Workin' Band

Workin' Band
Studio album by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Released	1988
Genre	Country, country rock, folk rock, bluegrass
Label	Warner Brothers
Producer	Josh Leo
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band chronology
Hold On (1987)Hold On1987 Workin' Band (1988) More Great Dirt (1989)More Great Dirt1989

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Allmusic	[1]

Workin' Band is the 1988 album from The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (a.k.a. The Dirt Band) is notable for having many charting albums and singles. This album went to 33 on the US Country charts. The three singles from it were top 10. "Workin' Man (Nowhere to Go)" went to 4, "I've Been Lookin'" went to 2, and "Down That Road Tonight" went to 6.

Track listing

1. "Workin' Man (Nowhere to Go)" (Jimmie Fadden) - 3:50
2. "I've Been Lookin'" (Jimmy Ibbotson, Jeff Hanna) - 3:20
3. "Soldier of Love" (Richard Brannan, A. Crawford, David Malloy) - 3:43
4. "Down That Road Tonight" (Jeff Hanna, Josh Leo, Wendy Waldman) - 3:08
5. "Baby Blues" (Bob Carpenter, Waldman) - 3:36
6. "Corduroy Road" (Bernie Leadon) - 3:14
7. "Johnny O" (Leo, Waldman) - 3:27
8. "Thunder and Lightnin'" (Val & Birdie) - 3:06
9. "A Lot Like Me" (Carpenter) - 4:35
10. "Living Without You" (Kevin Welch, J. Fred Knobloch) - 3:45
11. "Brass Sky" (Ibbotson) - 5:13
12. "I've Been Lookin' (Reprise)"  :30

Personnel

• Jeff Hanna - vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
• Jimmie Fadden - vocals, drums, harmonica, jaw harp, percussion
• Jimmy Ibbotson - vocals, bass, guitars, mandolin, mandola, percussion
• Bob Carpenter - vocals, piano, synthesizer, accordion, keyboard bass

Other Players

• Bernie Leadon - vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, 5-string banjo, mandolin, mandocello, slide guitar
• Josh Leo - electric and acoustic guitar
• Larry Paxton - electric bass
• Mark O'Connor - fiddle

Production

• Producer - Josh Leo

Chart performance

References

all information is from album liner noted unless otherwise noted. Writing credits from the LP label. ^[2]