Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

With Dream, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band has managed to convey on record the shallowness
they present onstage. It is a mélange of sound effects, in-studio giggling and the tinkling of
the Symphonion, a turn-of-the-century mechanical musical device that played discs like
the one on the cover of the album. There is a mangled Hank Williams song ("Hey Good
Lookin'," with Linda Ronstadt as lead vocalist), a mangled oldie (the overproduce... More >