1986 compilation album by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
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Twenty Years of Dirt , subtitled The Best of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band , is the second compilation album from the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band . It is a collection of hits from their career to that point. The album contained one new song, "Stand a Little Rain", which reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[ 2] The album reached 10 on the US Country charts and was certified platinum.
"Intro/Mr. Bojangles" * (Jerry Jeff Walker ) – 5:03 from Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy 1970 "Ripplin' Waters" * (Jimmy Ibbotson ) – 5:46 from Symphonion Dream 1975 "American Dream" ** (Rodney Crowell ) – 3:48 from An American Dream 1979 "Make A Little Magic" ** (Jeff Hanna , Richard Hathaway, Bob Carpenter) – 3:46 from Make a Little Magic 1980 "Fire in the Sky " ** (Hanna, Carpenter) – 4:40 from Jealousy 1981 "Dance Little Jean " *** (Jim Ibbotson) – 3:13 from Let's Go 1983 "Long Hard Road (The Sharecropper's Dream) **** (Crowell) – 3:18 from Plain Dirt Fashion 1984 "High Horse " **** (Ibbotson) – 3:13 from Plain Dirt Fashion 1984 "Modern Day Romance " **** (Kix Brooks , Dan Tyler ) – 3:30 from Partners, Brothers and Friends 1985 "Partners, Brothers and Friends " **** (Ibbotson, Hanna) – 3:59 from Partners, Brothers and Friends .. 1985 "Stand a Little Rain " **** (Don Schlitz , Donny Lowery) – 4:22 (Previously unreleased ) Bob Carpenter Jimmie Fadden Jeff Hanna Jim Ibbotson John McEuen Producer
* William E. McEuen ** Jeff Hanna/Bob Edwards *** Norbert Putnam **** Marshall Morgan All information from album liner notes unless otherwise noted.[ 5]
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