Monday, May 14, 2012

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band- Working Band

Working Band
This was the one and only Dirt Band recording that featured ex-Eagles Bernie Leadon on lead guitar, banjo, steel, mandolin and vocals, even a lead spot with the wonderful "Corduroy Road". It also featured Jeff and Ibby in several of their best Dirt Band recorded moments, including "Working Band", "I've Been Looking", "Soldier of Love", "Johnny O", and "Thunder and Lighting". Carp too, has two great songs here as well, the moody Western with a lot of Leadon flavor "A Lot Like Me", and "Baby Blues" (for his wife, Gretchen).

For the life of me I don't know why this cd was never re-released, as it is one of the best Country Rock recordings the band ever recorded (and one of the best Country Rock recordings ever, it could stand up to the Desert Rose Band's best efforts and yeah, even surpasses the early work of Leadon's old band). While I enjoy seeing John McEuen back with the boys, I miss those harmonies of Ibby and Bernie, and Bernie's tasteful guitar that really complimented Jeff's work too.

1 comment:

  1. Which song on working band was about the devil, sung by Bernie (I thought)
    Used to jam with Jimmie in Evergreen Colo.
    Aloha

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