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Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy [Bonus Tracks] by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy [Bonus Tracks]

Release Date: 2/11/2003

Recording Date: 1/1970

Tracks: 23

Length: 00:50:10 Hrs

Label: Capitol

Type: CD

Genre/Styles:
Pop/Rock, Progressive Bluegrass, Progressive Country, Country-Rock, Bluegrass

Album Tracks (23)

Song Title
Length
1.
Some of Shelly's Blues
03:11
2.
Prodigal's Return
03:10
3.
The Cure
02:10
4.
Travelin' Mood
02:38
5.
Chicken Reel
00:55
6.
Yukon Railroad
02:15
7.
Livin' Without You
02:00
8.
Clinch Mountain Backstep
02:30
9.
Rave On
02:56
10.
Billy in the Low Ground
01:15
11.
Jesse James
00:50
12.
Uncle Charlie Interview
01:38
13.
Mr. Bojangles
03:36
14.
Opus 36
01:41
15.
Santa Rosa
02:23
16.
Propinquity
02:18
17.
Uncle Charlie
01:47
18.
Randy Lynn Rag
01:47
19.
House at Pooh Corner
02:38
20.
Swanee River
00:36
21.
Uncle Charlie Interview #2/The End/Spanish Fandango
02:37
22.
Mississippi Rain [#][*]
03:06
23.
What Goes On [#][*]
02:13

What the Critics Say

The first album issued by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band after they had temporarily disbanded in 1969, this greatly expanded their pop audience, due primarily to the Top Ten hit cover of Jerry Jeff Walker's "Mr. Bojangles" (which actually wasn't a hit until early 1971). The group moved into a more accessible rock-oriented fusion of country, bluegrass, pop, and rock & roll, relying primarily on smartly chosen covers of tunes by the likes of Walker, Mike Nesmith, Randy Newman, and Kenny Loggins. Few bands had incorporated instruments more commonly associated with country and bluegrass, particularly mandolin and banjo, as comfortably into a rock setting prior to this release, and their well-crafted harmonies help put the songs over for those not-steeped-in backwoods sounds. It was an extremely diverse program for a country-rock album, too, moving from rustic instrumentals and snippets of tapes of elderly musicians performing rural Americana to the Buddy Holly cover "Rave On." The group were actually at their best, though, when doing softer, melodic pop tunes. "Mr. Bojangles" was a deserved huge success in that regard, but Nesmith's "Some of Shelley's Blues" and Loggins' "House at Pooh Corner" were almost as catchy and appealing. [The album was reissued by Beat Goes On in 1990 and by Capitol in 2003. The latter featured two previously unreleased bonus tracks.] ~ Richie Unterberger, Rovi

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