Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Dream (Symphonion Dream)

Artist:

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

UPC:

724358052626

Description:

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: Jeff Hanna (vocals, acoustic, electric & slide guitars, percussion); Jim Ibbotson (vocals, acoustic guitar, accordion, Arp synthesizer, bass, conga); Jimmie Fadden (vocals, National guitar, harmonica, drums); John McEuen (electric guitar, dobro, lap steel guitar, banjo, mandolin, fiddle). Additional personnel includes: Linda Ronstadt (vocals); Leon Russell (piano, synthesizer, hand drum, gourd, chimes; Paul Harris (piano). All tracks have been digitally remastered. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: Jimmie Fadden (vocals, guitar, harp, harmonica, percussion); Jimmy Ibbotson (vocals, guitar, accordion, keyboards, bass instrument, drums, congas); Jeff Hanna (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar, drums, percussion); John McEuen (guitar, banjo, claw hammer banjo, mandolin, fiddle, accordion). Additional personnel: Jim Ratts, Linda Ronstadt, Rae Hanna (vocals); Leon Russell (piano, synthesizer, drum, chimes); Paul Harris (piano); Teddy Jack Eddy (drums, cowbells, timbales); Kae McEuen, Mary Stevens, Alice McEuen (background vocals); Don Preston . The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band`s first pure studio recording since Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Dream is another very different earful sort of psychedelic country/bluegrass. The band is joined by Linda Ronstadt, Leon Russell, and actor Gary Busey (as "Teddy Jack Eddy," and on drums). The sound is more varied than on previous albums, with a harder electric country feel on "Bayou Jubilee," which segues directly into the bluegrass instrumental "Sally Was a Goodun." Ronstadt does a great job singing "Hey Good Lookin`," but mostly it`s the Dirt Band singing, including a superb rendition of "(All I Have to Do Is) Dream." The group had previously released a fun live rendition of Jimmie Driftwood`s "The Battle of New Orleans," and they cover it here in a somewhat funkier studio version. John McEuen also offers a taste of some of the sounds he`d later explore more fully on his solo releases with "Classical Banjo I/Malaguena/Classical Banjo II." They offer a non-country instrumental, "Sleeping on the Beach," which could have come from a `50s mood instrumental album -- of course, they follow it up with William McEuen`s carnival music-inspired "Santa Monica Pier," which segues into the gorgeous lost single "Ripplin` Waters," by Jim Ibbotson, one of two hits that should have been off this album (the other is Ken Edwards` "Mother of Love"). The disc ends with William McEuen`s wind harp instrumental and a music-box piece called "Symphonion Montage." ~ Bruce Eder

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Winter White (Wind Harp)
2. Raleigh-Durham Reel
3. Battle of New Orleans
4. Bayou Jubilee
5. Sally Was a Goodun
6. Hey Good Looking
7. Classical Banjo 1 / Malaguena / Classical Banjo 2
8. Daddy Was a Sailor
9. Sleeping on the Beach
10. Santa Monica Pier
11. Ripplin` Waters
12. Dream, (All I Have to Do Is)
13. Mother of Love
14. Moon Just Turned Blue, The
15. Gotta Travel On
16. Joshua Come Home
17. Solstice (Wind Harp) / Symphonion Montage

Album Information

Release Date:

02/11/2003

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Country Rock

Label:

Capitol/EMI Records

Producer:

William E. McEuen

Catalog Number:

80526

Original Release Year:

1975

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Guest Artist:

Linda Ronstadt; Leon Russell

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