Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy [1970] [FLAC]

MOJO Magazine: Buried Treasure "Album That Time Forgot."

Artist: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Release: Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy
Discogs: 3080168
Released: 1970 / 2003
Label: Liberty / Capitol Records Nashville
Catalog#: LBS 83 345 / 72435-41721-2-0
Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Style: Folk, World, & Country,

Tracklisting:

01. Some Of Shelly's Blues
02. Prodigal's Return
03. The Cure
04. Travelin' Mood
05. Chicken Reel
06. Yukon Railroad
07. Livin' Without You
08. Clinch Mountain Backstep
09. Rave On
10. Billy In The Low Ground
11. Jesse James
12. Uncle Charlie Interview
13. Mr Bojangels
14. Opus 36
15. Santa Rosa
16. Propinquity
17. Uncle Charlie
18. Randy Lynn Rag
19. House At Pooh Corner
20. Swanee River
21. Uncle Charlie Interview #2/The End/Spanish Fandango
Previously Unreleased Bonus Tracks:
22. Mississippi Rain
23. What Goes On

The first album issued by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band after they had temporarily disbanded in 1969, this greatly expanded their pop audience, due primarily to the Top 10 hit cover of Jerry Jeff Walker's "Mr. Bojangles" (which actually wasn't a hit until early 1971). The group moved into a more accessible rock-oriented fusion of country, bluegrass, pop, and rock & roll, relying primarily on smartly chosen covers of tunes by the likes of Walker, Mike Nesmith, Randy Newman, and Kenny Loggins. Few bands had incorporated instruments more commonly associated with country and bluegrass, particularly mandolin and banjo, as comfortably into a rock setting prior to this release, and their well-crafted harmonies help put the songs over for those not-steeped-in backwoods sounds. It was an extremely diverse program for a country-rock album, too, moving from rustic instrumentals and snippets of tapes of elderly musicians performing rural Americana to the Buddy Holly cover "Rave On." The group were actually at their best, though, when doing softer, melodic pop tunes. "Mr. Bojangles" was a deserved huge success in that regard, but Nesmith's "Some of Shelley's Blues" and Loggins' "House at Pooh Corner" were almost as catchy and appealing.

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