Rare Junk
1968 studio album by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
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Released | June 1968 | |||
Genre | Country, country rock, folk rock, bluegrass | |||
Label | Liberty | |||
Producer | Dallas Smith | |||
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Rare Junk is the third studio album from The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, released in 1968.[2] In an attempt to update their sound the band included electric instrumentation on the record, but it still was a commercial failure.
Track listing
- "Mournin' Blues" (Tony Sbarbaro) – 3:24
- "Collegiana" (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) – 2:38
- "Willie the Weeper" (Grant Rymal, Walter Melrose, Marty Bloom) – 2:26
- "Cornbread and 'Lasses (Sassafrass Tea)" (Lloyd "Lonzo" George, Rollin "Oscar" Sullivan) – 2:31
- "These Days" (Jackson Browne) – 3:13
- "Sadie Green The Vamp of New Orleans" (Gilbert Wells, Johnny Dunn) – 2:25
- "Dr. Heckle and Mr. Jibe" (Dick McDonough) – 2:37
- "End Of Your Line" (Chris Farrel) – 2:22
- "Reason to Believe" (Tim Hardin) – 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
- Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
- Ralph Barr – electric guitar, clarinet, acoustic guitar
- John McEuen – 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
- Chris Darrow – guitar, mandolin, violin, fiddle, electric bass, string bass
- Contributing musicians
- Bernie Leadon – guitar on "Reason to Believe"
- Johnny Sandlin – drums
- Paul Hornsby – piano
- Rodney Dillard – Dobro
Production
- Producer – Dallas Smith
References
All information is from the album liner notes, unless otherwise noted.[3][4]
- ^ Bruce Eder. "Allmusic review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-01-05.
- ^ "KRLA The Beat" (PDF). Americanradiohistory.com. 1968-05-04. p. 11. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
- ^ "Rare Junk", The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Liberty LST-7540 (1968) LP
- ^ "Alive/Rare Junk", The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, BGO Records BGOCD245 (1994) CD
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