NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND – THE HITS, THE HISTORY & DIRT DOES DYLAN
October 21, 7:30pm
Many veteran bands trade on nostalgia, on replication of past glories, and on recycled emotions from younger, more carefree days. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band trades on a mix of reimagined classics and compelling newer works. The group formed in 1966 as a Long Beach, California jug band, scored its first charting single in 1967, and embarked on a self-propelled ride through folk, country, rock‘n’roll, pop, bluegrass, and the amalgam now known as“Americana.”The first major hit came in 1971 with the epic “Mr. Bojangles,” which, along with insistent support from banjo master Earl Scruggs, opened doors in Nashville.
