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The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's second album is a masterpiece. From the opening bars of Jackson Browne's "Shadow Dream Song," the high spirits overflow the grooves (or ones and zeros, on the CD) of the record. The singing and playing are more confident, and some of the songs -- including the bluesy "Ooh Po Pe Do Girl" and the hook-laden "I'll Search The Sky" by Jeff Hanna, and Copeland and Noonan's (the "Buy for Me the Rain" team) "Tide of Love" -- are as solid as anything coming out of California. Even the kazoo-dominated "Coney Island Washboard" and "Happy Fat Annie" and the nostalgic '20s-styled Jackson Browne-written "It's Raining Here in Long Beach" fit well into the mix, reflecting the full range of the band's influences. As to why this record never caught on, it could be the timing -- released late in 1967, in the wake of Sergeant Pepper (which had its own musichall influences, albeit of the English variety, and covered with lots of psychedelic overdubbing) and the Summer of Love, it just wasn't what college kids starting their search for the Lost Chord were looking for. Maybe a kazoo or two less would've helped, and a real drug song or two wouldn't have hurt, but these guys would play a jug band number ahead of a drug anthem anytime. Their cover of Brewer and Shipley's "Truly Right" is pretty spacy in its production, though, but "The Teddy Bear's Picnic" -- an adaptation of an old children's song -- was probably beyond the pale of most listeners. Beyond NGDB completists, anyone looking for a companion to Notorious Byrd Bros. or the Monkees' Aquarius, Capricorn Pisces & Jones Ltd., or a precursor to Crazy Horse's At Crooked Lake, need look no further. (British import)
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Jackson Browne, Composer - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, MainArtist
(C) 1967 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1967 Capitol Records Nashville
Jeff Hanna, Composer - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, MainArtist
(C) 1967 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1967 Capitol Records Nashville
Adams, Composer - Durand, Composer - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, MainArtist - Néstor, Composer - Shugart, Composer
(C) 1967 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1967 Capitol Records Nashville
Dick Smith, Composer - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, MainArtist - Anthony Moses Davis, Composer
(C) 1967 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1967 Capitol Records Nashville
Jackson Browne, Composer - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, MainArtist
(C) 1967 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1967 Capitol Records Nashville
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, MainArtist - David Hanna, Composer
(C) 1967 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1967 Capitol Records Nashville
Mike Brewer, Composer - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, MainArtist
(C) 1967 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1967 Capitol Records Nashville
Greg Copeland, Composer - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, MainArtist - Steve Noonan, Composer
(C) 1967 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1967 Capitol Records Nashville
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, MainArtist - Bruce Kunkel, Composer
(C) 1967 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1967 Capitol Records Nashville
Harvey Gerst, Composer - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, MainArtist - Michael Kollander, Composer
(C) 1967 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1967 Capitol Records Nashville
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, MainArtist - Bruce Kunkel, Composer
(C) 1967 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1967 Capitol Records Nashville
Jimmy Kennedy, ComposerLyricist - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, MainArtist - John W. Bratton, ComposerLyricist
(C) 1967 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1967 Capitol Records Nashville
Album review
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's second album is a masterpiece. From the opening bars of Jackson Browne's "Shadow Dream Song," the high spirits overflow the grooves (or ones and zeros, on the CD) of the record. The singing and playing are more confident, and some of the songs -- including the bluesy "Ooh Po Pe Do Girl" and the hook-laden "I'll Search The Sky" by Jeff Hanna, and Copeland and Noonan's (the "Buy for Me the Rain" team) "Tide of Love" -- are as solid as anything coming out of California. Even the kazoo-dominated "Coney Island Washboard" and "Happy Fat Annie" and the nostalgic '20s-styled Jackson Browne-written "It's Raining Here in Long Beach" fit well into the mix, reflecting the full range of the band's influences. As to why this record never caught on, it could be the timing -- released late in 1967, in the wake of Sergeant Pepper (which had its own musichall influences, albeit of the English variety, and covered with lots of psychedelic overdubbing) and the Summer of Love, it just wasn't what college kids starting their search for the Lost Chord were looking for. Maybe a kazoo or two less would've helped, and a real drug song or two wouldn't have hurt, but these guys would play a jug band number ahead of a drug anthem anytime. Their cover of Brewer and Shipley's "Truly Right" is pretty spacy in its production, though, but "The Teddy Bear's Picnic" -- an adaptation of an old children's song -- was probably beyond the pale of most listeners. Beyond NGDB completists, anyone looking for a companion to Notorious Byrd Bros. or the Monkees' Aquarius, Capricorn Pisces & Jones Ltd., or a precursor to Crazy Horse's At Crooked Lake, need look no further. (British import)
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:29:03
- Main artists: The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Capitol Nashville
- Genre: Country
© 1967 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 1967 Capitol Records Nashville
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