music.wikisort.org - Composition

All the Good Times is the sixth album from The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, released in January 1972.

All the Good Times
Studio album by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Released	January 1972
Recorded	1971
Genre	Country, country rock, folk rock, bluegrass
Length	42:15
Label	United Artists
Producer	William E. McEuen
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band chronology
Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy (1970) All the Good Times (1972) Will the Circle be Unbroken (1972)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

1. "Sixteen Tracks" (Jeff Hanna, Jim Ibbotson) – 5:22
2. "Fish Song" (Jimmie Fadden) – 4:28
3. "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)" (Hank Williams) – 3:20
4. "Down in Texas" (Eddie Hinton) – 2:20
5. "Creepin' Round Your Back Door" (Jimmie Fadden) – 2:52
6. "Daisy" (Jim Ibbotson) – 2:50
7. "Slim Carter" (Kenny O'Dell) – 3:02
8. "Hoping to Say" (David Hanna) – 3:20
9. "Baltimore" (Jim Ibbotson) – 3:44
10. "Jamaica Say You Will" (Jackson Browne) – 3:29
11. "Do You Feel It Too" (Richie Furay) – 3:15
12. "Civil War Trilogy" (Walter McEuen) – 1:53
13. "Diggy Liggy Lo" (J.D. Miller) – 2:20

Charts

Chart (1972)	Peak position
Australian (Kent Music Report)	47[2]

Personnel

• Jeff Hanna – arranger, guitar, vocals
• Jimmie Fadden – arranger, drums, guitar, harmonica, vocals
• John McEuen – arranger, guitar, steel guitar, vocals
• Jim Ibbotson - drums, guitar, keyboards, vocals
• Les Thompson – arranger, bass, guitar, vocals

Additional Musicians

• Randy Scruggs – acoustic guitar
• Norman Blake – dobro
• Ellis Padgett – acoustic bass

Production

• Producer – William E. McEuen

The Mini-Album

United Artists released a mini-album with the same name.[3] It consisted of two 7 inch 33 1/3 RPM records. The first record contains five songs from the original album, "Baltimore", "Sixteen Tracks", "Slim Carter", "Fish Song", and "Jamaica, Say You Will". The second record contains a country jam and interview.

The country jam side is a "spontaneous acoustic recording" of three songs: "All The Good Times", "When Will I Be Loved", and "Mobile Line". It is all on one track that is 8:09 long.

The interview side was recorded in January 1972. It is one track 12:20 long. On it the Dirt Band discusses "Uncle Charlie VS. All The Good Times", "Acoustic Instruments", "Traditional Music", "Colorado Consciousness", and "Live Recording".

See also

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band discography

References

All information comes from album liner notes, unless otherwise noted.[4][5]

---