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Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

posted 8 years ago by crazydude1989
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Love these guys. But I don't know that many of their songs. Trying to discover more great ones. Sad how a lot of their songs after Fishin in the Dark weren't really that big, but they should've been. What other later NGDB songs have that type of feel?

Favorite songs:

Mr. Bojangles
Fishin' in the Dark
Baby's Got a Hold On Me
When It's Gone
Blow Out the Stars, Turn out the Moon
Hillbilly Hollywood

Listening to their 1990 album "The Rest of the Dream" and I don't know how the hell any of those songs didn't reach the top 5 on the Country Billboard especially Blow Out the Stars, and Hillbilly--but they weren't released as singles. Out of the 2 singles released, You Make Life Good Again was the best. Wasn't crazy about From Small Things. I absolutely love the harmonica. I may live in Western NY, far from "redneck" land but that type of music with the harmonica is very comforting to me.

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[–] drunkbear 8 years ago

Check out the movie 'Paint Your Wagon.' They provided a lot of the music, including the dance scene, in which they all performed.

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[–] WeAintFoundShin 8 years ago

Wow, I thought they were a young band in the '90s.

Had no idea they were around in the '60s.

[–] drunkbear 8 years ago

Yeah, the NGDB has been around for AGES. They enjoyed a revival in the 1980s with songs like 'Fishing In The Dark,' when other bluegrass bands were falling by the wayside.

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[–] RvaBread22 8 years ago

Western NY has a lot of rednecks. Rednecks are not Southern they are all over.

I like them too. My band and I like to do a cover from them called "Shot Full Of Love". Great band.

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