Hold On (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band album) explained

Hold On
Type:	studio
Artist:	Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Cover:	Nitty Gritty Hold On.jpg
Released:	July 7, 1987
Genre:	Country rock
Length:	36:18
Label:	Warner Bros. Nashville
Producer:	Josh Leo, Marshall Morgan, Paul Worley
Prev Title:	Twenty Years of Dirt
Prev Year:	1986
Next Title:	Workin' Band
Next Year:	1988

Hold On is the seventeenth studio album by American country folk group Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, released on July 7, 1987. The album produced three singles "Baby's Got a Hold on Me", "Fishin' in the Dark", and "Oh What a Love".^[1] This was the last Dirt Band album to feature John McEuen as a member until 2002's Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Volume III.

Personnel

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• Jimmie Fadden – drums, harmonica, jaw harp, background vocals
• Jeff Hanna – vocals, guitars
• Jimmy Ibbotson – vocals, electric bass, guitars, mandolin
• Bob Carpenter – vocals, keyboards, accordion on "Angelyne"
• John McEuen – mandolin on "Tennessee", acoustic guitar on "Oh What A Love" and "Dancing to the Beat of a Broken Heart"

Additional studio musicians are heard on this recording, but are not credited on the album notes, including a dobro.

Production

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• Producer – Josh Leo
• * Producer – Marshall Morgan & Paul Worley for Morley Productions

Notes and References

1. Web site: NittyGritty.com . 2007-08-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070728031112/http://www.nittygritty.com/albums/hold.html . 2007-07-28 . dead .
2. Personnel credits from album liner notes.
3. Production credits from album liner notes.