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Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Go ‘Fishin” for Gold
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Go ‘Fishin” for Gold
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Go ‘Fishin” for Gold
'Fishin' in the Dark' was a great catch for the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band two decades ago, when the single topped the country charts for multiple weeks in 1987. The song continues to sail along as a classic Dirt Band performance, and has given the band its first gold digital download, certified for sales of 500,000 by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America)...
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Bring Historic Reunion to Norway
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Bring Historic Reunion to Norway
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Bring Historic Reunion to Norway
The following story was related to Boot writer Vernell Hackett by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band member John McEuen, who was anxiously awaiting the band's concert at Norway's Seljord Country Music Festival last Friday, when he and friend and Latvian musician Pete Anderson reunited for the first time in 33 years...
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Keep Rolling at ‘The Speed of Life’
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Keep Rolling at ‘The Speed of Life’
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Keep Rolling at ‘The Speed of Life’
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band are proving 'The Speed of Life' is much more than just the title of their latest album. Wasn't it just yesterday that the band's rendition of 'Mr. Bojangles' was playing on everybody's radio, Jackson Browne was a band member and Mother Maybelle Carter, Roy Acuff and Earl Scruggs were among the luminaries tapped to join in recording the legendary 'Will The Circle Be Unbro
John McEuen Meets a Beatle
John McEuen Meets a Beatle
John McEuen Meets a Beatle
Every musician comes through Nashville to record at least once, and Paul McCartney is no exception. The ace singer/songwriter and member of a fairly well-known British group called the Beatles drifted into town in the early '70s. John McEuen of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band remembers it well...