The band continues its non stop touring with notable stops at Bonnaroo, Merlefest, Stagecoach, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival and many others. Will the Circle Be Unbroken celebrates it’s 40th Anniversary with a remastered Vinyl release. Fishin’ in The Dark is certified digital platinum by the RIAA.

• Jeff Hanna – guitars/vocals
• Jimmie Fadden – drums/harmonica/vocals
• Bob Carpenter – keyboards/accordion/vocals
• John McEuen – banjo/fiddle/guitar/mandolin

The band begins the year by winning a Grammy for Best Country Instrumental for “Earl’s Breakdown.” The song features Earl Scruggs, Randy Scruggs, Jerry Douglas and the late Vassar Clements. The band tours throughout North America in support of the critically acclaimed CD Welcome To Woody Creek.

• Jeff Hanna – guitars/vocals
• Jimmie Fadden – drums/harmonica/vocals
• Bob Carpenter – keyboards/accordion/vocals
• John McEuen – banjo/fiddle/guitar/mandolin

The band releases More Great Dirt, the second authorized greatest hits LP. Will the Circle Be Unbroken Vol. II is hailed internationally for uniting old and new singers, such as Roy Acuff, Johnny Cash, Earl Scruggs, Bruce Hornsby, John Hiatt, Chris Hillman, Roger McGuinn, and others. Circle II goes gold in the US and Canada, and wins 3 Grammy’s and the CMA Album of the Year. A long-form video documentary The Making of Will the Circle be Unbroken II is released on Cabin Fever Entertainment. The band returns to the Soviet Union for 3 sold out performances, and national Soviet TV appearances. The Rest of the Dream is released in June 1990, produced by the band and Randy Scruggs, who produced Circle II. In late 1990, the band goes on a major tour including Canada, Europe, and Japan. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band commemorates their 25th anniversary by recording Live Two Five in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada produced by T-Bone Burnett. In 1992 the band collaborates with Irish folk legends The Cheiftans on their Grammy award winning project Another Country. The prestigious Aspen School of Music creates their first scholarship honoring a pop group in the band’s name. 20 Years of Dirt is certified gold at the end of 1993. In early 1994, the band returns to the studio and their origins, recording Acoustic, a self-penned, self-produced project that spotlights the “wooden” sound they have championed for years. In 1996, the band records a duet with Karla Bonoff, “You Believed in Me”, which appears on the MCA Olympic album One Voice. They also record, “Maybe Baby” for the Buddy Holly tribute album Not Fade Away on Decca Records, and in 1996 celebrate 30 years on the road. In 1997 they release The Christmas Album, followed by Bang! Bang! Bang! in 1999.

• Jeff Hanna – guitars/vocals
• Jimmie Fadden – drums/harmonica/vocals
• Jimmy Ibbotson – guitars/mandolin/bass/vocals
• Bob Carpenter – keyboards/accordion/vocals

Ibbotson rejoins the band and they return to Nashville to record Let’s Go, and “Dance Little Jean” goes Top 10 Country. The band also records Plain Dirt Fashion andPartners, Brothers, and Friends. “Long Hard Road” becomes the Dirt Band’s first Number One record, and the band eventually has 17 consecutive Top 10 country songs. They receive nominations from both the CMA and ACM, and perform at the 1984 Olympics in LA and at the first Farm-Aid concert. The Twenty Years of Dirt collection is released, coinciding with the band’s 20th anniversary of their first performance at the Paradox Club in Orange County on May 13, 1966. The Anniversary concert in McNichols Arena in Denver is a sell-out, with guests such as Ricky Skaggs, Emmylou Harris, Doc Watson, John Prine, and others. At the end of 1986 John McEuen departs band.

• Jeff Hanna – guitars/washboard/vocals
• Jimmie Fadden – drums/harmonica/vocals
• John McEuen – fiddle/banjo/mandolin/guitar
• Bob Carpenter – keyboards/accordion/vocals
• Jimmy Ibbotson – bass/guitars/keyboards/accordion/vocals

The band releases The Dirt Band and An American Dream LPs, and the single “American Dream” with Linda Ronstadt goes to #13 on the Pop chats. The band also appears on Saturday Night Live and provides arrangement and backing for Steve Martin’s million selling recording of “King Tut.”

• Jeff Hanna – guitars/washboard/percussion/vocals
• Jimmie Fadden – guitar/harmonica/vocals
• John McEuen – guitar/fiddle/banjo/mandolin
• Al Garth – sax/fiddle/keyboards/percussion/vocals
• Merel Bregante – drums/percussion
• Richard Hathaway – bass/vocals

The band records Stars and Stripes Forever and Dream LPs, and play at an amazing variety of shows, including bluegrass festival one day before opening for Aerosmith. Play to a crowd of 190,000 at a Sedalia MO “Rock Festival” in 103 degree heat, performing as a 4-piece band. At the end of 1975 Ibbotson departs.

• Jeff Hanna – guitars/drums/washboard/vocals
• Jimmie Fadden – drums/guitar/harmonica/vocals
• John McEuen – guitar/fiddle/banjo/mandolin
• Jimmy Ibbotson – bass/guitars/keyboards/drums/accordion/vocals

The band records Rare Junk and Alive, stay in the Wallowa Whitman National Forest, Oregon, for 4 months filming “Paint Your Wagon” with Clint Eastwood and Lee Marvin. Play Carnegie Hall as Bill Cosby’s opening act, and jam with Dizzy Gillespie.

• Jeff Hanna – guitar/washboard/drums/vocals
• Jimmie Fadden – guitar/harmonica/washtub bass/jug/vocals
• Ralph Barr – guitar/clarinet/vocals
• Les Thompson – bass/guitar/mandolin/vocals
• John McEuen – guitar/banjo/washtub bass
• Chris Darrow – guitar/mandolin/fiddle/vocals

The band hangs out at McCabe’ Guitar Shop in Long Beach, CA, trying to “figure out how not to have to work for a living.” Perform in the LA/Orange County Folk-rock scene in 1920’s pinstripe suits & cowboy boots. Early line up includes future Rock And Roll Hall Of Famer Jackson Browne.

• Jeff Hanna – guitar/mandolin/washboard/vocals
• Jimmie Fadden – guitar/harmonica/washtub bass/jug/vocals
• Ralph Barr – guitar/clarinet/vocals
• Les Thompson – guitar/mandolin/vocals
• Bruce Kunkel – guitar/kazoo/vocals
• Jackson Browne – guitar/vocals