Acoustic (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band album)

The song "Sara In The Summer" was originally released as "Sara" on Jimmy Ibbotson's first solo album Nitty Gritty Ibbotson in 1977.^[1] The Wild Jimbos also included it on their 1991 debut album Wild Jimbos.^[2]

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Reception

The AllMusic review by Jim Newsom awarded the album 4 stars and said:

A couple of years after the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's string of country hits ended, the band returned to its roots to record this appropriately titled collection of original material. Most of the songs are very good, and the sound is refreshingly unadorned with any concessions to the soundalike country mainstream. Because the NGDB was among the many fine artists swept aside by the faceless hat acts and young country babes birthed by the Garth era, Acoustic never found a sizable audience. However, this blend of acoustic guitars, mandolin, dobro, harmonica, accordion, washboard, and beautiful vocal harmonies delivers a bevy of country/folk delights.^[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]

Track listing

"How Long?" (Jimmy Ibbotson) – 2:54
"Cupid's Got A Gun" (Jimmy Fadden, LeRoy Preston) – 3:41
"Sarah In The Summer" (Ibbotson) – 3:18
"Let It Roll" (Jeff Hanna, Bob Carpenter, Tom Kell) – 4:05
"Hello, I Am Your Heart" (Dennis Linde) – 3:05
"Love Will Find A Way" (Carpenter, Kell) – 2:42
"Tryin' Times" (Fadden, Alex Harvey) – 3:34
"This Train Keeps Rolling Along" (Jim Photoglo, Vince Melamed, Ibbotson) – 4:28
"Badlands" (Carpenter, Hanna, Fadden, Richard Hathaway) – 3:31
"One Sure Honest Line" (Ibbotson) – 2:56
"Bless the Broken Road" (Hanna, Marcus Hummon, Bobby Boyd) – 3:50

Personnel

Jeff Hanna – guitars, washboard, lead and background vocals
Jimmie Fadden – drums, harmonica, background vocals, lead vocal on "Cupid's Got A Gun"
Jimmy Ibbotson – bass, guitar, mandolin, lead and background vocals
Bob Carpenter – keyboards, accordion, bass, harmony vocals, lead vocal on "Broken Road"

References

All information is from the album liner notes unless otherwise noted.^[4]

^ Nitty Gritty Ibbotson, Jimmy Ibbotson, First American Records FA7718 (1977) LP
^ Wild Jimbos, Wild Jimbos, MCA Records MCAD -10279 (1991) CD
^ ^a ^b Newsom, J. AllMusic Review accessed February 18, 2011
^ Acoustic, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Liberty 28169 (1994) CD

External links

"Sarah In The Summer" at YouTube

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Bob Carpenter Jimmie Fadden Jeff Hanna
Studio albums	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Ricochet Rare Junk Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy All the Good Times Stars & Stripes Forever Symphonion Dream The Dirt Band An American Dream Make a Little Magic Jealousy Let's Go Plain Dirt Fashion Partners, Brothers and Friends Hold On Workin' Band The Rest of the Dream Not Fade Away Acoustic The Christmas Album Bang, Bang, Bang Welcome to Woody Creek Speed of Life
Collaboration albums	Will the Circle Be Unbroken Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Volume Two Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Volume III
Live albums	Alive Live Two Five
Compilation albums	Dirt, Silver and Gold Twenty Years of Dirt More Great Dirt
Singles	"Mr. Bojangles" "House at Pooh Corner" "I Saw the Light" "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)" "The Battle of New Orleans" "All I Have to Do Is Dream" "An American Dream" "Dance Little Jean" "Long Hard Road (The Sharecropper's Dream)" "I Love Only You" "High Horse" "Modern Day Romance" "Home Again in My Heart" "Partners, Brothers and Friends" "Fire in the Sky" "Baby's Got a Hold on Me" "Fishin' in the Dark" "Oh What a Love" "Workin' Man (Nowhere to Go)" "I've Been Lookin'" "Down That Road Tonight" "Turn of the Century" "And So It Goes" "When It's Gone" "I Fought the Law"
Other songs	"Bless the Broken Road"
Related articles	Discography Jimmy Ibbotson Bernie Leadon John McEuen Members

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