Welcome To Woody Creek (2004)

Product Summary Label: Dualtone UPC: 00803020117624 Release Date: 9/21/2004 Buy.com Sku: 63841428 Item#: MHDQW5 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Walkin' In The Sunshine ~ Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 2. Forever Don't Last ~ Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 3. Jealous Moon ~ Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 4. It's Morning ~ Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 5. Get Back ~ Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 6. She ~ Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 7. Safe Back Home ~ Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 8. Party on the Mountain ~ Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 9. Any Love But Our Love ~ Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 10. It's A New Day ~ Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 11. Old Time's Sake ~ Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 12. Midnight at Woody Creek ~ Nitty Gritty Dirt Band   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: Jimmy Ibbotson (vocals, guitar, mandola, mandolin, bass guitar); Jeff Hanna (vocals, guitar); Bob Carpenter (vocals, accordion, keyboards); John McEuen (guitar, banjo, mandolin, fiddle); Jimmie Fadden (harmonica, drums). There was a time when the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and other West Coast country-rockers were viewed with suspicion by some members of the Nashville establishment, but times change -- and these days, country radio play lists are full of artists whose work has been greatly influenced by the country-rock that came out of Southern California in the '60s and '70s. So as it turns out, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Linda Ronstadt, and the Eagles (who the Dirt Band greatly influenced) were ahead of their time. But while much of the country-rock that's coming out of Nashville in the 21st century is extremely contrived and formulaic, the Dirt Band hasn't lost any of its organic, earthy charm -- charm that is alive and well on Welcome to Woody Creek, which finds the durable outfit celebrating its 39th anniversary with a lineup consisting of Jeff Hanna, Jimmy Ibbotson, Bob Carpenter, Jimmie Fadden, and John McEuen. After all these years, the Dirt Band still sounds current; Welcome to Woody Creek isn't radically different from a lot of the country-rock that country stations played in '90s and 2000s. The differences between this 2004 release and all the Eagles-minded, Ronstadt-obsessed artists on modern country radio have to do with execution and delivery more than anything; Welcome to Woody Creek has a certain warmth and sincerity that many of Nashville's slick nu-country artists are missing. This CD doesn't sound like the product of 500 marketing meetings but rather like the work of five country-rock veterans who keep performing because they genuinely enjoy what they do. Welcome to Woody Creek isn't as essential as the Dirt Band's best '60s and '70s recordings; nonetheless, it's a solid, respectable outing that will please die-hard fans of the veteran country-rockers. ~ Alex Henderson Engineer: John Macy   Compilation Appearances Tribute To Steve Goodman Vol. 2-70's Hits Appalachian Stomp-Bluegrass Cl Rock On-1979 Hidden Treasures Champion Sound Vol.1 Treasury Of Bluegrass-America's Music Gospel Bluegrass Homecoming Vol.1 Gospel Bluegrass Homecoming Vol.2 101 Country And Western Greats Hits-B Pure Pickin: classic Bluegrass Instrum Musical Heritage Of The Carter Fa Billboard #1 Country Hits Of The 80's / Vario Reason To Believe: a Count Singers & Songwriters Great Men Of Rock & Roll: 70s Telluride Bluegrass Festival:thirty Strings And Things:best In Blueg 32 Country Gospel Favorites Best Award Winning Country Vol 4 (Bonus Tracks) (w/ Bonus DVD) Bluegrass Top 20 Gospel Songs Of Ohe Drifting Cowboy: Country Music Tribute To Han Casey Kasem: Driving In The 70's Easy To Be Free:songs Of Rick Nelson Classic Bluegrass Collection No 1 Mega Hits Of Country Country Top Hits Where The Action Is Los Angeles Nugge   Technical Info Release Date : 09/21/2004 Original Release Date : 2004 Catalog ID : 11762 Label : Dualtone Music Group Inc. Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00803020117624    Product Image