The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Dirt, Silver & Gold

Artist:

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

UPC:

5017261205926

Description:

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: Ralph Barr, Jimmie Fadden, Jeff Hanna, Bruce Kunkel, Les Thompson, John McEuen, Chris Darrow, Jim Ibbotson, Jackie Clark, John Cable.
Additional personnel: Mother Maybelle Carter (vocals); Jim Gordon, Russ Kunkel, Byron Berline, Johnny Sandlin, Michele Rubini, Maury Manseau, Scruggs, Junior Husky, Bernie Mysior, Bobby Carpenter, Bobby Mason, Brian Savage, David James Holster, Hayden Gregg, Earl, Gary And Randy.
Dirt, Silver & Gold started life as a daunting triple-LP compilation in 1976, summing up the highlights of the group`s first decade, and later found a second life of sorts on CD from One Way Records. Anyone who owns One-Way Records` reissue of Dirt, Silver & Gold should take a good, long look at this reissue from BGO, which not only features vastly superior sound on its 37 songs -- each remastered from what sounds like the original master tape, recompiled for this release and featuring crisp, loud sound -- but also corrects the one major flaw in the One-Way release -- the absence of any annotation. This slipcased, narrow double-CD set carries us from the early days of the Dirt Band as a novelty act to their blossoming as a folk-bluegrass-blues hybrid and their plunge into country music; John Tobler`s excellent notes provide a detailed history covering every step of their development from the mid-1960s through the early 1990s, offering a quick update to 2003 and their current lineup. ~ Bruce Eder

Track Listing:

DISC 1:

1. Buy For Me the Rain
2. Melissa
3. Collegiana
4. Mournin` Blues
5. Willie the Weeper
6. Uncle Charlie Interview
7. Mr. Bojangles
8. Some of Shelly`s Blues
9. Cure, The
10. House at Pooh Corner
11. Randy Lynn Rag
12. Clemente Opus 36 (John)
13. Livin` Without You
14. Sixteen Tracks
15. Fish Song
16. Creepin` `Round Your Back Door
17. Honky Tonkin`
18. Togary Mountain
19. Soldier`s Joy

DISC 2:

1. Ripplin` Waters
2. You Are My Flower
3. Battle of New Orleans
4. All I Have to Do Is Dream
5. Rocky Top
6. Gavotte No. 2
7. Jamaica Lady
8. Mother Earth (Provides For Me)
9. Falling Down Slow
10. Bowleg`s
11. Doc`s Guitar
12. Bayou Jubilee / Sally Was A Goodun
13. Cosmic Cowboy (Part 1)
14. Win or Lose
15. Woody Woodpecker
16. Visiting an Old Friend
17. Will the Circle Be Unbroken
18. Foggy Mountain Breakdown

Album Information

Release Date:

10/14/2003

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Country Rock

Label:

Beat Goes On

Producer:

William E. McEuen

Catalog Number:

592

Original Release Year:

1976

# of Discs:

2

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Guest Artist:

Doc Watson; Vassar Clements; Norman Blake; Byron Berline; Jimmy Martin; Roy Acuff

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