To be honest, I don't know much about this band, nor have I listened to much of their music, but I'm posting this because I'm trying to post all the Ultrasonic concerts I can find. I mostly know them for the fact that they had the hit with the song "Mr. Bojangles." But while that was their biggest pop hit, they've gone through many styles in a very long music career. For instance, they went through a soft rock phase around the end of the 1970s. Then, for most of the 1980s, they had many country hits.
At the time of this concert, they were definitely in country music mode. The had a big success with their 1972 album "Will the Circle Be Unbroken," which featured many famous country guest stars and helped make country music accessible for the "hippie crowd." Their next album was released in 1974, "Stars & Stripes Forever," and contained a minor hit, "The Battle of New Orleans."
As was typical for the radio show, there was a short interview in the middle of the concert. I've moved it to the end, as a bonus track, since it interrupts the flow of the concert (in my opinion).
The music here is unreleased. The sound quality is very good, but not excellent.
This album is an hour and one minute long, not including the bonus track.
01 talk (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
02 The Moon Just Turned Blue (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
03 talk (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
04 Cosmic Cowboy (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
05 Sally Goodin' - The Battle of New Orleans (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
06 talk (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
07 Jambalaya [On the Bayou] (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
08 talk (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
09 Resign Yourself to Me (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
10 Way Downtown (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
11 talk (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
12 Gentle on My Mind (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
13 talk (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
14 Steamboat Whistle Blues (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
15 talk (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
16 My Walking Shoes (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
17 talk (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
18 Rocky Top (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
19 talk (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
20 Old Joe Clark (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
21 talk (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
22 Fish Song (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
23 Lost Highway (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
24 talk (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
25 Dark as a Dungeon (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
26 Promised Land (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
27 Will the Circle Be Unbroken (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
28 talk (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
talk (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
https://pixeldrain.com/u/4KMvwFCE
alternate:
https://bestfile.io/en/yeZQ7B7MSzfzW2I/file
The cover photo is from an appearance on the ABC TV show "In Concert" in August 1973.
Looks like the pixeldrain link is broken, or already taken down.
ReplyDeleteYikes, same story with bestfile!
ReplyDeleteYeh, alas neither works at the mo. I'd love to hear this though.
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ReplyDeleteWell worth your time. This band straddled country and rock for a long time and recorded "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" which had theym collaborate with many classic country stars like Merle Travis and Roy Acuff. They changed their name to the Dirt Band and had a few more hits in the early 1980s before flipping back to country. They are also notable for recording one of Jackson Browne's first compositions and having the original hit of "House on Pooh Corner" later made famous by Loggins & Messina.
ReplyDeleteExcellent, thank you very much.
ReplyDeleteI first saw the NGDB in 1967 at a folk club in Los Angeles. They were in full jugband mode:, kazoos, washboard, and washtub bass included. I followed them religiously -- theirs was one of two fan clubs I ever joined. This setlist is a mid-70s best-of, with songs from their greatest-ever LP ("Uncle Charlie and His Dog Teddy") and a couple of subsequent releases in the Americana/Bluegrass mode. (I'm very happy to find "The Moon Just Turned Blue" in this setlest.) They've long since sold out to AM country music, touring endlessly and playing the same old latter-day hits every time, with only two original members still along for the ride.
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