John McEuen, a founding member of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, revisited songs spanning decades in a nostalgia-rich show at the Franklin Theatre in Franklin, TN tonight.
It was an informal and entertaining evening that began with a singalong to “The Ballad Of Jed Clampett” and featured McEuen’ and his band’s rendition of big Dirt Band hits, including “Dance Little Jean,” “Mr. Bojangles” and a traditional take on “Will the Circle Be Unbroken?”
The band included Les Thompson, another Dirt Band founder, who left the group in the early ’70s to become a goldsmith. He looked right at home. Here’s Thompson talking about the origins of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.
McEuen has a new album called The Nashville Sessions. Here he briefly talks about the new release, as well as the Dirt Band’s biggest record.