Nitty Gritty Ibbotson

Nitty Gritty Ibbotson
Studio album by Jimmy Ibbotson
Released	1977
Genre	Country/Country rock/Folk rock/Bluegrass
Label	First American
Producer	Dik Darnell
Jimmy Ibbotson chronology
Nitty Gritty Ibbotson (1977) Wild Jimbos (1991)

Nitty Gritty Ibbotson is the 1977 album by Jimmy Ibbotson. He is notable for writing, singing, and playing a variety of instruments on charting songs released by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. Ibbotson left the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band at the end 1975, but rejoined them a few years later.^[1]

The song Sara was later recorded again as Sarah In The Summer by Ibbotson as a member of the Wild Jimbos and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. The Wild Jimbos included it on their debut album Wild Jimbos in 1991.^[2] The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band included it on their 1994 album Acoustic.^[3] The version on Nitty Gritty Ibborson has a different ending. He sings about "driving this road as a gay divorcee" and being an "hour closer to Sandy in the summer". It is a safe assumption that this is about his ex-wife Sandy and their daughter Sarah Jean, and that they were divorced before the LP was released in 1977.^[4]

Track listing

1. "Bitter Cup" (Jimmy Ibbotson) - 4:00
2. "Sharing" (Jimmy Ibbotson) - 3:50
3. "Blastin' Through The Southland" (Jimmy Ibbotson) - 2:36
4. "Hot Memphis Night" (Gerard McMahon) - 5:19
5. "Rent A Boat" (Jimmy Ibbotson) - 3:17
6. "The Saga Of Big Dave" (Jimmy Ibbotson) - 3:00
7. "Town The Bomb Build" (Jimmy Ibbotson) - 3:10
8. "Atlanta Saga" (Jimmy Ibbotson) - 3:14
9. "Sara" (Jimmy Ibbotson) - 4:00
10. "Firelines" (Jimmy Ibbotson) - 3:33

Personnel

• Larry Thomson - drums & percussion
• Hilliard Wilson - bass
• Steve Sykes - electric guitar
• Albert Campbell - electric piano, arp
• John Macy - steel guitar
• Dik Darnell - acoustic piano
• Paul Vastola - moog
• Gerard McMahon - arp
• Ray Bonneville - harmonica
• Pete Waznor - acoustic piano
• Stan Rogers - trombone
• Philip McLourd - sax
• Background Vocals - Pam Addington Grazier, Rene Ulibarri, Pam & Mike Martin
• Jimmy Ibbotson - acoustic & electric guitar, lead & background vocals

Production

• Producer - Dik Darnell
• Hot Memphis Night co-produced by Gerard McMahon & Dik Darnell

Discography

Jimmy Ibbotson Discography

References

All information from album liner notes unless otherwise noted.^[5]

1. ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitty_Gritty_Dirt_Band
2. ^ Wild Jimbos, Wild Jimbos, MCA Records MCAD -10279 (1991) CD
3. ^ Acoustic, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Liberty 28169 (1994) CD
4. ^ Nitty Gritty Ibbotson, Jimmy Ibbotson, First American FA 7718 (1977) LP
5. ^ Nitty Gritty Ibbotson, Jimmy Ibbotson, First American Records FA7718 (1977) LP