''Rare Junk'' is the third studio album from The

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (sometimes abbreviated NGDB), also known as the Dirt Band, is an American band founded in Long Beach, California, in 1966. Since 2018, the band has consisted of Jeff Hanna and his son Jaime Hanna, both guitarists and voc ...

, released in 1968. In an attempt to update their sound the band included electric instrumentation on the record, but it still was a commercial failure.

Track listing

#"Mournin' Blues" ( Tony Sbarbaro) – 3:24 #"Collegiana" (

Jimmy McHugh James Francis McHugh (July 10, 1894 – May 23, 1969) was an American composer. One of the most prolific songwriters from the 1920s to the 1950s, he is credited with over 500 songs. His songs were recorded by many artists, including Chet Baker, J ...

Dorothy Fields Dorothy Fields (July 15, 1904 – March 28, 1974) was an American librettist and lyricist. She wrote more than 400 songs for Broadway musicals and films. Her best-known pieces include " The Way You Look Tonight" (1936), "A Fine Romance" (193 ...

) – 2:38 #"Willie the Weeper" (Grant Rymal,

Walter Melrose Walter Melrose (October 26, 1889 – May 30, 1973) was an American music publisher and lyricist in the 1920s and 1930s. Background He was born in Sumner, Illinois, and was the brother of Lester Melrose, with whom he established a music store in ...

, Marty Bloom) – 2:26 #"Cornbread and 'Lasses (Sassafrass Tea)" (Lloyd "Lonzo" George, Rollin "Oscar" Sullivan) – 2:31 #" These Days" (

Jackson Browne Clyde Jackson Browne (born October 9, 1948) is an American rock musician, singer, songwriter, and political activist who has sold over 30 million albums in the United States. Emerging as a teenage songwriter in mid-1960s Los Angeles, he had his ...

) – 3:13 #"Sadie Green The Vamp of New Orleans" (Gilbert Wells,

Johnny Dunn Johnny Dunn (February 19, 1897 – August 20, 1937) was an American traditional jazz trumpeter and vaudeville performer, who was born in Memphis, Tennessee. He is probably best known for his work during the 1920s with musicians such as Perry ...

) – 2:25 #"Dr. Heckle and Mr. Jibe" ( Dick McDonough) – 2:37 #"End Of Your Line" (Chris Farrel) – 2:22 #"

Reason to Believe "Reason to Believe" is a song written, composed, and first recorded by American Folk music, folk singer Tim Hardin in 1965. It has since been recorded by many artists, most notably by the Carpenters on their album ''Close to You (The Carpenters al ...

" (

Tim Hardin James Timothy Hardin (December 23, 1941 – December 29, 1980) was an American folk music and blues singer-songwriter and guitarist. In addition to his own success, his songs " If I Were a Carpenter", " Reason to Believe", " Misty Roses" and " ...

) – 2:54 #"Hesitation Blues (Oh! Baby Must I Hesitate?)" (Billy Smythe, Scott Middleton, Art Gillham) – 3:26 #"A Number and a Name" (Steve Gillette, Tom Campbell) – 3:20

Personnel

;Nitty Gritty Dirt Band *Ralph Barr – electric guitar, clarinet, acoustic guitar *

John McEuen John McEuen, born December 19, 1945, in Oakland, California, is an American folk musician and a founding member of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. Career Solo work John McEuen was born in Oakland, California. In 1964, at age 18, he became intereste ...

– piano, plectrum banjo, five-string banjar *Jeff Hanna – washboard, tambourine, drum, guitar, harmonica, electric guitar ...and other rare junk *Jimmie Fadden – tube, jug, mouth harp, harmonica, washtub bass, drums *Les Thompson – guitar, mandolin, electric bass, tambourine, plectrum banjo * Chris Darrow – guitar, mandolin, violin, fiddle, electric bass, string bass ;Contributing musicians *

Bernie Leadon Bernard Matthew Leadon III ( ; born July 19, 1947) is an American singer, musician, songwriter, and founding member of the Eagles, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. Prior to the Eagles, he was a member of thr ...

– guitar on "Reason to Believe" * Johnny Sandlin – drums *

Paul Hornsby Paul Hornsby is an American musician and record producer who has produced gold and platinum records for artists including the Charlie Daniels Band, The Marshall Tucker Band, and Wet Willie. Overview Paul Hornsby started playing music at an early ...

– piano *Rodney Dillard – Dobro

Production

*Producer – Dallas Smith

References

All information is from the album liner notes, unless otherwise noted."Alive/Rare Junk", The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, BGO Records BGOCD245 (1994) CD {{Authority control Nitty Gritty Dirt Band albums 1968 albums Liberty Records albums