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The Stanley Brothers - 100% match to Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Carter Glen Stanley (27 August 1925, McClure, Dickenson County, Virginia, USA, d. 1 December 1966, Bristol, Virginia, USA) and his brother Ralph Stanley (b. Ralph Edmond Stanley, 25 February 1927, Big Spraddle Creek, near Stratton, Dickenson County, Virginia, USA). Their father... Read more

Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs - 95% match to Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Lester Flatt (28 June 1914, Overton County, Tennessee, USA, d. 11 May 1979, Nashville, Tennessee, USA; guitar) and Earl Scruggs (b. 6 January 1924, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA; banjo). These influential musicians began working together in December 1945 as members of... Read more

Jimmie Rodgers - 64% match to Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

James Charles Rodgers, 8 September 1897, Pine Springs, near Meridian, Mississippi, USA, d. 26 May 1933, New York, USA. Jimmie was the youngest of three sons of Aaron Woodberry Rodgers, who had moved from Alabama to Meridian to work as foreman of a railroad maintenance crew. In... Read more

Hank Williams Jr. - 63% match to Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

George Jones - 58% match to Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

George Glenn Jones, 12 September 1931, Saratoga, Texas, USA. Jones is the greatest of honky tonk singers but he has also been a victim of its lifestyle. He learned guitar in his youth, and in 1947, was hired by the husband-and-wife duo Eddie And Pearl. This developed into his... Read more

Stephen Stills - 57% match to Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

3 January 1945, Dallas, Texas, USA. This often dubbed "musical genius" is better known for his work with the pivotal 60s band Buffalo Springfield, and for many years his association with David Crosby, Graham Nash and Neil Young. After the Buffalo Springfield's break-up, Stills,... Read more

Emmylou Harris - 55% match to Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

2 April 1947, Birmingham, Alabama, USA. Harris was raised in North Carolina, later attending the University Of North Carolina on a drama scholarship. Starting as a folk singer, Harris tried her luck in the late 60s in New York's Greenwich Village folk clubs, making an album for... Read more

Linda Ronstadt - 55% match to Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Linda Maria Ronstadt, 15 July 1946, Tucson, Arizona, USA. The daughter of a professional musician, Ronstadt's first singing experience was gained with her sisters in the Three Ronstadts. She met guitarist Bob Kimmel at Arizona's State University and together the two aspirants... Read more

Loretta Lynn - 54% match to Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Loretta Webb, 14 April 1935, Butcher Hollow, Kentucky, USA. Lynn is a coalminer's daughter, being the second of the eight children of Ted and Clara Webb. She is one-quarter Cherokee and her name came from her mother's fondness for movie star Loretta Young. She was raised in a... Read more

Pure Prairie League - 54% match to Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Formed in 1971, this US country rock group comprised Craig Lee Fuller (vocals/guitar), George Powell (vocals/guitar), John Call (pedal steel guitar), Jim Lanham (bass) and Jim Caughlin (drums). Their self-titled debut album was a strong effort, and included the excellent... Read more