on Hold On by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Mr. Bojangles - Remastered 2001 on Certified Hits by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Cadillac Ranch on Plain Dirt Fashion by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
An American Dream on An American Dream by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Long Hard Road (The Sharecropper's Dream) on Plain Dirt Fashion by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Will The Circle Be Unbroken on Will The Circle Be Unbroken Volume Two by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Workin' Man (Nowhere to Go) on Super Hits by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
You Ain't Going Nowhere on Will The Circle Be Unbroken Volume Two by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Mr. Bojangles on Mr. Bojangles by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Jambalaya (On The Bayou) on All The Good Times by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

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Discography



Title Artist Year Type
Fishin' In The Dark (The Best Of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)Nitty Gritty Dirt Band2017Compil.
AnthologyNitty Gritty Dirt Band2017Compil.
Circlin' BackNitty Gritty Dirt Band2016Album
Let's Go/AccousticNitty Gritty Dirt Band2015Compil.
ICONNitty Gritty Dirt Band2013Compil.
Daytrotter SessionNitty Gritty Dirt Band2011Album
Speed Of LifeNitty Gritty Dirt Band2009Album
Country's FinestDaniel O'Donnell & Nitty Gritty Dirt Band2006Album
Mr. Bojangles - In ConcertNitty Gritty Dirt Band2006Album
Greatest Hits LiveNitty Gritty Dirt Band2006Album
Dirt On The Strings (The Instrumental Collection)Nitty Gritty Dirt Band2004Compil.
Welcome To Woody CreekNitty Gritty Dirt Band2004Album
On TourNitty Gritty Dirt Band2004Album
Plain Dirt Fashion / Partners, Brothers & FriendsNitty Gritty Dirt Band2004Compil.
Unbroken Live!Nitty Gritty Dirt Band2003Album
The Best Of Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Live From Church Street StationNitty Gritty Dirt Band2003Album
Will The Circle Be Unbroken - The TrilogyNitty Gritty Dirt Band2003Compil.
Will The Circle Be Unbroken: Farther AlongNitty Gritty Dirt Band2003Album
Will The Circle Be Unbroken Vol. III The SamplerNitty Gritty Dirt Band2002Album
Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Volume IIINitty Gritty Dirt Band2002Album
Certified HitsNitty Gritty Dirt Band2001Compil.
Country Collection: 36 All-Time Greatest HitsNitty Gritty Dirt Band2001Compil.
Bang Bang BangNitty Gritty Dirt Band1999Album
Bang Bang BangNitty Gritty Dirt Band1998Single
Country ClassicsNitty Gritty Dirt Band1997Compil.
The Christmas AlbumNitty Gritty Dirt Band1997Album
You Believed In MeKarla Bonoff & Nitty Gritty Dirt Band1996Single
Maybe Baby / Crying, Waiting, HopingNitty Gritty Dirt Band, Marty Stuart And Steve Earle1996Single
Maybe BabyNitty Gritty Dirt Band1995Single
Alive! / Rare JunkNitty Gritty Dirt Band1994Compil.
AcousticNitty Gritty Dirt Band1994Album
Best Of Nitty Gritty Dirt BandNitty Gritty Dirt Band1993Compil.
Another CountryThe Chieftains With Chet Atkins, Emmylou Harris, Colin James, Willie Nelson, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Ricky Skaggs, Don Williams1992Album
One Good LoveNitty Gritty Dirt Band1992Single
Not Fade AwayNitty Gritty Dirt Band1992Album
Live Two FiveNitty Gritty Dirt Band1991Album
You Made Life Good AgainNitty Gritty Dirt Band1990Single
Country RockersJerry Lee Lewis, Roger McGuinn, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band1990Album
The Rest Of The DreamNitty Gritty Dirt Band1990Album
The Rest Of The DreamNitty Gritty Dirt Band1990Single
From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come) / Blues Berry HillNitty Gritty Dirt Band1990Single
Live!Roger McGuinn And Nitty Gritty Dirt Band1990Album
Greatest HitsNitty Gritty Dirt Band1990Compil.
When It's GoneNitty Gritty Dirt Band1989Single
And So It Goes / Amazing GraceJohn Denver And Nitty Gritty Dirt Band1989Single
Turn Of The Century / Blues Berry HillNitty Gritty Dirt Band1989Single
More Great Dirt: The Best Of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Vol. IINitty Gritty Dirt Band1989Compil.
One Step Over The Line / Riding AloneNitty Gritty Dirt Band1989Single
Will The Circle Be Unbroken (Volume Two)Nitty Gritty Dirt Band1989Album
I've Been Lookin'Nitty Gritty Dirt Band1988Single
Workin' BandNitty Gritty Dirt Band1988Album
Workin' Man (Nowhere To Go)Nitty Gritty Dirt Band1988Single
Down That Road TonightNitty Gritty Dirt Band1988Single
Baby's Got A Hold On MeNitty Gritty Dirt Band1987Single
The Best Of The Nitty Gritty Dirt BandNitty Gritty Dirt Band1987Compil.
Hold OnNitty Gritty Dirt Band1987Album
The Very Best OfNitty Gritty Dirt Band1987Compil.
Oh What A LoveNitty Gritty Dirt Band1987Single
Fishin' In The DarkNitty Gritty Dirt Band1987Single
Twenty Years Of Dirt - The Best Of The Nitty Gritty Dirt BandNitty Gritty Dirt Band1986Compil.
Early Dirt 1967-1970Nitty Gritty Dirt Band1986Compil.
Stand A Little Rain / Miner's Night OutNitty Gritty Dirt Band and John McEuen1986Single
Partners, Brothers And FriendsNitty Gritty Dirt Band1985Single
Modern Day RomanceNitty Gritty Dirt Band1985Single
Modern Day RomanceNitty Gritty Dirt Band1985Single
Partners, Brothers And FriendsNitty Gritty Dirt Band1985Single
Home Again In My HeartNitty Gritty Dirt Band1985Single
Partners, Brothers And FriendsNitty Gritty Dirt Band1985Album
Colorado ChristmasNitty Gritty Dirt Band / Michael Martin Murphey1985Single
Long Hard Road (The Sharecropper's Dream)Nitty Gritty Dirt Band1984Single
Plain Dirt FashionNitty Gritty Dirt Band1984Album
Fire In The Sky / Cadillac RanchNitty Gritty Dirt Band1984Single
I Love Only You / Face On The Cutting Room FloorNitty Gritty Dirt Band1984Single
High HorseNitty Gritty Dirt Band1984Single
Colorado ChristmasNitty Gritty Dirt Band1983Single
Dance Little Jean / MaryannNitty Gritty Dirt Band1983Single
Maryann / Let's GoNitty Gritty Dirt Band1983Single
Shot Full Of Love / Let' GoNitty Gritty Dirt Band1983Single
Let's GoNitty Gritty Dirt Band1982Album
The Dirt BandNitty Gritty Dirt Band1980Compil.
Gold From DirtNitty Gritty Dirt Band1980Compil.
Dirt, Silver & GoldNitty Gritty Dirt Band1976Compil.
Mr. Bojangles / House At Pooh CornerNitty Gritty Dirt Band1976Single
Nightbird & Company: Cosmic ConnectionsNitty Gritty Dirt Band / James Gang / Ray Thomas / Sha-na-na1975Compil.
Mother Of LoveNitty Gritty Dirt Band1975Single
(All I Have To Do Is) DreamNitty Gritty Dirt Band1975Single
Battle Of New OrleansNitty Gritty Dirt Band1975Single
A Programmer's Guide To Nitty Gritty Dirt Band DreamNitty Gritty Dirt Band1975Album
InterviewNitty Gritty Dirt Band1975Album
DreamNitty Gritty Dirt Band1975Album
Battle Of New OrleansNitty Gritty Dirt Band1974Single
Stars And Stripes ForeverNitty Gritty Dirt Band1974Album
Mr. Bojangles -live-Nitty Gritty Dirt Band1974Single
Grand Ole Opry SongNitty Gritty Dirt Band1973Single
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Best 20Nitty Gritty Dirt Band1973Compil.
Some of Shelley's BluesNitty Gritty Dirt Band1973Single
Will The Circle Be Unbroken / Orange Blossom SpecialNitty Gritty Dirt Band1973Single
Cosmic Cowboy - Part OneNitty Gritty Dirt Band1973Single
Tennessee StudDoc Watson With Nitty Gritty Dirt Band1973Single
BaltimoreNitty Gritty Dirt Band1972Single
Dead And Alive!Nitty Gritty Dirt Band1972Compil.
Honky Tonkin'Nitty Gritty Dirt Band1972Single
Honky Tonkin' + 3Nitty Gritty Dirt Band1972Single
Will The Circle Be UnbrokenNitty Gritty Dirt Band1972Album
I Saw The LightNitty Gritty Dirt Band With Roy Acuff1972Single
Jambalaya (On The Bayou)Nitty Gritty Dirt Band1972Single
Some Of Shelly's Blues / The CureNitty Gritty Dirt Band1971Single
All The Good TimesNitty Gritty Dirt Band1971Album
JamaicaNitty Gritty Dirt Band1971Single
House At Pooh CornerNitty Gritty Dirt Band1971Single
Delirante / Mr. BojanglesNitty Gritty Dirt Band1971Single
Love Story / Mr. BojanglesFrancis Lai And His Orchestra / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band1971Single
Mr. Bojangles / Shelley's Blues (Some Of Shelly's Blues)Nitty Gritty Dirt Band1971Single
Mr. BojanglesNitty Gritty Dirt Band1970Single
Mr. BojanglesNitty Gritty Dirt Band1970Single
Uncle Charlie & His Dog TeddyNitty Gritty Dirt Band1970Album
Rave OnNitty Gritty Dirt Band1970Single
Alive!Nitty Gritty Dirt Band1969Album
Some Of Shelly's BluesNitty Gritty Dirt Band1969Single
Collegiana / These DaysNitty Gritty Dirt Band1969Single
Pure DirtNitty Gritty Dirt Band1968Compil.
CollegianaNitty Gritty Dirt Band1968Single
Rare JunkNitty Gritty Dirt Band1968Album
The Teddy Bear's PicnicNitty Gritty Dirt Band1967Single
Truly RightNitty Gritty Dirt Band1967Single
Buy For Me The Rain / Candy ManNitty Gritty Dirt Band1967Single
Buy For My The RainNitty Gritty Dirt Band1967Single
The Nitty Gritty Dirt BandNitty Gritty Dirt Band1967Album
RicochetNitty Gritty Dirt Band1967Album
Truly RightNitty Gritty Dirt Band1967Single
Euforia / Comprame La Lluvia / Quisiera Bailar Como Mi Hermana Catalina / Me Quitaste La FelicidadNitty Gritty Dirt BandSingle
Mr. Bojangles / Buy For Me The RainNitty Gritty Dirt BandSingle
I Fought The LawNitty Gritty Dirt BandSingle
Orange Blossom SpecialNitty Gritty Dirt BandSingle
Special Radio InterviewNitty Gritty Dirt BandSingle
N.G.D.B Special D.J. CopyNitty Gritty Dirt BandAlbum
Buy For Me The RainNitty Gritty Dirt BandSingle
Long Hard Road (The Sharecropper's Dream)Nitty Gritty Dirt BandSingle
Modern Day Romance / I Love Only YouNitty Gritty Dirt BandSingle
Some Of Shelly's BluesNitty Gritty Dirt BandAlbum
Workin' Man (Nowhere To Go)Nitty Gritty Dirt BandSingle
N.G.D.B. Best 4Nitty Gritty Dirt BandSingle
Jambalaya (On The Bayou) / Diggy Liggy LoNitty Gritty Dirt BandSingle
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