Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Not in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Eligible since: 1993

First Recording: 1967

Previously Considered? No  what's this?

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
HALL OF FAME INDICATORS
🔲Rolling Stone 500 Albums
🔲Rolling Stone 500 Songs
🔲Rolling Stone Cover
🔲Saturday Night Live
🔲Major Festival Headliner
🔲Songwriters Hall of Fame
🔲“Big Four” Grammys
✅Grammy HoF Album
✅Grammy HoF Single
Grammy Hall of Fame AlbumsClass
Will The Circle Be Unbroken (1972)1998
Essential Songs (?)WikipediaYouTube
Mr. Bojangles (1970)☆☊

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band @ Wikipedia

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Still making good music... that says a lot,,,,

Posted by Boj on Monday, 05/4/2015 @ 02:03am

Saw these guys the other night. Full house at Grand Theatre in Frankfort, KY. They are celebrating their 50th band anniversary. The 4 band members all look pretty good. The lead singer (Jeff Hanna) looks great. He is a real good looking dude anyway & I suspect he's had some surgery. His voice is still great, too!

Played all their hits & selected other songs (finished with a fine cover of 'The Weight'). Their great multi-instrumentalist (John Harlan Somebody), who looks a bit like old Obi Wan Kenobi, really impressed me with his mandolin, fiddle, banjo, guitar, and steel guitar work. Had a very funny story about playing a funeral for gentleman who voiced Mickey Mouse.

The band's drummer is also a great harmonica player & did what Sleater Kinney drummer did (play harmonica & drum at same time). Will note he wasn't really beating the hell out of the drums (like Steater Kinney drummer) when he did that, but impressive nevertheless.

Like alot of acts, these guys aren't getting any younger. If you have a chance to see them, I heartily endorse them.

Posted by Paul in KY on Sunday, 11/13/2016 @ 09:41am

Rest in Peace Chris Darrow, guitarist, bassist, vocalist, 1944-2020.

Posted by Joe on Friday, 01/17/2020 @ 09:41am

Saw these guys a few nights ago on their farewell tour. I have the same opinions as Paul, though he saw them 9 years earlier! Jeff Hanna did look really good on stage and sounded great. His son, who has played with lots of bands, was on-stage with them. They played all of their hits from Mr. Bojangles to Fishing in the Dark. They even played some of their late 70s songs back when they went as The Dirt Band. And they ended it with a cover of "The Weight"!

As far as their chances of getting in the Rock Hall, yeaaaaa probably not. But their chances of getting in the Country Music HOF are a lot better. I actually think they will get inducted there someday but I hope it is when the founding members are still alive.

Posted by Jason Voigt on Monday, 07/28/2025 @ 23:46pm

Glad you got to see them, Jason. One of the great Roots-Americana bands ever!

Posted by Paul in KY on Tuesday, 07/29/2025 @ 06:41am

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