1. Walkin’ In The Sunshine
2. Forever Don’t Last
3. Jealous Moon
4. It’s Morning
5. Get Back
6. She
7. Safe Back Home
8. Party On The Mountain
9. Any Love But Our Love
10. It’s A New Day
11. Old Time’s Sake
12. Midnight At Woody Creek
Total time: 44.4 minutes
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Welcome to Woody Creek
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Dualtone
A couple of things work in this disc’s favor.
First, it’s been four years since the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s last full-length studio album, “Bang Bang Bang,” and that had but one in-house track; so it’s been 10 years since an album of mostly original material (1994’s “Acoustic”).
Secondly, founding member John McEuen, who left in 1987 after a 21-year stretch, rejoined in 2001 – and the extra dimension of a fifth person really makes a difference.
Recorded at Jimmy Ibbotson’s home studio in Woody Creek, Colorado, the record has that “we did it on our terms” feel. In fact, the record label deal came after it was finished.
There’s plenty of banjo and mandolin, occasional fiddle and harmonica, plus electric slide on a few numbers. There’s good-time music; a bluegrass Beatles cover and an interpretation of Gram Parsons/Chris Ethridge’s “She” that sharpens its soul/R&B elements; and a pair of songs illustrating the influence NGDB had on the Eagles (“Old Time’s Sake” and “Any Love But Our Love,” featuring guest steel by Dan Dugmore).
The instrumental “Midnight at Woody Creek” – a variation on the “Dismal Swamp” theme begun on the band’s debut and continued on McEuen’s “String Wizards” in 1991 and again in 2003 on “Will the Circle Be Unbroken Vol. 3” – caps this fine collection. Here’s hoping the band remains free of record-label pressure and continues to make the music it wants to make.
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