Album The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Greatest Hits by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Review

Fuel 2000's Introduction to the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band dutifully encapsulates the groundbreaking progressive country group's shape-shifting career. Unlike other anthologies, Introduction spends ample time examining the Southern California collective's early psychedelic folk-rock offerings, chronicling their rise from jug band to the country bluegrass elder statesmen that organized 1972's legendary Will the Circle Be Unbroken and its two good but inferior sequels. Early hits like "Buy for Me the Rain", "Mr. Bojangles", and "Truly Right" are augmented by deep-catalog gems like the John McEuen instrumental "Dismal Swamp", the Doc Watson-led "Tennessee Stud", and a cover of Randy Newman's "Livin' Without You", making this a superior entry point for listeners who have felt put off in the past by the genre-bending group's myriad recordings, both collectively and collaboratively.

Review by allmusic.com

Tracks on this album

#	Track title	Track length	Preview	Download
1	Mr. Bojangles	3:35	preview song Mr. Bojangles	Download track Mr. Bojangles
2	An American Dream	3:29	preview song An American Dream	Download track An American Dream
3	Will The Circle Be Unbroken	4:50	preview song Will The Circle Be Unbroken	Download track Will The Circle Be Unbroken
4	House At Pooh Corner	2:38	preview song House At Pooh Corner	Download track House At Pooh Corner
5	Male A Little Magic	3:55	preview song Male A Little Magic	Download track Male A Little Magic
6	All I Have To Do Is Dream	3:49	preview song All I Have To Do Is Dream	Download track All I Have To Do Is Dream
7	Grand Ole Opry Song	2:59	preview song Grand Ole Opry Song	Download track Grand Ole Opry Song
8	Jambalaya	3:23	preview song Jambalaya	Download track Jambalaya
9	Battle Of New Orleans	2:44	preview song Battle Of New Orleans	Download track Battle Of New Orleans
10	I Saw The Light	3:45	preview song I Saw The Light	Download track I Saw The Light
11	Buy For Me The Rain	2:22	preview song Buy For Me The Rain	Download track Buy For Me The Rain
12	Some Of Sally's Blues	2:49	preview song Some Of Sally's Blues	Download track Some Of Sally's Blues
13	Fire In The Sky	4:37	preview song Fire In The Sky	Download track Fire In The Sky