So, over on the Book of Face, I recently did a challenge: "Choose 10 albums that greatly influenced my taste in music. post one album per day for 10 consecutive days. No explanations, no reviews, just album covers."
Obviously, I had to do it. But as hard as it was to pick 10 personally influential albums, it was harder yet to post with no explanations!! Fortunately, I have no such restriction on my blog. 'Cause I make the rules! So here we go, a reposting of the 10 albums I posted on Facebook, but now with a short explanation of each explain WHY I chose it as influential. And not exactly consecutive days, but t'll have to do!
Note: these are presented in the same random order I used over there....
Day 7 of 10
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Dirt Silver and Gold - 1976
A three disc compilation from NGDB, covering the first 10 years of their material. Can't really call it a greatest Hits album, but it's still a treasure trove of music, covering their Jug Band days through "Mr. Bojangles" and "Will The Circle Be Unbroken". I expect that I only knew Mr Bojangles at the time that I bought tise (when it was current, 1976).
As to influence, this album really opened the doors for me to the world of bluegrass music. It didn't hurt that I discovered backpacking about the same time I discovered this album, and significant time in my personal growth. Blah blah blaaah.... The original release came with a (folded) poster of the album cover, which adorned my dorm room in college (and subsequent apartment).
But this is an album where I know every note of every song, one I still listen to today. And one that opened new doors for me.
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