Rare Junk
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Rare Junk is the 1968 album from The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (aka The Dirt Band) is notable for having many charting albums and singles.
Contributing Musicians:
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is an American country-folk-rock band that has existed in various forms since its founding in Long Beach, California in 1966. The group's membership has had at least a dozen changes over the years, including a period from 1976 to 1981 when the band performed and recorded...
. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (aka The Dirt Band) is notable for having many charting albums and singles.
Track listing
- "Mournin' Blues" (Tony SbarbaroTony SbarbaroAntonio Sparbaro, better known as Tony Sbarbaro or Tony Spargo was an American jazz drummer associated with New Orleans jazz. He was the drummer of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band for over 50 years....
) - 3:24 - "Collegiana" (Jimmy McHughJimmy McHughJames Francis McHugh was a U.S. composer. One of the most prolific songwriters from the 1920s to the 1950s, he composed over 270 songs...
, Dorothy FieldsDorothy FieldsDorothy Fields was an American librettist and lyricist.She wrote over 400 songs for Broadway musicals and films...
) - 2:38 - "Willie the Weeper" (Grant Rymal, Walter Melrose, Marty Bloom) - 2:26
- "Cornbread and 'Lasses (Sassafrass Tea)" (Lloyd George, Roland Sullivan) - 2:31
- "These DaysThese Days (Jackson Browne song)"These Days" is a song written by Jackson Browne and principally recorded by Nico, Gregg Allman, and Browne himself in three distinctly different musical styles...
" (Jackson BrowneJackson BrowneJackson Browne is an American singer-songwriter and musician who has sold over 17 million albums in the United States alone....
) - 3:13 - "Sadie Green The Vamp of New Orleans" (Gilbert Wells, Johnny Dunn) - 2:25
- "Dr. Heckle and Mr. Jibe" (Dick McDonoughDick McDonoughDick McDonough was an influential American jazz guitarist and composer. His major recordings included "Dr. Heckle and Mr. Jibe" with the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra with Johnny Mercer, "Stage Fright" with Carl Kress, "Chasin' a Buck", "Feelin' No Pain", recorded in 1927 with Red Nichols, and...
) - 2:37 - "End Of Your Line" (Farrell) - 2:22
- "Reason to BelieveReason to Believe"Reason to Believe" is a song written and first recorded by American folk singer Tim Hardin in 1965, which has since been recorded by a number of other artists, the most known of which is by Rod Stewart in 1971 and 1993...
" (Tim HardinTim HardinJames Timothy "Tim" Hardin was an American folk musician and composer. He wrote the Top 40 hits "If I Were a Carpenter", covered by, among others, Joan Baez, Bobby Darin, Johnny Cash, Ramblin' Jack Elliot, and Robert Plant, and "Reason to Believe", covered by many, including Rod Stewart, as well...
) - 2:54 - "Hesitation Blues (Oh! Baby Must I Hesitate?)" (Billy Smythe, Scott Middleton, Art Gillham) - 3:26
- "A Number and a Name" (Steve Gillette, Tom Campbell) -3:20
Personnel
- Ralph Barr – electric guitar, clarinet, acoustic guitar
- John McEuenJohn McEuenJohn McEuen , is an American folk musician and entertainer. He was one of the earliest members of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. He played with the band from 1966 to 1986, and returned in 2001.The group prior to that 'dissolved' a few times briefly, but none as long as in 1968, right after spending 4...
– piano, plectrum banjo, five string banjar - Jeff Hanna – washboard, tambourine, drum, guitar, harmonica, electric guitar ...and other rare junk
- Jimmie Fadden – tube, jug, mouth harp, harmonica, washtub bass, drums
- Les Thompson – guitar, mandolin, electric bass, tambourine, plectrum banjo
- Bruce Kunkel – guitar, mandolin, violin, fiddle, electric bass, string bass
Contributing Musicians:
- Bernie LeadonBernie LeadonBernard Mathew "Bernie" Leadon, III is an American musician and songwriter, best known as a founding member of the Eagles. Prior to the Eagles, he was a member of two pioneering and highly influential country rock bands, Dillard & Clark and the Flying Burrito Brothers...
- guitar on "Reason to Believe" - Johnny Sandlin - drums
- Paul HornsbyPaul HornsbyPaul Hornsby is a musician and record producer who has produced gold and platinum records for artists including the Charlie Daniels Band, the Marshall Tucker Band, and Wet Willie....
- Piano - Rodney Dillard - Dobro