Stars & Stripes Forever

by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Stars & Stripes Forever cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1974
  • Label: United Artists
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:12:49
  • Community rating: 3.15/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Expanding on their groundbreaking acoustic roots, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band delivers a sprawling double album combining live concert recordings with studio sessions and interview segments. The record captures their dynamic synthesis of progressive bluegrass and country-rock, heavily featuring the fiddle and banjo prowess of Vassar Clements. It acts as an expansive documentary of the band's mid-70s creative energy.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Jambalaya (On The Bayou) (1:43)
  2. Dirt Band Interview (3:39)
  3. Cosmic Cowboy (Part 1) (3:21)
  4. Aluminum Record Award (1:31)
  5. Fish Song (3:50)
  6. Mr. Bojangles (3:46)
  7. Vassar Clements Interview (3:56)
  8. Listen To The Mockingbird (2:47)
  9. The Sheik Of Araby (2:08)
  10. Resign Yourself To Me (2:40)
  11. Dixie Hoedown (2:27)
  12. Cripple Creek (0:54)
  13. The Mountain Whipporwill (Or, How Hillbilly Jim Won TheGreat Fiddler's Prize) (7:07)
  14. Honky Tonkin' (2:00)
  15. House At Pooh Corner (2:54)
  16. Buy For Me The Rain (2:32)
  17. Oh Boy (2:50)
  18. Teardrops In My Eyes (2:11)
  19. Glocoat-Blues (3:11)
  20. Stars And Stripes Forever (0:38)
  21. Battle Of New Orleans (2:58)
  22. It Came From The '50s (Blast From The Past) (6:46)
  23. My True Story (3:08)
  24. Diggy Liggy Lo (3:52)

Credits

  • The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - primary artist
  • Hank Williams - written-by
  • Michael Martin Murphey - written-by
  • Jeff Hanna - written-by, arranged by, adapted by
  • Jimmie Fadden - written-by
  • Jerry Jeff Walker - written-by
  • Millie Clements - arranged by, adapted by
  • Francis Wheeler - written-by

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