Will the Circle Be Unbroken

Will the Circle Be Unbroken

by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Will the Circle Be Unbroken

Will the Circle Be Unbroken

by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

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Overview

With all due respect to the Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers, it took the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with this album to come up with a merger of rock and country music that worked for both sides and everyone involved. The opening number, "The Grand Ole Opry Song," set the tone for the album, showing that this band -- for all of their origins in rock and popular music -- was willing to meet country music on its terms, rather than as a vehicle for embellishment as rock music. The result, without a false or strained note anywhere among its 37 songs, was an all-star country project that worked (and transcended its country and rock origins), with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band serving as catalyst and intersecting point for all of the talent involved, all of who gave superbly of themselves. Not only did this album result in new exposure to a new and wider audience for the likes of Mother Maybelle Carter, Roy Acuff, Earl Scruggs, Merle Travis, and others, but this was the first real country album that a lot of rock listeners under the age of 30 ever heard. Thus, it opened up pathways and dialogue in all directions, across several generations and cultural barriers; the dialogue between Doc Watson and Merle Travis alone was almost worth the price of admission. This was also one of rock's very few multi-disc sets to be fully justified in its length and content; at a time when unnecessary double-LPs were all the rage, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and company gave a triple album that, if anything, left audiences asking for more. [The 2002 reissue adds four bonus tracks, though only "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" is a proper song; two of the others consist of warm-ups and studio chat, while "Remember Me" (featuring Doc Watson) is just a fragment.] ~ Bruce Eder

Product Details

Release Date: 03/26/2002
Label: Capitol/Emi Records / Capitol
UPC: 0724353514822
Rank: 37186

Tracks

Disc 1

  1. Grand Ole Opry Song
  2. Keep on the Sunny Side
  3. Nashville Blues
  4. You Are My Flower
  5. The Precious Jewel
  6. Dark as a Dungeon
  7. Tennessee Stud
  8. Black Mountain Rag
  9. The Wreck on the Highway
  10. The End of the World
  11. I Saw the Light
  12. Sunny Side of the Mountain
  13. Nine Pound Hammer
  14. Losin' You (Might Be the Best Thing Yet)
  15. Honky Tonkin'
  16. You Don't Know My Mind
  17. My Walkin' Shoes

Disc 2

  1. Lonesome Fiddle Blues
  2. Cannonball Rag
  3. Avalanchie
  4. Flint Hill Special
  5. Togary Mountian
  6. Earl's Breakdown
  7. Orange Blossom Special
  8. Wabash Cannonball
  9. Lost Highway
  10. Doc Watson and Merle Travis: First Meeting
  11. Way Downtown
  12. Down Yonder
  13. Pins and Needles (In My Heart)
  14. Honky Tonk Blues
  15. Sailin' on to Hawaii
  16. I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes
  17. I Am a Pilgrim
  18. Wildwood Flower
  19. Soldier's Joy
  20. Will the Circle Be Unbroken
  21. Both Sides Now
  22. Foggy Mountain Breakdown
  23. Warming Up for "The Opry"
  24. Sunny Side
  25. Remember Me

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band   Primary Artist
Roy Acuff   Primary Artist,Lead Vocals,Featured Artist,Vocals
Vassar Clements   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Fiddle,Guitar,Lead Guitar
Merle Travis   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Guitar,Vocals,Featured Artist,Vocals (Background)
Mother Maybelle Carter   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Guitar,Vocals,Autoharp,Lead Vocals,Featured Artist
Doc Watson   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Guitar,Vocals,Lead Guitar,Lead Vocals,Featured Artist,Vocals (Background)
Johnny Cash   Guest Artist
Earl Scruggs   Guest Artist,Banjo,Guitar
Norman Blake   Guest Artist,Dobro
Bruce Hornsby   Guest Artist
Roger McGuinn   Guest Artist
Jimmy Martin   Guest Artist,Guitar,Vocals,Lead Vocals,Featured Artist,Vocals (Background)
John Hiatt   Guest Artist
Michael Martin Murphey   Guest Artist
Roy Huskey Jr.   Guest Artist
Bela Fleck   Guest Artist
Emmylou Harris   Guest Artist
Les Thompson   Vocals (Background),Bass,Guitar,Vocals,Mandolin
Chet Flippo   Vocals (Background)
Martha Flippo   Vocals (Background)
Betty Travis   Vocals (Background)
Ellis Padgett   Bass
Gloria Belle   Vocals (Background)
Pete "Oswald" Kirby   Dobro
Mike Carr   Vocals (Background)
Fred Cross   Vocals (Background)
Louise Scruggs   Vocals (Background)
Roy M. "Junior" Husky   Bass
Timmy Martin   Vocals (Background)
Ray Martin   Vocals (Background),Vocals (Background)
Steve Scruggs   Vocals (Background)
Jimmie Fadden   Harp,Drums,Guitar,Vocals,Autoharp,Harmonica,Lead Vocals,Featured Artist
Roy Huskey   Bass
Jimmy Ibbotson   Drums,Guitar,Vocals,Keyboards,Drums (Snare),Vocals (Background)
Randy Scruggs   Guitar,Autoharp,Vocals (Background)
Tim Martin   Vocals (Background)
William McEuen   Guitar
Alice McEuen   Vocals (Background)
William E. McEuen   Guitar
Larry Murray   Vocals (Background)
Gary Scruggs   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Jeff Hanna   Drums,Guitar,Vocals,Washboard,Vocals (Background)
John McEuen   Banjo,Guitar,Vocals,Mandolin,Guitar (Steel)
Junior Huskey   Bass

Technical Credits

Byron Gregory   Composer
Hilo Brown   Composer
Harry McAuliffe   Composer
Edria A. Humphrey   Composer
Dorothy Dixon   Composer
Walter McEuen   Composer
Gary Garett   Composer
Bobby Gregory   Composer
Beecher Kirby   Composer
Millie Clements   Composer
Charles Gabriel   Composer
Scott Wiseman   Composer
Maybelle Carter   Composer
Henry C. McAulife   Composer
Walter H. McKuen   Composer
Jimmie Driftwood   Composer
Sara Carter   Composer
Scotty Wiseman   Composer
Jimmie Fadden   Composer
Jimmie Skinner   Composer
Jimmy Ibbotson   Composer
A.P. Carter   Arranger,Composer
Leon Payne   Composer
Hank Williams   Composer
Paul Williams   Composer
Floyd Jenkins   Composer
Dino Lappas   Engineer
Hylo Brown   Composer
Roy Acuff   Composer
Merle Travis   Composer
Joni Mitchell   Composer
William E. McEuen   Producer
Traditional   Composer
Jimmy Martin   Composer
Edria Humphrey   Composer
Earl Scruggs   Arranger,Composer
Doc Watson   Arranger,Composer
Fred Rose   Composer
Jeff Hanna   Composer
Ervin T. Rouse   Composer
John McEuen   Arranger,Composer
Tommy Magness   Composer
Vassar Clements   Composer
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