The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band [Collectables] [Remaster]

Performer: The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Distributor: Select-O-Hits

Notes: Not to be confused with their debut album, which shares the same title, CEMA Special Markets' The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is a budget-priced overview of the group's late-'60s and early-'70s recordings for Liberty and United Artists. Quite a few of their charting pop hits are here -- "Buy for Me the Rain," "House at Pooh Corner, " "Some of Shelly's Blues, " "Battle of New Orleans" and "Mr. Bojangles" -- along with some fine album tracks, which makes it a nice bargain for budget-minded casual fans. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

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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