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Constant members since the early times are singer-guitarist Jeff Hanna and drummer Jimmie Fadden. Multi-instrumentalist John McEuen was with the band from 1966 to 1986 and again from 2001 to 2017. Keyboardist Bob Carpenter joined the band in 1977.
There are few who have had as large an influence on modern harp players as Jimmie Fadden. Jimmy is a founding member of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, which spans five decades, thirty some odd albums, for which the band has won 3 Grammies.
Another key member of that band was a boy named Jimmie Fadden, who would sit and play Dylan songs with Hanna, transfixed by the way Dylan’s music blended seemingly every roots music strain. Fadden would become Hanna’s lifelong partner in the groundbreaking, hit-making, Grammy winning, long-lived (since 1966), Dirt Band.
Founding member of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Jimmie Fadden, teams up with local players to play some down home blues.
The current lineup of the band features Jeff Hanna, Jimmie Fadden on drums, harmonica and vocals (since 1966), Bob Carpenter on keyboards and vocals (since 1979), Jim Photoglo on bass and guitar (since 2005), Jaime Hanna on guitar and vocals, and Ross Holmes on mandolin and fiddle (both since 2018).
ImageNameYears ActiveInstrumentsLes Thompson1965–1973bass guitars mandolin percussion banjo ...all NGDB releases from The Nitty Gritty ...Ralph Barr1965–1968guitars clarinet kazoo washtub bass ...The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (1967) ...Bruce Kunkel1965–1967guitars washtub bass kazoo vocalsThe Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (1967) ...Dave Hanna1965–1966guitars vocalsnone – live performances onlyJimmie Fadden, member of Nitty Gritty Dirt Band was born March 9, 1948 in Long Beach, California, plays guitar, drums, harmonica and other instruments.
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