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  • Mar 5, 2016
    "Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: 50 Years And Circlin' Back" debuts on PBS. The fundraiser features Vince Gill, Jackson Browne, Alison Krauss, Jerry Jeff Walker, Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas and Jimmy Ibbotson, all of whom join the Dirt Band on the finale, "Will The Circle Be Unbroken"
    Jun 11, 2016
    The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band receives plaques from the Tennessee Department of Tourism Development honoring the group's 50th anniversary as it prepares to play Nissan Stadium in Nashville during the CMA Music Festival
    Jul 4, 2017
    Chris Young and The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band play for 240,000 people during the Let Freedom Sing! Fourth of July concert in downtown Nashville. Young's set includes "Voices," "Tomorrow" and "Gettin' You Home (The Black Dress Song)," plus a surprise appearance by Cassadee Pope to duet on "Think Of You"
    Aug 30, 2019
    Legacy releases the soundtrack to "Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns." It opens with The Carter Family's "Will The Circle Be Unbroken" and features two Nitty Gritty Dirt Band versions of the song among its 105 tracks
    Sep 15, 2019
    Dolly Parton's version of "Mule Skinner Blues" provides the end theme for the first episode of PBS' "Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns." Other early-era country covered by latter-day acts includes John Prine's "My Old Kentucky Home, Goodnight" and The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band & Vassar Clements' "Orange Blossom Special"
    Sep 22, 2019
    The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's "Grand Ole Opry Song," featuring Jimmy Martin, provides the opening theme for episode fie of the PBS series "Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns"
    Sep 23, 2019
    Six songs from The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's "Will The Circle Be Unbroken" appear in episode six of the PBS series "Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns." Maybelle Carter, Roy Acuff and Earl Scruggs join on the title track, "Keep On The Sunny Side," "The Precious Jewel," "Wreck On The Highway," "Soldier's Joy" and "Nashville Blues"
    Sep 25, 2019
    The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band has the final two songs in the PBS series "Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns." Episode eight closes with their version of "Will The Circle Be Unbroken" and a collaboration with Maybelle Carter on "Wildwood Flower"
    Jan 15, 2020
    Chris Darrow dies in Los Angeles following a stroke. He spent several years as a member of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in the late 1960s and later became a member of Linda Ronstadt's backing band
    Feb 14, 2020
    The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's "Greatest Hits" is certified gold by the RIAA

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