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    • Aug 11, 1971
    The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band records with Maybelle Carter, Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson, Randy Scruggs, Vassar Clements and Merle Travis at Nashville's Woodland Sound. The day's output includes the title track for the album "Will The Circle Be Unbroken"
    Aug 12, 1971
    The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band records "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" at Woodland Sound in Nashville with bass player Junior Huskey and fiddler Vassar Clements as work continues on the landmark three-record album "Will The Circle Be Unbroken"
    Aug 12, 1971
    Earl Scruggs holds an all-star recording session in Nashville, recording "I Saw The Light" with The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and Linda Ronstadt, plus Gary, Steve and Randy Scruggs; Vassar Clements; and Norman Blake
    Aug 13, 1971
    The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band enlists Randy Scruggs, Vassar Clements, Norman Blake and Junior Huskey to record at Nashville's Woodland Sound Studio for the album "Will The Circle Be Unbroken." They cut "Togary Mountain" and "Honky Tonkin'"
    Aug 14, 1971
    The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band concludes recording for the album "Will The Circle Be Unbroken" at Woodland Sound Studio in Nashville with fiddler Vassar Clements and bass player Junior Huskey
    Aug 16, 1972
    Jeff Hanna, of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, has a son, Jamie Hanna, in Wheatridge, Colorado. The boy is destined to become one-half of the duo Hanna-McEuen, which debuts in 2005 with the single "Something Like A Broken Heart"
    Oct 2, 1972
    United Artists releases The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's album "Will The Circle Be Unbroken." The project features Roy Acuff, Jimmy Martin, Maybelle Carter, Doc Watson, Earl Scruggs, Merle Travis, Vassar Clements, Junior Huskey, Norman Blake and Bashful Brother Oswald
    Mar 2, 1973
    Anne Murray performs "Snowbird" and "Danny's Song" while hosting NBC-TV's "The Midnight Special," where The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band covers "Jambalaya (On The Bayou)." Other guests: Don McLean, Steve Martin, The Association and Badfinger
    May 25, 1973
    The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band earns its first gold album from the RIAA, for "Will The Circle Be Unbroken." The two-record set features guests Maybelle Carter, Roy Acuff, Jimmy Martin, Doc Watson, Earl Scruggs, Merle Travis, Vassar Clements, Norman Blake, Junior Huskey and Bashful Brother Oswald
    Sep 19, 1975
    The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band performs "The Battle Of New Orleans" on NBC's "The Midnight Special." Songwriter Paul Williams also makes an appearance
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