My Dad used to listen to the Opry on his short wave radio and my hippie mom had the Nitty Gritty album so there's no way I dont realize how fine this is
I have traveled many a mile, learned much, seen much, endulged in folly and wisdom over many decades, but this music and these faces are in my heart and in my memory. They will be with me until the end of my short, finite existence.
Earl and Grandpa frequently jammed together. Same with Earl and Stringbean. There are videos of Stringbean playing his banjo with Earl and the Foggy Mountain Boys on the Flatt & Scruggs TV shows.
@@rapman5791 Garth always takes his hat off & cries. That doesn't seem preplanned at all, He's really country, He & Sandy have been married for 28 years.
douglasd53 it’s from the, “Will the Circle Be Unbroken” album. Yes, it’s Jimmy singing lead but this is Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. The whole album was just a big collaboration with a lot of artists that aren’t around anymore. Every song on the album is pure gold
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band members were playing some of the instruments, including the banjo, colloquially known as the "banjer." The electric fiddle was played by Vassar Clements, with John McEuen of the NGDB on banjo, Les Thompson on mandolin, and Roy "Junior" Huskey on bass. Jimmy Martin played acoustic guitar (aka "flat top guitar) and sang lead.
@@JessCorey Thank you for the additional information. I did not know that John Hartford played on this record. At the beginning of the first song you can hear one of the musicians admonish one of the banjo players: "Pick your banjer more solid, John. You've been pickin' one for 15 years, ain't ya?" Maybe that was Earl Scruggs? I LOVE this album!
