Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Vol. 2 CD

Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Vol. 2 songs Additional personnel includes: Maybelle Carter (vocals, guitar, autoharp); Jimmy Martin, Doc Watson, Merle Travis (vocals, guitar); Earl Scruggs (guitar, banjo); Vassar Clememts (guitar, fiddle); Randy Scruggs (guitar, autoharp); Pete "Oswald" Kirby, Norman Blake (dobro); Roy "Junior" Huskey, Ellis Padgett (bass). It's ironic that the 30-year anniversary of this classic album coincides with the runaway success of the O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU soundtrack, one of the best-selling movie soundtracks in history. Both albums find contemporary folk-rock musicians reaching back to the sounds of bluegrass, country, and folk (often lumped together under the heading "old-timey music"). The difference is that when the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band did it in 1972 it was a new (even risky) idea. Harry Smith's 1952 ANTHOLOGY OF FOLK MUSIC had inspired rock-generation kids like those who would form the Dirt Band to seek out traditional American music. The NGDB went a step further with this triple album by getting the old-timey artists themselves to collaborate on a tribute to the traditional American musical tapestry. Thus, we have Doc Watson singing "Tennessee Stud," Roy Acuff taking on the Hank Williams spiritual "I Saw the Light," and Earl Scruggs picking the "Nashville Blues," with the Dirt Band and various country/bluegrass luminaries backing them up. The most amazing thing about WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN is that it all works so well and fits together so seamlessly. An undertaking like this could easily have been a train wreck; instead it's a triumph. 2cds;Re-Mastered 30th Anniv. Replaces #46589 Cap. Recorded At Woodland Studios, Nashville, Tennessee. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: Les Thompson (vocals, mandolin); Jimmie Fadden (vocals, harp); Jim Ibbotson (vocals, drums); Jeff Hanna (vocals, washboard); John McEuen (banjo, mandolin).

Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Vol. 2 album for sale Track Listing of songs: DISC 1: Take Me in Your Lifeboat; Milk Cow Blues; I Find Jesus; Hold Whatcha Got; Mama's Opry; Diamonds in the Rough; Lonesome River; Some Dark Holler; Lowlands, The; Love, Please Come Home; Goodnight Irene; I Know What It Means to Be Lonesome; I'll Be Faithful to You; Tears in the Holston River; DISC 2: Fishin' Blues; Save It, Save It; Wheels; Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms; Oh Cumberland; I Am a Pilgrim; Sallie Ann; Catfish John; Roll the Stone Away; All Prayed Up; Return to Dismal Swamp, Pt. 2; There Is a Time; Will the Circle Be Unbroken; Farther Along;