The countless venues played, airports traveled and hotels visited have become like white noise for Bob Carpenter for more than four decades as a member of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. Life on the road ...

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band was formed as a jug band in the fall of 1965 in Long Beach, California. The group, which in its early days briefly included songwriter Jackson Browne, quickly pushed off on ...

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band began its storied career nearly 60 years ago, and now the lauded country-rock group has decided to say goodbye to the road with a final tour. “‘All the Good Times’ perfectly ...

The phrase Nitty Gritty has a number of meanings, among the most oft-repeated of which are "mundane," "ordinary" and "commonplace." Guitarist Russ Spiegel surely had another definition in mind when ...

For more than 50 years, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band has been a flagbearer for Americana music, while simultaneously pushing the boundaries of contemporary country, rock and folk. And now the band is ...

Bob Carpenter needed no reminding that the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s scheduled performance in Mankato last June had been canceled. “No, absolutely. Because we sat in the hotel — it was outdoors and ...

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's place at pop culture's pinnacle is unquestionably among the foundational causes for why country music is timelessly cool. But after almost 60 years on the road and ...

Who had “Local Musician Will Compose a Choral Work About Gritty” on their Philadelphia 2024 bingo card? I certainly didn’t. And yet, that’s just what has happened. This Saturday at Settlement Music ...

CEDAR RAPIDS — With a looming threat of bad weather, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s Saturday night concert is moving from the outdoor McGrath Amphitheatre to the indoor Alliant Energy PowerHouse, 370 ...

For nearly six decades, the three-time GRAMMY Award-winning Nitty Gritty Dirt Band has entertained audiences with their top-shelf musicianship and timeless hits “Mr. Bojangles,” “Fishin' In The Dark,” ...