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The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band got started in 1966 as a jug band in Long Beach, California. Their first big hit came in 1971 with "Mr. Bojangles," and in the 1980s they topped the charts with "Long Hard Road (The Sharecropper's Dream)," "Modern Day Romance" and "Fishin' in the Dark." Their album Will the Circle Be Unbroken was put in the Grammy Hall of Fame.

Hometown
Long Beach, California
Formed
1966

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