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With all due respect to the Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers, it took the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band until this album to come up with a merger of rock and country music that worked for both sides and everyone involved. The opening number, "The Grand Ole Opry Song," set the tone for the album, showing that this band -- for all of their origins in rock and popular music -- were willing to meet country music on its own terms, rather than as a vehicle for embellishment as rock music. The result, without a false or strained note anywhere among its 37 songs, was an all-star country project that worked (and transcended its country and rock origins), with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band serving as catalyst and intersecting point for all of the talent involved, who gave superbly of themselves. Not only did this album result in exposure to a new and wider audience for the likes of Mother Maybelle Carter, Roy Acuff, Earl Scruggs, Merle Travis, and others, but this was the first real country album that a lot of rock listeners under the age of 30 ever heard. Thus, it opened up pathways and dialogue in all directions, across several generations and cultural barriers; the dialogue between Doc Watson and Merle Travis alone was almost worth the price of admission.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
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WILLIAM E. MCEUEN, Producer - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, MainArtist - Jimmy Martin, FeaturedArtist - Hylo Brown, Composer
(C) 1972, 2002 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1972 Capitol Records Nashville
Mother Maybelle Carter, FeaturedArtist - A.P. CARTER, Composer - WILLIAM E. MCEUEN, Producer - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, MainArtist - Cary Garett, Composer
(C) 1972, 2002 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1972 Capitol Records Nashville
Earl Scruggs, Composer - WILLIAM E. MCEUEN, Producer - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, MainArtist
(C) 1972, 2002 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1972 Capitol Records Nashville
Maybelle Carter, ComposerLyricist - Sara Carter, ComposerLyricist - A.P. CARTER, ComposerLyricist - WILLIAM E. MCEUEN, Producer - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, MainArtist
(C) 1972, 2002 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1972 Capitol Records Nashville
WILLIAM E. MCEUEN, Producer - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, MainArtist - Roy Acuff, Composer, FeaturedArtist
(C) 1972, 2002 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1972 Capitol Records Nashville
Merle Travis, Composer, FeaturedArtist - WILLIAM E. MCEUEN, Producer - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, MainArtist
(C) 1972, 2002 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1972 Capitol Records Nashville
JIMMIE DRIFTWOOD, Composer - Jimmie Fadden, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Ibbotson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jeff Hanna, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - WILLIAM E. MCEUEN, Producer - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, MainArtist - Vassar Clements, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Doc Watson, Guitar, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John McEuen, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Junior Huskey, Bass, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1972, 2002 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1972 Capitol Records LLC
Tommy Magness, Composer - Traditional, Composer - WILLIAM E. MCEUEN, Producer - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, MainArtist
(C) 1972, 2002 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1972 Capitol Records Nashville
WILLIAM E. MCEUEN, Producer - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, MainArtist - Roy Acuff, FeaturedArtist - Dorothy Dixon, Composer
(C) 1972, 2002 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1972 Capitol Records Nashville
WILLIAM E. MCEUEN, Producer - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, MainArtist - FRED ROSE, Composer
(C) 1972, 2002 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1972 Capitol Records Nashville
Hank Williams, ComposerLyricist - WILLIAM E. MCEUEN, Producer - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, MainArtist - Roy Acuff, FeaturedArtist
(C) 1972, 2002 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1972 Capitol Records Nashville
Bobby Gregory, Composer - WILLIAM E. MCEUEN, Producer - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, MainArtist - Jimmy Martin, FeaturedArtist - Harry C. McAulife, Composer
(C) 1972, 2002 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1972 Capitol Records Nashville
Merle Travis, Composer, FeaturedArtist - WILLIAM E. MCEUEN, Producer - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, MainArtist
(C) 1972, 2002 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1972 Capitol Records Nashville
WILLIAM E. MCEUEN, Producer - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, MainArtist - Jimmy Martin, Composer, FeaturedArtist - Edria Humphrey, Composer
(C) 1972, 2002 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1972 Capitol Records Nashville
Jimmie Fadden, FeaturedArtist - Hank Williams, ComposerLyricist - WILLIAM E. MCEUEN, Producer - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, MainArtist
(C) 1972, 2002 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1972 Capitol Records Nashville
WILLIAM E. MCEUEN, Producer - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, MainArtist - Jimmie Skinner, Composer - Jimmy Martin, FeaturedArtist
(C) 1972, 2002 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1972 Capitol Records Nashville
WILLIAM E. MCEUEN, Producer - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, MainArtist - Paul Williams, Composer - Jimmy Martin, Composer, FeaturedArtist
(C) 1972, 2002 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1972 Capitol Records Nashville
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WILLIAM E. MCEUEN, Producer - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, MainArtist - Millie Clements, Composer - Mark Waldrip, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 1972, 2002 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 2002 Capitol Records Nashville
Merle Travis, Composer - WILLIAM E. MCEUEN, Producer - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, MainArtist
(C) 1972, 2002 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1972 Capitol Records Nashville
WILLIAM E. MCEUEN, Producer - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, MainArtist - Millie Clements, Composer
(C) 1972, 2002 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1972 Capitol Records Nashville
Earl Scruggs, Composer - WILLIAM E. MCEUEN, Producer - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, MainArtist
(C) 1972, 2002 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1972 Capitol Records Nashville
WILLIAM E. MCEUEN, Producer - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, MainArtist - Walter H. McKuen, Composer
(C) 1972, 2002 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1972 Capitol Records Nashville
Earl Scruggs, Composer - WILLIAM E. MCEUEN, Producer - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, MainArtist
(C) 1972, 2002 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1972 Capitol Records Nashville
Ervin T. Rouse, ComposerLyricist - WILLIAM E. MCEUEN, Producer - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, MainArtist
(C) 1972, 2002 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1972 Capitol Records Nashville
A.P. CARTER, ComposerLyricist - WILLIAM E. MCEUEN, Producer - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, MainArtist
(C) 1972, 2002 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 2002 Capitol Records Nashville
WILLIAM E. MCEUEN, Producer - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, MainArtist - Leon Payne, Composer
(C) 1972, 2002 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1972 Capitol Records Nashville
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, MainArtist - Dialogue, Composer
(C) 1972, 2002 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1972 Capitol Records Nashville
WILLIAM E. MCEUEN, Producer - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, MainArtist - Doc Watson, Composer, FeaturedArtist
(C) 1972, 2002 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1972 Capitol Records Nashville
WILLIAM E. MCEUEN, Producer - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, MainArtist - Doc Watson, Composer
(C) 1972, 2002 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1972 Capitol Records Nashville
Floyd Jenkins, Composer - WILLIAM E. MCEUEN, Producer - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, MainArtist - Roy Acuff, FeaturedArtist
(C) 1972, 2002 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1972 Capitol Records Nashville
Hank Williams, Composer - WILLIAM E. MCEUEN, Producer - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, MainArtist
(C) 1972, 2002 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1972 Capitol Records Nashville
WILLIAM E. MCEUEN, Producer - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, MainArtist - Beecher R. Kirby, Composer
(C) 1972, 2002 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1972 Capitol Records Nashville
A.P. CARTER, Composer - WILLIAM E. MCEUEN, Producer - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, MainArtist
(C) 1972, 2002 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1972 Capitol Records Nashville
Merle Travis, Composer - WILLIAM E. MCEUEN, Producer - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, MainArtist
(C) 1972, 2002 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1972 Capitol Records Nashville
Mother Maybelle Carter, FeaturedArtist - A.P. CARTER, Composer - WILLIAM E. MCEUEN, Producer - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, MainArtist
(C) 1972, 2002 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1972 Capitol Records Nashville
Earl Scruggs, Arranger, Work Arranger - Traditional, Composer - WILLIAM E. MCEUEN, Producer - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, MainArtist - John McEuen, Arranger, Work Arranger
(C) 1972, 2002 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1972 Capitol Records Nashville
Mother Maybelle Carter, FeaturedArtist - A.P. CARTER, Arranger, Work Arranger - WILLIAM E. MCEUEN, Producer - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, MainArtist - Charles Hutchison Gabriel, Composer - Ada Ruth Habershon, Author
(C) 1972, 2002 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1972 Capitol Records Nashville
Joni Mitchell, ComposerLyricist - WILLIAM E. MCEUEN, Producer - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, MainArtist
(C) 1972, 2002 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1972 Capitol Records Nashville
Earl Scruggs, ComposerLyricist - WILLIAM E. MCEUEN, Producer - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, MainArtist
(C) 1972, 2002 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1972 Capitol Records Nashville
Jimmie Fadden, Composer - Jimmy Ibbotson, Composer - Jeff Hanna, Composer - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, MainArtist - John McEuen, Composer
(C) 1972, 2002 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1972 Capitol Records Nashville
Jimmie Fadden, Composer - Jimmy Ibbotson, Composer - Jeff Hanna, Composer - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, MainArtist - John McEuen, Composer
(C) 1972, 2002 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1972 Capitol Records Nashville
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, MainArtist - Scott Wiseman, Composer
(C) 1972, 2002 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1972 Capitol Records Nashville
Album review
With all due respect to the Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers, it took the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band until this album to come up with a merger of rock and country music that worked for both sides and everyone involved. The opening number, "The Grand Ole Opry Song," set the tone for the album, showing that this band -- for all of their origins in rock and popular music -- were willing to meet country music on its own terms, rather than as a vehicle for embellishment as rock music. The result, without a false or strained note anywhere among its 37 songs, was an all-star country project that worked (and transcended its country and rock origins), with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band serving as catalyst and intersecting point for all of the talent involved, who gave superbly of themselves. Not only did this album result in exposure to a new and wider audience for the likes of Mother Maybelle Carter, Roy Acuff, Earl Scruggs, Merle Travis, and others, but this was the first real country album that a lot of rock listeners under the age of 30 ever heard. Thus, it opened up pathways and dialogue in all directions, across several generations and cultural barriers; the dialogue between Doc Watson and Merle Travis alone was almost worth the price of admission.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 42 track(s)
- Total length: 02:09:50
- Main artists: The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Capitol Nashville
- Genre: Country
© 2002 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 2002 Capitol Records Nashville
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