Twenty Years of Dirt

Twenty Years of Dirt, subtitled The Best of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, is the second compilation album from the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. It is a collection of hits from their career to that point. The album contained one new song, "Stand a Little Rain", which reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. The album reached 10 on the US Country charts and was certified platinum.

Track listing

1. "Intro/Mr. Bojangles" * (Jerry Jeff Walker) – 5:03
   from Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy 1970
2. "Ripplin' Waters" * (Jimmy Ibbotson) – 5:46
   from Symphonion Dream 1975
3. "American Dream" ** (Rodney Crowell) – 3:48
   from An American Dream 1979
4. "Make A Little Magic" ** (Jeff Hanna, Richard Hathaway, Bob Carpenter) – 3:46
   from Make a Little Magic 1980
5. "Fire in the Sky" ** (Hanna, Carpenter) – 4:40
   from Jealousy 1981
6. "Dance Little Jean" *** (Jim Ibbotson) – 3:13
   from Let's Go 1983
7. "Long Hard Road (The Sharecropper's Dream) **** (Crowell) – 3:18
   from Plain Dirt Fashion 1984
8. "High Horse" **** (Ibbotson) – 3:13
   from Plain Dirt Fashion 1984
9. "Modern Day Romance" **** (Kix Brooks, Dan Tyler) – 3:30
   from Partners, Brothers and Friends 1985
10. "Partners, Brothers and Friends" **** (Ibbotson, Hanna) – 3:59
    from Partners, Brothers and Friends.. 1985
11. "Stand a Little Rain" **** (Don Schlitz, Donny Lowery) – 4:22 (Previously unreleased)

Chart positions

Personnel

• Bob Carpenter
• Jimmie Fadden
• Jeff Hanna
• Jim Ibbotson
• John McEuen

Production

Producer

• * William E. McEuen
• ** Jeff Hanna/Bob Edwards
• *** Norbert Putnam
• **** Marshall Morgan

Charts

References

All information from album liner notes unless otherwise noted.