Origin: Long Beach, CA
Decades: 1960's, 1970's, 1980's, 1990's, and 2000's
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), forme... Read More
| Date | Venue | Location | |
| 07/29/09 | Soboba Casino | San jacinto, CA | Get Tix |