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Will the circle be unbroken. Vol. III / [performed by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band].

Contributor(s): Material type: MusicMusicPublisher number: 7243-5-40177-0-4 | Capitol7243-5-41615-2-0 | Capitol7243-5-41616-0-5 | CapitolPublisher: Nashville, TN : Capitol, [2002]Copyright date: ℗2002Description: 2 audio discs (1 hr., 47 min.) : digital, CD audio, stereo ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • performed music
Media type:
  • audio
Carrier type:
  • audio disc
Other title:
  • WIll the circle be unbroken. Vol. 3
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Disc 1: Take me in your lifeboat / Traditional (Del McCoury, with Robbie McCoury, Ronnie McCoury) (3:42) -- Milk cow blues / Arnold Kokomo (Doc Watson, with Richard Watson, Josh Graves) (5:03) -- I find Jesus / Jimmy Ibbotson (3:52) -- Hold whatcha got / Jimmy Martin (Jimmy Martin) (2:55) -- Mama's Opry / Iris Dement (Iris DeMent) (4:21) -- Diamonds in the rough / A.P. Carter ; Maybelle Carter ; Sara Carter (June Carter Cash, with Earl Scruggs) (3:39) -- Lonesome river / Carter Stanley (Sam Bush) (4:23) -- Some dark holler / Traditional (Dwight Yoakam) (3:19) -- Lowlands / Gary Scruggs (Jaime Hanna, Jonathan McEuen) (3:49) -- Love, please come home / Leon Jackson (Del McCoury, with Robbie McCoury, Ronnie McCoury) (2:48) -- Goodnight Irene / Huddie Ledbetter ; John A. Lomax (Willie Nelson, Tom Petty) (4:30) -- I know what it means to be lonesome / James Brockman ; James Kendis ; Nathaniel Vincent (The Nashville Bluegrass Band) (3:49) -- I'll be faithful to you / Paul Kennerley (Emmylou Harris) (2:32) -- Tears in the Holston River / John R. Cash (Johnny Cash) (4:14).
Disc 2: Fishin' blues / Taj Mahal (Taj Mahal, with Vassar Clements) (4:31) -- Save it, save it / Charles Rufus Shoffner (Jimmy Martin) (1:57) -- Wheels / Chris Hillman ; Gram Parsons (Dwight Yoakam) (3:14) -- Roll in my sweet baby's arms / Traditional (Willie Nelson) (3:55) -- Oh Cumberland / Matraca Berg ; Gary Harrison (Matraca Berg, Emmylou Harris) (4:21) -- I am a pilgrim / Doc Watson (Doc Watson, with Richard Watson) (4:09) -- Sallie Ann : instrumental / Earl Scruggs (Earl Scruggs) (2:37) -- Catfish John / Bob McDill ; Allen Reynolds (Alison Krauss) (4:07) -- Roll the stone away / Jeff Hanna ; Marcus Hummon (4:09) -- All prayed up / Vince Gill (Vince Gill) (3:09) -- Return to Dismal Swamp II : instrumental / Watler McEuen ; William McEuen (Jerry Douglas, Glen Duncan, Ronnie McCoury, Tony Rice) (3:16) -- There is a time / Mitchell Jayne; Rodney Dillard (Rodney Dillard, Ricky Skaggs) (3:31) -- Will the circle be unbroken (Glory, glory) / A.P. Carter ; Taj Mahal (Taj Mahal, Alison Krauss, Doc Watson) (4:39) -- Farther along (instrumental) / Traditional ; arranged by Randy Scruggs (Randy Scruggs) (1:30).
Production credits:
  • Produced by Randy Scruggs and Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band ; with various featured musicians and ensemble.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult CD Adult CD Main Library CD COUNTRY Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Checked out 06/01/2024 33111009885282
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Like a comet that periodically returns and lights up the sky, the Will the Circle Be Unbroken series manages to be predictable and illuminating at the same time. Once again, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band draws an assembly of deities and wannabes around the campfire. Some of these are familiar, though veterans from the first volume have grown scarce: Doc Watson plays "I Am a Pilgrim" as a tribute to the late Merle Travis, who cut the same tune on the 1972 Circle session. Jimmy Martin returns too, his galloping, almost-reckless delivery undimmed by the years. From the 1989 sequel comes Johnny Cash, whose "Tears in the Holston River" eulogizes Maybelle Carter, his mother-in-law and the soul of the first Circle. New faces take the place of those who have departed: Willie Nelson is a logical addition, though his duet partner, Tom Petty, sounds uncomfortable and awkward on "Goodnight, Irene." Emmylou Harris assumes her place in this pantheon, her voice breaking hearts even in harmony with Matraca Berg on "Oh, Cumberland." No performance stands out more than that of Taj Mahal, whose presence has a demographic significance and whose rollicking rendition of "Fishin' Blues nearly steals the show. But Mahal also contributes to the album's only serious blemish: On the inevitable title cut, he and the other soloists play with a solemnity that deletes the song's communal energies. A congregational enthusiasm distinguished its performance on the first album; here, the singers -- particularly Alison Krauss -- pass it along, verse by verse, as if it were priceless china. This music is about soul, not trepidation, so it's to everyone's credit that such moments are scarce here. Let's hope that they don't dress it up with string samples or breakbeats once Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Vol. 4 rolls around. ~ Robert L. Doerschuk

Title from disc label.

Capitol: 7243-5-40177-0-4 (7243-5-41615-2-0, 7243-5-41616-0-5).

Country and bluegrass music.

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band ; with various featured musicians and ensemble.

Produced by Randy Scruggs and Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.

Recorded At Scruggs Sound Studio, Nashville.

Enhanced CD; system requirements not given.

Program notes by Jack Hurst inserted in container.

Disc 1: Take me in your lifeboat / Traditional (Del McCoury, with Robbie McCoury, Ronnie McCoury) (3:42) -- Milk cow blues / Arnold Kokomo (Doc Watson, with Richard Watson, Josh Graves) (5:03) -- I find Jesus / Jimmy Ibbotson (3:52) -- Hold whatcha got / Jimmy Martin (Jimmy Martin) (2:55) -- Mama's Opry / Iris Dement (Iris DeMent) (4:21) -- Diamonds in the rough / A.P. Carter ; Maybelle Carter ; Sara Carter (June Carter Cash, with Earl Scruggs) (3:39) -- Lonesome river / Carter Stanley (Sam Bush) (4:23) -- Some dark holler / Traditional (Dwight Yoakam) (3:19) -- Lowlands / Gary Scruggs (Jaime Hanna, Jonathan McEuen) (3:49) -- Love, please come home / Leon Jackson (Del McCoury, with Robbie McCoury, Ronnie McCoury) (2:48) -- Goodnight Irene / Huddie Ledbetter ; John A. Lomax (Willie Nelson, Tom Petty) (4:30) -- I know what it means to be lonesome / James Brockman ; James Kendis ; Nathaniel Vincent (The Nashville Bluegrass Band) (3:49) -- I'll be faithful to you / Paul Kennerley (Emmylou Harris) (2:32) -- Tears in the Holston River / John R. Cash (Johnny Cash) (4:14).

Disc 2: Fishin' blues / Taj Mahal (Taj Mahal, with Vassar Clements) (4:31) -- Save it, save it / Charles Rufus Shoffner (Jimmy Martin) (1:57) -- Wheels / Chris Hillman ; Gram Parsons (Dwight Yoakam) (3:14) -- Roll in my sweet baby's arms / Traditional (Willie Nelson) (3:55) -- Oh Cumberland / Matraca Berg ; Gary Harrison (Matraca Berg, Emmylou Harris) (4:21) -- I am a pilgrim / Doc Watson (Doc Watson, with Richard Watson) (4:09) -- Sallie Ann : instrumental / Earl Scruggs (Earl Scruggs) (2:37) -- Catfish John / Bob McDill ; Allen Reynolds (Alison Krauss) (4:07) -- Roll the stone away / Jeff Hanna ; Marcus Hummon (4:09) -- All prayed up / Vince Gill (Vince Gill) (3:09) -- Return to Dismal Swamp II : instrumental / Watler McEuen ; William McEuen (Jerry Douglas, Glen Duncan, Ronnie McCoury, Tony Rice) (3:16) -- There is a time / Mitchell Jayne; Rodney Dillard (Rodney Dillard, Ricky Skaggs) (3:31) -- Will the circle be unbroken (Glory, glory) / A.P. Carter ; Taj Mahal (Taj Mahal, Alison Krauss, Doc Watson) (4:39) -- Farther along (instrumental) / Traditional ; arranged by Randy Scruggs (Randy Scruggs) (1:30).

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