Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
USA
Formed: 1966
Years Active: 60, 70, 80, 90, 2000
Genres: Country, Pop/Rock, Folk
Styles: Progressive Bluegrass, Bluegrass, Progressive Country, Country-Rock, Folk/Country Rock, Folk/Country Rock, Folk/Country Rock, Traditional Country, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Pop/Rock, New Acoustic, Contemporary Folk, AM Pop, Early Pop/Rock
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Founded in California during 1965, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band has lasted longer than virtually any other country-based rock group of their era. Younger contemporaries of the Byrds, they played an almost equally important role in the transformation from folk-rock into country-rock, and were an influence on such bands as the Eagles and Alabama. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's beginnings lay with the New Coast Two, a folk duo consisting of Jeff Hanna (guitar, vocals) and Bruce Kunkel (guitar, washtub bass), formed while both were in high school in th...
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