Speed of Life (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band album)

Speed of Life

Studio album by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Released

2009

Genre

Country, country rock, folk rock, bluegrass

Label

NGDB

Producer

George Massenburg, Jon Randall Stewart

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band chronology

Welcome to Woody Creek
(2004)

Speed of Life
(2009)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Speed of Life is the 2009 album from the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. It reached number 59 on the U.S. Country charts.

Track listing

"Tulsa Sounds Like Trouble to Me" (Shawn Camp, Mark D. Sanders) - 4:36
"Brand New Heartache" (Jeff Hanna, Donny Lowery) - 3:11
"The Resurrection" (Matraca Berg, Alice Randall) - 4:13
"Somethin' Dangerous" (Bob Carpenter, Tom Kell, Phil Soussan) - 3:25
"Going Up To The Country" (Alan Wilson) - 4:15
"Jimmy Martin" (Phil Madeira, Jimmie Lee Sloas) - 3:35
"Lost in the Pines" (John McEuen) - 1:05
"Speed of Life" (Gary Scruggs) - 3:37
"Amazing Love" (Bob Carpenter, Jeff Hanna, Tom Kell) - 4:06
"Stuck in the Middle" (Joe Egan, Gerry Rafferty) - 3:42
"Earthquake" (Bob Carpenter, John McEuen) - 3:23
"Tryin' to Try" (Jimmie Fadden, Guy Clark) - 2:49
"Good To Be Alive" (Matraca Berg, Troy Verges) - 3:37

Personnel

Jeff Hanna - vocals, acoustic, electric & Resonator guitars, slide guitar, mandolin
Jimmie Fadden - vocals, drums, harmonica, percussion
Bob Carpenter - vocals, Wurlitzer & grand pianos, accordion, hammond organ
John McEuen - 5-string banjo, mandolin, fiddle, lap steel, finger-style acoustic guitar

Additional Musicians

Jon Randall Stewart - acoustic guitar, mandolin, vocals
Glenn Worf - electric & upright bass
Richard Bennett - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bouzouki, lap steel
Vince Santoro - percussion, drums
Matraca Berg - vocals
Jessi Alexander - vocals
Jaime Hanna - vocals

Production

Recorded live and mixed at: Blackbird Studio C, Nashville, TN.
Assisted by: Kazuri Arai and Nathan Yarborough
Produced and mixed by: George Massenburg and Jon Randall Stewart
Mastered by: Doug Sax and George Massenburg
Design: Gina Binkley/Alter Ego Design

Chart performance

Chart (2009)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	59

References

All info is from album liner notes, unless otherwise noted. ^[2]

↑ Allmusic review
↑ Speed Of Life, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Records SUG-CD-4058 (2009) CD

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Bob Carpenter Jimmie Fadden Jeff Hanna John McEuen

Studio albums	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Ricochet Rare Junk Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy All the Good Times Stars & Stripes Forever Symphonion Dream The Dirt Band An American Dream Make a Little Magic Jealousy Let's Go Plain Dirt Fashion Partners, Brothers and Friends Hold On Workin' Band The Rest of the Dream Not Fade Away Acoustic The Christmas Album Bang, Bang, Bang Welcome to Woody Creek Speed of Life

Collaboration albums	Will the Circle Be Unbroken Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Volume Two Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Volume III

Live albums	Alive Live Two Five

Compilation albums	Dirt, Silver and Gold Twenty Years of Dirt More Great Dirt

Notable singles	"Mr. Bojangles" "House at Pooh Corner" "I Saw the Light" "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)" "The Battle of New Orleans" "All I Have to Do Is Dream" "An American Dream" "Dance Little Jean" "Long Hard Road (The Sharecropper's Dream)" "I Love Only You" "High Horse" "Modern Day Romance" "Home Again in My Heart" "Partners, Brothers and Friends" "Fire in the Sky" "Baby's Got a Hold on Me" "Fishin' in the Dark" "Oh What a Love" "Workin' Man (Nowhere to Go)" "I've Been Lookin'" "Down That Road Tonight" "Turn of the Century" "And So It Goes" (with John Denver) "When It's Gone" "I Fought the Law"

Related articles	Discography Capitol Records Warner Bros. Records Universal Records MCA Records Jimmy Ibbotson Bernie Leadon

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