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Bojangles", as well as "House at Pooh corner" and several other memorable songs). The Dirt Band had their major break-through in 1970 with their excellent 5th album, "Uncle Charlie & his dog Teddy" (which included the hit single "Mr. It still packs lots of power.This album - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's 9th - was originally released in 1975. Whatever the reason, this album gave the public more than its money's worth and was a success, charting higher than any other record the group ever released.
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Bojangles" or "The Battle of New Orleans" (which became a single in the wake of this album), and covers of Hank Williams songs and numerous traditional tunes, listeners found they'd walked in on something very deep and profound, tapping into a special creative process. Beyond the excellent concert renditions of "Mr. The mix works better than just about any genuine country (as opposed to country-rock) effort ever done by a rock band, mostly because the band was so careful in their recording and editing, and they gave themselves time to get this stuff just the way they wanted it.
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Two years in the making, it incorporated new studio cuts and live tracks recorded at five concerts over a two-year period, as well as interview material with guest fiddle player Vassar Clements. In many ways, the mixed collection of live and studio recordings on Stars & Stripes Forever accomplished for the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and rock music what Sweetheart of the Rodeo failed to do for or with the Byrds, showing the rock band plunging deeply into country music. Eastabrook William McEuen Alice McEuen.Īrrangers: Marcelle Clements Jeff Hanna. Photographers: David Bowie Bill Higgins Walter McEuen William R. Recording information: Cowtown Ballroom, Kansas City, MO (-) Cowtown, Kansas City, MS (-) Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS (-) Woodland Sound Studios, Nashville, TN (-) Woodland Studios, Nashville, TN (-). Personnel: Jeff Hanna (vocals, guitar, slide guitar, steel guitar, drums, washboard, background vocals) John McEuen (vocals, guitar, steel guitar, banjo, mandolin, fiddle, accordion) Les Thompson (vocals, guitar, mandolin, background vocals) Jimmie Fadden (vocals, guitar, harmonica, drums, background vocals) Jimmy Ibbotson (vocals, guitar, accordion, piano, keyboards, drums, background vocals) Maurice Manceau (vocals, guitar, keyboards) Doug Journigon, Dave Jernigan (dobro) Jerry Mills (mandolin) Vassar Clements (violin, fiddle) Byron Berline (violin) Plas Johnson (saxophone) Russ Kunkel (drums).
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Recorded at Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas on MaCowtown, Kansas City, Missouri on June 17 & 18, 1973 Woodland Sound Studios, Nashville, Tennessee on January 14, 22 & 23, 1974. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: John McEuen (vocals, guitar, steel guitar, banjo, mandolin, fiddle) Jeff Hanna (vocals, guitar, steel guitar) Jimmie Fadden (vocals, guitar, harmonica, accordion, drums) Jim Ibbotson (vocals, accordion, piano, bass, drums).Īdditional personnel: Doug Jernigan (dobro) Vassar Clements (fiddle) Les Thompson (mandolin, bass) Jerry Mills (mandolin) Plas Johnson (saxophone).