Anthology is a 2017 two-CD compilation released by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band on Capitol Nashville/UMe, hand-curated by co-founder Jeff Hanna to mark the band's 50th anniversary. The 39-track career retrospective spans the group's history from their 1967 Capitol debut through 2009, drawing on studio recordings and collaborations with artists including Alison Krauss, Jerry Douglas, Randy Scruggs, and founding member John McEuen, whose long association with the band—including the landmark Will the Circle Be Unbroken sessions—is well represented. The set documents the evolution of one of American roots music's most durable and influential ensembles across five decades of country, bluegrass, and folk crossover.
Tracklist
- 1 Buy For Me The Rain 2:25
- 2 Some Of Shelly's Blues 3:12
- 3 Uncle Charlie Interview 1:39
- 4 Mr. Bojangles 3:37
- 5 Randy Lynn Rag alt version 2:04
- 6 House At Pooh Corner 2:39
- 7 Opus 36 1:41
- 8 Fish Song 4:29
- 9 Jambalaya (On the Bayou) alt version 2:52
- 10 Grand Ole Opry Song 3:12
- 11 You Are My Flower alt version 3:09
- 12 Tennessee Stud alt version 3:38
- 13 I Saw the Light alt version 2:43
- 14 Honky Tonkin' 2:32
- 15 Will the Circle be Unbroken alt version 5:38
- 16 Cosmic Cowboy, Pt. 1 3:58
- 17 Battle Of New Orleans 3:21
- 18 Bayou Jubilee/Sally Was A Goodun - Medley 3:33
- 19 Ripplin' Waters 5:37
- 20 Mother Earth (Provides For Me) 3:25
- 21 Bowlegs 4:14
- 22 An American Dream 3:35
- 23 Make A Little Magic 3:36
- 24 Shot Full Of Love 3:26
- 25 Dance Little Jean 3:15
- 26 Colorado Christmas 3:34
- 27 Long Hard Road (The Sharecropper's Dream) 3:21
- 28 Fishing In The Dark 3:22
- 29 Workin' Man (Nowhere To Go) 3:52
- 30 You Ain't Going Nowhere 3:39
- 31 The Valley Road 4:13
- 32 When It's Gone 2:36
- 33 Waitin' On A Dark Eyed Gal 4:16
- 34 Bless The Broken Road - Remix 3:50
- 35 Catfish John alt version The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 4:07
- 36 The Lowlands 3:50
- 37 Tears In The Holston River 4:15
- 38 Midnight At Woody Creek 4:35
- 39 The Resurrection 4:14