The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - More Great Dirt: The Best Of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Volume II (1989)
Until now, the only encounters I've had with The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band have been their only charting hit single, "Mr. Bojangles" - #9 on the Hot 100 in 1970 - and their world class, collaborative, triple LP, Will The Circle Be Unbroken , in 1972. I also saw them live at Temple University's long defunct music fair - probably back in the late 1970s - but I don't remember anything about the concert. It's typical of PBS to televise most of their excellent, special programming during pledge drives and the band's September 2022 concert at Nashville's famous and acoustically perfect Ryman Auditorium - formerly the home of The Grand Ole Opry - is no exception. Having recently watched this show I learned that NGDB - together since 1966 - deserved far more attention than I've ever given them. The day after watching the sextet's concert on TV I visited a used book and magazine sto...