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Rare Junk

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Released
  
June 1968

Artist
  
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Producer
  
Dallas Smith

Rare Junk(1968)
  
Alive(1969)

Release date
  
June 1968

Label
  
Capitol Records Nashville

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Genres
  
Country music, Bluegrass, Country rock, Folk rock

Similar
  
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band albums, Country music albums

Rare Junk is the third album from The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, released in 1968. In an attempt to update their sound the band included electric instrumentation on the record, but it still was a commercial failure.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Mournin' Blues" (Tony Sbarbaro) - 3:24
  2. "Collegiana" (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) - 2:38
  3. "Willie the Weeper" (Grant Rymal, Walter Melrose, Marty Bloom) - 2:26
  4. "Cornbread and 'Lasses (Sassafrass Tea)" (Lloyd George, Roland Sullivan) - 2:31
  5. "These Days" (Jackson Browne) - 3:13
  6. "Sadie Green The Vamp of New Orleans" (Gilbert Wells, Johnny Dunn) - 2:25
  7. "Dr. Heckle and Mr. Jibe" (Dick McDonough) - 2:37
  8. "End Of Your Line" (Farrell) - 2:22
  9. "Reason to Believe" (Tim Hardin) - 2:54
  10. "Hesitation Blues (Oh! Baby Must I Hesitate?)" (Billy Smythe, Scott Middleton, Art Gillham) - 3:26
  11. "A Number and a Name" (Steve Gillette, Tom Campbell) -3:20

Personnel

  • Ralph Barr – electric guitar, clarinet, acoustic guitar
  • John McEuen – piano, plectrum banjo, five string banjar
  • Jeff Hanna – washboard, tambourine, drum, guitar, harmonica, electric guitar ...and other rare junk
  • Jimmie Fadden – tube, jug, mouth harp, harmonica, washtub bass, drums
  • Les Thompson – guitar, mandolin, electric bass, tambourine, plectrum banjo
  • Chris Darrow – guitar, mandolin, violin, fiddle, electric bass, string bass

    • Contributing Musicians:

  • Bernie Leadon - guitar on "Reason to Believe"
  • Johnny Sandlin - drums
  • Paul Hornsby - Piano
  • Rodney Dillard - Dobro

    • Production

  • Producer - Dallas Smith

    • Discography

    Nitty Gritty Dirt Band discography

    Songs

    1Mournin' Blues3:24
    2Collegiana2:36
    3Willie the Weeper2:24

    References

    Rare Junk Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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