Sidetracked

I am a dismal failure in my quest to give the Youtube search function a nervous breakdown. Popped over there this evening and s/he wasn't even fazed.

First screen: A couple of Nitty Gritty Dirt Band references (Cadillac Ranch and one I will embed below) plus a bonus Emmylou Harris, which (surprisingly - NOT!) prompted me to search on something else. Oh well, Youtube is too smart for me. So I'll go with the flow.

Here's one of the NGDB's rock 'n' roll tunes, tearin' up the highway like a big ol' dinosaur:



Followed by a lovely (and ALL-STAR) version of this lovely song (can't be certain, but I think one of the folks is Vassar Clements, who played with the NGDB on their original recording of the song):



And here's the Emmylou Harris connection: Before she became well-known on her own, she was backup for Gram Parsons. He had lots of good stuff but my favorite song of his is this one:



Oh, and just for fun, a couple of NGDB favorites.

"American Dream:"



And one of their best, written by THE GREAT AND POWERFUL BANJO GOD EARL SCRUGGS, but only one of many great tracks on one of the greatest albums of all time (have a listen to the samples in that link if you doubt me). "Randy Lynn Rag":