Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
What’s the Nitty-Gritty Dirt Band? Country music, along with folk songs, remain very popular. They have been for years. A lot of performers are popular. Even smaller groups and lesser known artists perform all over the country. This article focuses on one of the best.
The Nitty-Gritty Dirt Band began in 1966 in Long Beach, California. Since that time there’s been some turnover in the band members. Two have always remained. It’s the guitarist Jeff Hanna and the drummer Jimmy Fadden. They wanted to make a band so they wouldn’t have to work.
At the start the Nitty-Gritty Dirt Band was a jug group. Jugs were added by jazz bands as a novelty. In Memphis jug bands were more about the blues. Many jug bands also added a washboard as a type of percussion instrument. TV’s Andy Griffith Show often featured a jug band. Sheriff Taylor had a few run ins with this family. Sometimes Andy performed with the group.
Buy for Me the Rain was the first single released by the Nitty-Gritty Dirt Band. It became a top 40 hit and was even exposed on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. Jack Benny, of all people, joined the band to play it, and they once performed the song with the Doors. There couldn’t be any more different performers.
The Nitty-Gritty Dirt Band was a big time novelty act in 1968. They performed a song in the 1969 musical western Paint Your Wagon. They also were an opening act for Bill Cosby when he appeared at Carnegie Hall. They even performed with the immortal Dizzy Gillespie.
Throughout the early to mid-1970s The Nitty-Gritty Dirt Band became more of a country and bluegrass band. While in Nashville they were nominated for two Grammies. They performed in Japan. At the Ozark Music Festival they performed in front of 350,000 people.
The Nitty-Gritty Dirt Band came in and out of the public eye throughout the late 70s through to the early 2000′s. They returned to Nashville to make more music. One of their albums earned album of the year.
The Nitty-Gritty Dirt Band has been heard all over the world.
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Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – Fishin’ in the dark
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AUTOGRAPHED NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND TOUR SHIRT LARGE $59.99 |
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Nitty Gritty Dirt Band “Partners, Brothers, Friends” 1985 Warnerbros 25304 NM $8.00 |
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1973 NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND ALBUM PROMO AD $9.99 |
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1976 NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND “DREAM” ALBUM PROMO AD $9.99 |
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NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND – UNCLE CHARLIE & HIS DOG TEDDY – LP – LST-7642 $5.00 |
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Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (Will the Circle Be Unbroken)3 LPs, Earl Scruggs/Clements $29.75 |
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NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND PROMOTIONAL 45 RPM RECORD 1987 $14.99 |
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Twenty Years of Dirt: The Best of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band by The Nitty… $6.99 |
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NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND MILITARY RADIO SHOW PROGRAM 1971 $34.99 |
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Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Phonograph Record Magazine 1975 $34.99 |
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Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Welcome To Woody Creek CD Country Rock Bluegrass $7.64 |
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NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND 8 TRACK All the Good TimesTESTED $8.46 |
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NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND Interview DJ only lp $14.99 |
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NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND Twenty Years Of Dirt LP ORIG NM $8.95 |
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Twenty Years Of Dirt-The Best Of by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (CD, May-2009,… $5.99 |
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Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Sheet Music Vintage 1983 $17.99 |
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NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND 1995 SHOW NEWSPAPER SUPPLEMENT $14.99 |
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1973 NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND “WILL THE CIRCLE.” ALBUM AD $9.99 |
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Will The Circle Be Unbroken McEuen Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 3 Stereo Record Set $9.99 |
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NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND Uncle Charlie & Dog Teddy ’70 M- $9.99 |
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Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 24×38 1988 Promotional Poster $8.89 |
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Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Hold On Promo Poster $19.95 |
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Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Dirt, Silver & Gold 2-LP Record Album VG+ $4.95 |
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Nitty Gritty Dirt Band An American Dream 45 1980 VG+ $1.49 |
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