Will The Circle Be Unbroken was released in 1972. Allmusic: “An all-star country project that worked, with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band serving as catalyst and intersecting point for all of the talent involved… This was the first real country album that a lot of rock listeners under the age of 30 ever heard. Thus, it opened up pathways and dialogue in all directions, across several generations and cultural barriers.”
Vol. 2 was a 1990 release. Allmusic: “This easily won the Country Music Association's Album of the Year Award, thanks to a stellar cast… Tracks were all recorded in one ‘take,’ with no overdubs, making the outstanding musicianship particularly noteworthy. Atheists beware: there's a lot of gospel.”
3 hours 22 minutes of serious Americana, by some guys from Long Beach, California, in collaboration with all-star ‘Americanaists.’
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Will The Circle Be Unbroken, full album: YouTube link ; Spotify link
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Vol. 2, full album: YouTube link ; Spotify link
Vol. 2 was a 1990 release. Allmusic: “This easily won the Country Music Association's Album of the Year Award, thanks to a stellar cast… Tracks were all recorded in one ‘take,’ with no overdubs, making the outstanding musicianship particularly noteworthy. Atheists beware: there's a lot of gospel.”
3 hours 22 minutes of serious Americana, by some guys from Long Beach, California, in collaboration with all-star ‘Americanaists.’
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Will The Circle Be Unbroken, full album: YouTube link ; Spotify link
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Vol. 2, full album: YouTube link ; Spotify link