Tom Chapin Competitors

Forty-nine years into a remarkable career, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is often cited as a catalyst for an entire movement in country-rock and American roots music. The Grammy-winning band has recorded multi-platinum and gold records, and #1 country hits "Fishin' in the Dark,? ?Long Hard Road (the Sharecropper?s Dream),? and ?Modern Day Romance.? Their groundbreaking 1972 album, Will the Circle Be Unbroken, has been inducted into the Library of Congress?s National Recording Registry and into the Grammy Hall of Fame. NGDB?s 1968 recording of "Mr. Bojangles,? a Top Ten Billboard single that endures as a classic, was also inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Today, the band remains a touring and recording force. On their own and in collaboration with music heroes including Mother Maybelle Carter, Johnny Cash, Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson, and Emmylou Harris, the NGDB has enlivened and illuminated the music we now call Americana. Accredited by the American Alliance of Museums, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum is operated by the Country Music Foundation, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) educational organization chartered by the state of Tennessee in 1964. The museum?s mission is the preservation of the history of country and related vernacular music rooted in southern culture. With the same educational mission, the foundation also operates CMF Records, the museum?s Frist Library and Archive, CMF Press, Historic RCA Studio B and Hatch Show Print.

The Kingston Trio Legacy Project is a California non-profit corporation dedicated to promoting an understanding of the musical and cultural history of the United States through an exploration of the history and contributions of the Kingston Trio.