Browsing: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

He last played Albany, New York on March 29th. Six days later he had two heart attacks in one day. He plays the iconic Caffe Lena in Saratoga Springs, NY with fellow NGDB founding member on Friday, August 9.

‘The Newsman,’ McEuen’s new album due out on April 12, is an abrupt departure from the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.

The Bob Dylan tribute hosted by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band featured David Bromberg, Jeff Tweedy, Allison Russell, Larry Campbell, Teresa Williams, Amy Helm, and other special guests!

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band under his leadership has long mixed elements of country, bluegrass, folk, mountain music, and rock & roll into a sound that celebrated the full range of American music.

Five-decades-running Americana pioneers Nitty Gritty Dirt Band have already played a major role in the preservation and popularity of folk…

In July of 1965, while nursing a hangover in a New Orleans drunk tank, Walker met a man who would forever change his life – a street performer known only as Bojangles.

Founding member, and project supervisor Jeff Hanna says, “We really wanted this collection to historically reflect our band’s timeline…”