Speed Of Life (2009)

"This is the first studio album by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in 5 years and celebrates the group's 43rd anniversary with 3 of its original members still intact. It also finds them reduced once more to a quartet with the departure of multi-instrumentalist Jimmy Ibbotson. That said, the band has lost none of its immediacy, power, or expert presentation of both original material and songs from some of Nashville's finest. The group recorded the set live in the studio. Produced by veterans George Massenburg and Jon Randall Stewart, this set sounds inspired, fresh, and like the NGDB has been utterly rejuvenated. It combines the old-/good-timey feel of their concert performances - without adding folk or country standards - and the poignancy of their best studio recordings. Nothing here is of the slick Nashville variety. It feels as organic as their mid-'70s recordings. It will certainly endear old fans and amaze them that 43 years later, they are still not only viable, but able to innovate." (Thom Jurek, Allmusic)

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