The three-time Grammy Award-winning Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is set to perform at the Wilson Center at Cape Fear Community ...

You can add another band to the growing list of acts who are out on their Farewell Tours, as country/pop/folk rockers The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band are about to embark on theirs. Although it’s definitely ...

This edition of "Story Behind the Song" is a first for the series: We're not speaking to the writer of the song, but the artist who made it a hit. Jeff Hanna of Nitty Gritty Dirt Band told Bart ...

The band, which formed in 1966, produced hits such as “Mr. Bojangles” and the acclaimed “Will the Circle Be Unbroken” series.

The countless venues played, airports traveled and hotels visited have become like white noise for Bob Carpenter for more than four decades as a member of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. Life on the road ...

The story behind the 1970 hit song "Mr. Bojangles" and how it came to be recorded by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band connects to DePauw University, according to an article in the Tennessean. Singer and ...

EDWARDSVILLE — Nitty Gritty Dirt Band came a long way since their days as teenagers in a jug band of the same name. The guys evolved quickly to country rock as they discovered music such as that of ...

Jerry Jeff Walker, a country singer-songwriter known for penning the hit "Mr. Bojangles," has died. He was 78. Walker's death was confirmed to Fox News on Saturday by his former publicist, John T.