Plain Dirt Fashion/Partners Brothers and Friends

Performer: The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Producer: Marshall Morgan; Paul Worley
Distributor: Bayside Record Dist.

Notes: 2 LPs on 1 CD: PLAIN DIRT FASHION (1984)/PARTNERS, BROTHERS & FRIENDS (1985). Personnel: Jimmy Ibbotson (vocals, guitar, mandolin); Jeff Hanna (vocals, guitar); Bob Carpenter (vocals, keyboards); John McEuen (guitar, lap steel guitar, banjo, mandolin, fiddle); Paul Worley (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Josh Leo (electric guitar); Sonny Garrish (steel guitar); Jerry Douglas (dobro); Sam Bush (mandolin); Ricky Skaggs, Blaine Sprouse (fiddle); Jimmie Fadden (harmonica, drums); Dennis Burnside (keyboards); James Stroud, Eddie Bayers (drums); Tom Roadie (percussion). This two-fer from Wounded Bird features a pair of out of print Nitty Gritty Dirt Band LP's: Plain Dirt Fashion and Partners, Brothers and Friends both originally issued on Warner Brothers in 1984 and 1985, respectively. Among the 20 cuts are several chart toppers including "Long Hard Road (The Sharecropper's Dream)," "High Horse," "Partners, Brothers and Friends," "Home Again in My Heart" and "Modern Day Romance." These albums are worth acquiring for any fan of the country-pop hits of the era. ~ Al Campbell

Their earliest incarnation was as a large, fun-loving jug-band/trad folk group in mid-1960s California. Eventually the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band evolved into a tight, critically lauded country-rock ensemble, and had a Top Ten hit in 1970 with the poignant "Mr. Bojangles." The band was also legendary for assembling informal recording sessions with Nashville veterans such as Merle Travis and Roy Acuff, the results of which, 1972's MAY THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN, inspired two more volumes, a 30th anniversary reissue, and a box set. Through many lineup changes and a brief name change (the Dirt Band), their career has extended through the millennium and shows no signs of letting up.

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