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Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
The band in 1976.
Background information
Also known as
The Dirt Band, The Toot Uncommons
Origin
Long Beach, CA, United States
Genres
Folk, country, folk rock, country rock, country pop, bluegrass
Years active
1966–present
Labels
Liberty, EMI America, Capitol, United Artists, Warner Bros., Universal, MCA, Rising Tide, DreamWorks, Dualtone, Sugarhill
Associated acts
The Severin Sisters
Website
http://www.nittygritty.com/
Members
Bob Carpenter
Jimmie Fadden
Jaime Hanna
Jeff Hanna
Ross Holmes
Jim Photoglo
Past members
Ralph Barr
Merel Bregante
Jackson Browne
Michael Buono
John Cable
Jackie Clark
Chris Darrow
Michael Gardner
Al Garth
Richard Hathaway
Jimmy Ibbotson
Bruce Kunkel
Bernie Leadon
Vic Mastrianni
Les Thompson
John McEuen
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, an American country rock band, has existed in various forms since its founding in Long Beach, California in 1966. The group's membership has had at least a dozen changes over the years, including a period from 1976 to 1981 when the band performed and recorded as the Dirt Band. Constant members since the early times are singer-guitarist Jeff Hanna and drummer Jimmie Fadden. Multi-instrumentalist John McEuen was with the band from 1966 to 1986 and returned during 2001 only to depart once again in November 2017. Keyboardist Bob Carpenter joined the band in 1977. The band is often cited as instrumental to the progression of contemporary country and roots music.
The band's successes include a cover version of Jerry Jeff Walker's "Mr. Bojangles". Albums include 1972's Will the Circle be Unbroken, featuring such traditional country artists as Mother Maybelle Carter, Earl Scruggs, Roy Acuff, Doc Watson, Merle Travis, and Jimmy Martin. A follow-up album based on the same concept, Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Volume Two was released in 1989, was certified gold, won two Grammys, and was named Album of the Year at the Country Music Association Awards.
Contents
1 History
1.1 1966–69
1.2 1969–76
1.3 1976–81: "The Dirt Band"
1.4 1982–89: return to "Nitty Gritty"
1.5 1990–2000
1.6 2000s
1.7 2010s
2 Family
3 Awards and nominations
4 Band lineups
4.1 Timeline
5 Discography
6 References
7 Further reading
8 External links
History[edit]
1966–69[edit]
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band was founded around 1966 in Long Beach, California by singer-guitarist Jeff Hanna and singer-songwriter guitarist Bruce Kunkel who had performed as the New Coast Two and later the Illegitimate Jug Band. Trying, in the words of the band's website, to "figure out how not to have to work for a living," Hanna and Kunkel joined informal jam sessions at McCabe's Guitar Shop in Long Beach.[citation needed] There they met a few other musicians: guitarist/washtub bassist Ralph Barr, guitarist-clarinetist Les Thompson, harmonicist and jug player Jimmie Fadden, and guitarist-vocalist Jackson Browne. As Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, the six men started as a jug band and adopted the burgeoning southern California folk rock musical style, playing in local clubs while wearing pinstripe suits and cowboy boots. Their first paying performance was at the Golden Bear in Huntington Beach, California.[1]
Browne was in the band for only a few months before he left to concentrate on a solo career as a singer-songwriter. He was replaced by John McEuen on banjo, fiddle, mandolin, and steel guitar. McEuen's older brother, William, was the group's manager, and he helped the band get signed with Liberty Records, which released the group's debut album, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band during 1967. The band's first single, "Buy for Me the Rain," was a Top 40 success, and the band gained exposure on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, as well as concerts with such disparate artists as Jack Benny and The Doors.
A second album, Ricochet, was released later during the year and was less successful than their first. Kunkel wanted the band to "go electric", and include more original material. Bruce left the group to form WordSalad and Of The People. He was replaced by multi-instrumentalist Chris Darrow.
By 1968, the band adopted electrical instruments anyway, and added drums. The first electric album, Rare Junk, was a commercial failure, as was their next, Alive.
The band continued to gain publicity, mainly as a novelty act, making an appearance in the 1968 film, For Singles Only, and a cameo appearance in the 1969 musical western film, Paint Your Wagon, performing "Hand Me Down That Can o' Beans". The band also played Carnegie Hall as an opening act for Bill Cosby and played in a jam session with Dizzy Gillespie.
1969–76[edit]
The group was inactive for a 6-month period after Paint Your Wagon, then reformed with Jimmy Ibbotson replacing Chris Darrow. With William McEuen as producer and a renegotiated contract that gave the band more artistic freedom, the band recorded and released Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy, issued in 1970. Embracing a straight, traditional country and bluegrass sound, the album included the group's best-known singles; a cover version of Jerry Jeff Walker's "Mr. Bojangles", Michael Nesmith's "Some of Shelley's Blues", and four Kenny Loggins songs including "House at Pooh Corner", the first recordings of Loggins's songs. Their version of "Mr. Bojangles" became the group's first hit, peaking at #9 on Billboard's all genre Hot 100 chart, with an unusual 36 weeks on the charts.
The next album, All The Good Times, released during early 1972, had a similar style.
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band next sought to solidify its reputation as a country band when band member John McEuen asked Earl Scruggs if he would record with the group. Earl's "yes" was followed the next week when John asked Doc Watson the same question, receiving the same answer of 'yes'. This set in motion the further addition of other artists, and with the help of Earl and Louise Scruggs, they set to traveling to Nashville, Tennessee, and recording what was to become a triple album, Will the Circle Be Unbroken with Nashville stalwarts Roy Acuff, Earl Scruggs, and Jimmy Martin, country pioneer Mother Maybelle Carter, folk-blues guitarist Doc Watson, Merle Travis, Norman Blake, and others. The title is from the song, "Will the Circle Be Unbroken (By and By)", as adapted by A. P. Carter, and reflects the album's theme of trying to tie together three generations of musicians: long-haired boys from California and older veterans of the middle American establishment. The track "I Saw the Light" with Acuff singing, was a success, and the album received two nominations for Grammy Award. Veteran fiddler Vassar Clements was introduced to a wider audience by the album, and a new career. The band also toured Japan twice soon after this period.
After the next album Les Thompson left the group, making the band a foursome. Stars & Stripes Forever was a live album that mixed old successes such as "Buy for Me the Rain" and "Mr. Bojangles" with Circle collaborations (fiddler Vassar Clements was a guest performer) and long storytelling spoken-word monologues. A studio album, Dream, was also released.
During July 1974, the band was among the headline acts at the Ozark Music Festival at the Missouri State Fairgrounds in Sedalia, Missouri. Some estimates put the crowd at 350,000 people, which would make this one of the largest music events in history. At another concert, the band opened for the rock band Aerosmith.
1976–81: "The Dirt Band"[edit]
Jimmy Ibbotson left the band at the end of 1976, leaving Fadden, Hanna, and McEuen to add John Cable and Jackie Clark, brought in on guitar and bass. In May 1977 the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band became the first American group allowed to tour Russia, Armenia, Georgia and Latvia — the Soviet Union — playing 28 sold-out concerts and a televised appearance that is estimated to have been watched by 145 million people. In 1977, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band first appeared on the second season of the PBS music program Austin City Limits.
After returning from Russia, the band released its first 'greatest successes' compilation, another now rare triple album Dirt, Silver & Gold, in 1978. After that release, the band shortened its name to The Dirt Band, and the group's sound became more pop and rock oriented. Saxophonist Al Garth, drummer Merel Bregante, and bassist Richard Hathaway were also added to the lineup in 1978 and Jeff Hanna became the group's producer for a few albums.
Keyboardist Bob Carpenter (who would occasionally sit in with the band from 1975 on) contributed to their 1978 album The Dirt Band and joined the band permanently in 1979.
Albums during this period included The Dirt Band and An American Dream. The single "American Dream" with Linda Ronstadt reached No. 13 on the popular music charts. The band also appeared on Saturday Night Live in their own slot (performing the instrumental penned by John, "White Russia'), and separately, billed as The Toot Uncommons, provided backing for Steve Martin on his million-selling novelty tune, "King Tut." They also played on that hit, recorded in Aspen earlier that year.
In 1980, Bregante left the group and drummer Mike Gardner replaced Bregante on stage with the group on tour, only to be succeeded by Vic Mastrianni in 1981. Al Garth moved on to Pure Prairie League and later the Eagles.
The albums Make a Little Magic and Jealousy were released in 1980 and 1981, with the single "Make a Little Magic" featuring Nicolette Larson reaching the Top 25 on the pop chart. The group also performed the song on a 1980 Steve Martin television special, All Commercials, with an added comic element in which Martin lip-synced the Larson vocal for the last segment of the song.
1982–89: return to "Nitty Gritty"[edit]
The band returned to its original name and its country roots in 1982. With the lineup paring down to Hanna, Fadden, McEuen and Jimmy Ibbotson rejoining for recording sessions in Nashville, Tennessee, they recorded the album Let's Go, which yielded the success "Dance Little Jean" which became a Top 10 country hit. Carpenter rejoined the band in 1983, and the next album, 1984's Plain Dirt Fashion had the band's first No. 1 success, "Long Hard Road (The Sharecropper's Dream)".
There were two more country No. 1's: "Modern Day Romance" (1985) and "Fishin' in the Dark" (1987), the latter of which became the band's biggest-selling single, eventually being certified platinum in 2014 despite never reaching the Hot 100. Other successful songs were "Dance Little Jean" (1983); "I Love Only You" (1984); "High Horse" (1985); "Home Again in My Heart," "Partners, Brothers and Friends" and "Stand a Little Rain" (1986); "Fire in the Sky," "Baby's Got a Hold on Me" and "Oh What a Love" (1987); "Workin' Man (Nowhere to Go)" and "I've Been Lookin'" (1988); and "Down That Road Tonight" and "When it's Gone" (1989).
Performances included the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games and the inaugural Farm Aid concert in Champaign, Illinois. A 20-year anniversary concert at McNichols Sports Arena in Denver, Colorado featured such guests as Ricky Skaggs, Emmylou Harris, Doc Watson, and John Prine.
John McEuen left the band at the end of 1986, replaced by Bernie Leadon, formerly of the Eagles. He was with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in 1987 and 1988. The band's 19th album, Hold On featured the No. 1 singles "Fishin' in the Dark" and "Baby's Got a Hold on Me." The band appeared on the Today Show and The Tonight Show in the same week, and toured Europe.
During 1989, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band again returned to Nashville, to record Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Volume Two. Returnees from the first Circle included Earl Scruggs, Vassar Clements, and Roy Acuff. Johnny Cash and the Carter Family, Emmylou Harris, and Ricky Skaggs joined the sessions, as did John Prine, Levon Helm, John Denver, John Hiatt, Bruce Hornsby, and former Byrds Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman. This album won two Grammy Awards[2] and was named Album of the Year at the Country Music Association Awards for Best Country Vocal Performance (duo or group) and the Country Music Association's Album of the Year Award in 1989.
1990–2000[edit]
As a foursome of Hanna, Fadden, Ibbotson and Carpenter, the band again toured the former Soviet Union, as well as Canada, Europe, and Japan. A 25th anniversary concert was recorded on Live Two Five in Red Deer, Alberta, produced by T-Bone Burnett.
During 1992, the band collaborated with Irish folk music's The Chieftains for the Grammy Award-winning Another Country. Other efforts included the album Acoustic, spotlighting their "wooden" sound, a duet with Karla Bonoff, "You Believed in Me" for the MCA Olympic compilation, One Voice, and a cover version of Buddy Holly's "Maybe Baby" for the Decca tribute album, Not Fade Away. The Christmas Album was released in 1997, followed by Bang! Bang! Bang! in 1999.
During April 1992, they were the unwitting subject of one of George H. W. Bush's malapropisms when he referred to the group as the "Nitty Ditty Nitty Gritty Great Bird" at a country music awards ceremony in Nashville:
"I said to them there's another one that the Nitty Ditty Nitty Gritty Great Bird and it says if you want to see a rainbow you've got to stand a little rain."[3]
This unusual phrasing was repeatedly used as an example of Bush's garbled syntax (notably, in Dave Barry's book Dave Barry Hits Below the Beltway and in Barry's only non-audiobook album, A Totally Random Evening with Dave Barry), which in turn helped publicize the band.[citation needed]
2000s[edit]
John McEuen rejoined the band in 2001. During 2002, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band celebrated the 30th anniversary of their landmark Will the Circle Be Unbroken with a remastered CD reissue of the 1972 album and a new compilation, Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Volume III. An album of all-new material, Welcome to Woody Creek, was released in 2004. Jimmy Ibbotson again left the band a few years later.
Also during 2004, country group Rascal Flatts released a cover of "Bless the Broken Road," which the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band had recorded on Acoustic, from 1994. Songwriters Jeff Hanna, Marcus Hummon, and Bobby Boyd won a Grammy for Best Country Song for this work in 2005.
During 2005 the band donated use of the song "Soldier's Joy" for the benefit album, Too Many Years to benefit Clear Path International's work with landmine survivors. Also in 2005, the band was recognized by the International Entertainment Buyers Association for 40 years of contributions to the music industry.
In 2009 the band released a new album, Speed of Life. Produced by George Massenburg and Jon Randall Stewart, Speed of Life is composed of a series of live, freewheeling studio recordings that purposefully avoid overproduction and demonstrate the band's collaborative spirit and spontaneity. Of the 13 tracks on Speed of Life, 11 are new songs penned by the band, and two are classic covers: Canned Heat's Woodstock hit "Going Up the Country" and Stealers Wheel's "Stuck in the Middle".
2010s[edit]
In September 2015, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band commemorated their 50th anniversary with a sold out show at the Ryman Theater. Taped for a PBS special which debuted in March 2016, the concert included guests John Prine, Sam Bush, Vince Gill, Jerry Jeff Walker, Alison Krauss, Rodney Crowell, Byron House, Jerry Douglas and Jackson Browne in addition to former member Ibbotson. On September 30, 2016, Circlin’ Back: Celebrating 50 Years, a live CD and DVD was released. In a 2016 review, the Los Angeles Times wrote that the original release "helped knock down barriers then separating the traditional country and rock music communities, setting the stage for the eventual emergence of what came to be known as Americana music."[4] John McEuen announced his departure from the band in December 2017 at the conclusion of their 50th anniversary tour. John currently performs as a solo artist. In 2018, Jaime Hanna (Jeff Hanna's son) and Ross Holmes joined the band on tour, along with Jim Photoglo, who began touring with the band in 2016. Jim is the co-author of "Fishin' in the Dark."
Family[edit]
Jeff Hanna and John McEuen's sons, Jaime Hanna and Jonathan McEuen, recorded for DreamWorks Records in 2005 as Hanna-McEuen.[5]
Awards and nominations[edit]
1984 — CMA Nomination for Instrumental Group of the Year
1985 — CMA Nomination for Instrumental Group of the Year; ACM Nomination for Vocal Group of the Year
1986 — CMA Nomination for Vocal Group of the Year
1988 — CMA Nomination for Vocal Group of the Year
1989 — CMA award for Album Of The Year[6]; Grammy award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals; Grammy award for Best Bluegrass Recording[7]; Grammy award for Co-producing Best Country Instrumental
2002 — Grammy nominations for Best Country Vocal Performance - Duo or Group and Best Country Collaboration with Vocals
2003 — CMA nomination for Vocal Event of the Year (NGDB with Johnny Cash); IBMA award for Best Recorded Event
2004 — Grammy award for Best Country Instrumental (NGDB with Earl Scruggs, Randy Scruggs, Jerry Douglas and Vassar Clements)[8]
2015 — Colorado Music Hall of Fame induction[9]
Band lineups[edit]
May–August
1966
Jeff Hanna – Guitar, mandolin, washboard, vocals
Jimmie Fadden – Guitar, harmonica, washtub bass, jug, vocals
Ralph Barr – Guitar, clarinet, vocals
Les Thompson – Guitar, mandolin, vocals
Bruce Kunkel – Guitar, kazoo, vocals
Jackson Browne – Guitar, vocals
1966–1967
Jeff Hanna – Guitar, mandolin, washboard, vocals
Jimmie Fadden – Guitar, harmonica, washtub bass, vocals
Ralph Barr – Guitar, clarinet, vocals
Les Thompson – Guitar, mandolin, vocals
Bruce Kunkel – Guitar, kazoo, vocals
John McEuen – Banjo, guitar, mandolin, washtub bass
1967–1968
Jeff Hanna – Guitar, washboard, vocals
Jimmie Fadden – Guitar, harmonica, washtub bass, jug, vocals
Ralph Barr – Guitar, clarinet, vocals
Les Thompson – Bass, guitar, mandolin, vocals
John McEuen – Guitar, banjo, washtub bass
Chris Darrow – Guitar, mandolin, fiddle, vocals
1969–1973
Jeff Hanna – Guitars, drums, washboard, vocals
Jimmie Fadden – Drums, guitar, harmonica, vocals
Les Thompson – Bass, guitar, mandolin, vocals
John McEuen – Guitar, fiddle, banjo, mandolin, accordion, vocals
Jimmy Ibbotson – Guitars, keyboards, drums, accordion, vocals
1974–1975
Jeff Hanna – Guitars, drums, washboard, vocals
Jimmie Fadden – Drums, guitar, harmonica, vocals
John McEuen – Guitar, fiddle, banjo, mandolin
Jimmy Ibbotson – Guitars, Bass, keyboards, drums, accordion, vocals
1976-1977
As The
Dirt Band
Jeff Hanna – Guitars, drums, washboard, percussion, vocals
Jimmie Fadden – Drums, guitar, harmonica, vocals
John McEuen – Guitar, fiddle, banjo, mandolin, accordion
John Cable – Guitar, bass, vocals
Jackie Clark – Guitar, bass, piano, vocals
1977-1979
As The
Dirt Band
Jeff Hanna – Guitars, washboard, percussion, vocals
Jimmie Fadden – Guitar, harmonica, percussion, vocals
John McEuen – Guitar, fiddle, banjo, mandolin, lap steel
Al Garth – Saxophone, fiddle, keyboards, percussion, vocals
Merel Bregante – Drums, percussion
Richard Hathaway – Bass, vocals
1979-1980
As The
Dirt Band
Jeff Hanna – Guitars, washboard, vocals
Jimmie Fadden – Guitar, harmonica, percussion, vocals
Bob Carpenter – keyboards, accordion, vocals
John McEuen – Guitar, fiddle, banjo, mandolin, lap steel
Al Garth – Saxophone, fiddle, keyboards, percussion, vocals
Merel Bregante – Drums, percussion
Richard Hathaway – Bass, vocals
1980–1981
As The
Dirt Band
Jeff Hanna – Guitars, washboard, vocals
Jimmie Fadden – Guitar, harmonica, percussion, vocals
Bob Carpenter – Keyboards, accordion, guitar, vocals
John McEuen – Guitar, fiddle, banjo, mandolin, lap steel, vocals
Al Garth – Violin, keyboards, saxophone, vocals
Richard Hathaway – Bass, vocals
Michael Buono/Michael Gardner – Drums
1981-1982
As The
Dirt Band
Jeff Hanna – Guitars, washboard, vocals
Jimmie Fadden – Guitar, harmonica, percussion, vocals
Bob Carpenter – Keyboards, accordion, guitar, vocals
John McEuen – Guitar, fiddle, banjo, mandolin, lap steel, vocals
Richard Hathaway – Bass, vocals
Vic Mastrianni – Drums
Bryan Savage - saxophone
1982
As The
Dirt Band
Jeff Hanna – Guitars, washboard, vocals
Jimmie Fadden – Guitar, harmonica, percussion, vocals
John McEuen – Guitar, fiddle, banjo, mandolin, lap steel
Jim Ibbotson – Guitars, mandolin, vocals
Bob Carpenter – Keyboards, accordion, vocals
Richard Hathaway – Bass, vocals
Vic Mastrianni – Drums
1983–1986
Jeff Hanna – Guitars, washboard, bass, vocals
Jimmie Fadden – Drums, harmonica, vocals
John McEuen – Guitar, fiddle, banjo, mandolin, lap steel, bass
Bob Carpenter – Keyboards, accordion, bass, vocals
Jimmy Ibbotson – Bass, guitars, mandolin, vocals
1987–1988
Jeff Hanna – Guitars, washboard, bass, vocals
Jimmie Fadden – Drums, harmonica, vocals
Bob Carpenter – Keyboards, accordion, vocals
Jimmy Ibbotson – Bass, guitar, mandolin, percussion, vocals
Bernie Leadon – Guitars, banjo, mandolin, dobro, vocals
1988–2000
Jeff Hanna – Guitars, vocals
Jimmie Fadden – Drums, harmonica, vocals
Jimmy Ibbotson – Bass, guitar, mandolin, vocals
Bob Carpenter – Keyboards, accordion, bass, vocals
2001–2004
Jeff Hanna – Guitars, vocals
Jimmie Fadden – Drums, harmonica, vocals
Jimmy Ibbotson – Bass, guitar, vocals
Bob Carpenter – Keyboards, accordion, bass, vocals
John McEuen – Banjo, fiddle, guitar, mandolin
2005–2017
Jeff Hanna – Guitars, vocals
Jimmie Fadden – Drums, harmonica, vocals
Bob Carpenter – Keyboards, accordion, bass, vocals
John McEuen – Banjo, fiddle, guitar, mandolin, lap steel
Jim Photoglo - Acoustic guitar, bass, background vocals. Jim joins the band in 2016 for their 50th Anniversary Tour. He is the co-author of Fishin' in the Dark.
2018-present
Jeff Hanna – Guitars, vocals
Jimmie Fadden – Drums, harmonica, vocals
Bob Carpenter – Keyboards, accordion, bass, vocals
Jim Photoglo – Acoustic guitar, bass, background vocals
Jaime Hanna – Guitars, background vocals
Ross Holmes – Fiddle, mandolin, background vocals
Timeline[edit]
Discography[edit]
Main article: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band discography
References[edit]
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Jump up ^ BTC News (March 16, 2006. Are Bush Admin Officials... Archived 2007-10-11 at the Wayback Machine.. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
Jump up ^ Lewis, Randy (September 9, 2016). "Premiere: Jackson Browne joins Nitty Gritty Dirt Band for 50th". Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles Times). Archived from the original on 10 November 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
Jump up ^ Ruhlmann, William. "Hanna-McEuen biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-02-13.
Jump up ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-12-11. CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link) , Retrieved 2018-01-23
Jump up ^ Winners 32nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1989) Archived 2017-11-14 at the Wayback Machine., Retrieved 2018-01-23
Jump up ^ Winners 47th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2004) Archived 2018-02-18 at the Wayback Machine., Retrieved 2018-01-23
Jump up ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-01-24. Retrieved 2018-01-23. CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link) , Retrieved 2018-01-23
Further reading[edit]
Grobaty, Tim (January 12, 2016). "A Long Beach homecoming for Dirt Band's John McEuen". Press-Telegram. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
External links[edit]
Official site
Listen or Watch from Woodsongs archived show 551
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band at AllMusic
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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"
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Zipporah
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Zipporah
Detail from Moses Leaving to Egypt by Pietro Perugino, c. 1482. Zipporah is in blue.[1]
Spouse(s)
Moses
Children
Gershom
Eliezer
Parent(s)
Jethro
Relatives
six sisters
Aaron (brother-in-law)
Miriam (sister-in-law)
Zipporah or Tzipora (/ˈzɪpərə, zɪˈpɔːrə/; Hebrew: צִפוֹרָה, Tsippōrāh, "bird")[a] is mentioned in the Book of Exodus as the wife of Moses, and the daughter of Reuel/Jethro, the priest or prince of Midian and the spiritual founder and ancestor of the Druze.[2][3][4][5][6] In the Book of Chronicles, two of her descendants are mentioned: Shebuel, son of Gershom, and Rehabiah, son of Eliezer.[7]
Contents
1 Biblical narrative
1.1 Background
1.2 Moses marries Zipporah
1.3 Incident at the Inn
1.4 The Exodus
1.4.1 Moses' only wife, or one of two wifes?
1.5 Family tree
2 In Druze religion
3 In popular culture
4 See also
5 Notes
6 References
7 Further reading
Biblical narrative[edit]
The Daughters of Jethro, Théophile Hamel, ca 1850
Background[edit]
In the Hebrew Bible Zipporah was one of the seven daughters of Jethro, a Kenite shepherd who was a priest of Midian.[8] In Exodus 2:18 Jethro is also referred to as Reuel and referred to as Hobab in the Book of Judges (Judges 4:11).[9]. Hobab was also the name of Jethro's son as recorded in Numbers 10:29.
Moses marries Zipporah[edit]
While the Israelites/Hebrews were captives in Egypt, Moses killed an Egyptian who was striking a Hebrew, for which offense Pharaoh sought to kill Moses. Moses therefore fled from Egypt and arrived in Midian. One day while he sat by a well, Reuel's daughters came to water their father's flocks. Other shepherds arrived and drove the girls away so they could water their own flocks first. Moses defended the girls and watered their flock. Upon their return home their father asked them, "How is it that you have come home so early today?" The girls answered, "An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds; he even drew water for us and watered the flock." "Where is he then?" Reuel asked them. "Why did you leave the man? Invite him for supper to break bread." Reuel then gave Moses Zipporah as his wife (Exodus 2:11-21).
Incident at the Inn[edit]
Main article: Zipporah at the inn
After God commanded Moses to return to Egypt to free the Israelites, Moses took his wife and sons and started his journey. On the road, they stayed in an inn, where God came to kill Moses. Zipporah quickly circumcised her son with a sharp stone and touched Moses' feet with the foreskin, saying "Surely You are a husband of blood to me!" God then left Moses alone (Exodus 4:24-26).
The details of the passage are unclear and subject to debate.
The Exodus[edit]
Miriam and Aaron complain against Moses, engraving from 1908
After Moses succeeded in taking the Israelites out of Egypt, and won a battle against Amalek, Reuel came to the Hebrew camp in the wilderness of Sinai, bringing with him Zipporah and their two sons, Gershom and Eliezer. The Bible does not say when Zipporah and her sons rejoined Reuel/Jethro, only that after he heard of what God did for the Israelites, he brought Moses' family to him. The most common translation is that Moses sent her away, but another grammatically permissible translation is that she sent things or persons, perhaps the announcement of the victory over Amalek. The word that makes this difficult is shelucheiha, the sendings [away] of her (Ex. 18:2).
Moses' only wife, or one of two wifes?[edit]
Moses' wife is referred to as a Cushite in Numbers 12.[10] There are different interpretations on whether this Cushite wife was one and the same as Zipporah, or another woman; and whether he was married to them simultaneously, which would make him a polygamist, or successively.[11][12][13] In the story Aaron and Miriam harshly criticize Moses' marriage to a Cushite or Kushite woman after he returned to Egypt to set the children of Israel free. Cushites were of the ancestry of either Kush (a.k.a. Nubia) in northeast Africa, or Arabians. The sons of Ham, mentioned within the Book of Genesis have been identified with nations in Africa (Ethiopia, Egypt, Libya), the Levant (Canaan), and Arabia. The Midianites themselves were later on depicted at times in non-Biblical sources as dark-skinned and called Kushim, a Hebrew word used for dark-skinned Africans.[14][15]
Family tree[edit]
Jacob Leah
Levi
Gershon Kohath Merari
Libni Shimei Izhar Hebron Uzziel Mahli Mushi
Jochebed Amram Mishael Elzaphan Zithri
Miriam Aaron Moses Zipporah
Gershom Eliezer
In Druze religion[edit]
In the Druze religion, Jethro is revered as the spiritual founder, chief prophet, and ancestor of all Druze.[2][3][5][6][16] Moses was allowed to wed Zipporah, the daughter of Jethro, after helping save his daughters and their flock from competing herdsmen.[17] It has been expressed by such prominent Druze such as Amal Nasereldeen[18] and Salman Tarif, who was a prominent Druze shaykh, that this makes the Druze related to the Jews through marriage.[19] This view has been used to represent an element of the special relationship between Israeli Jews and Druze.[20]
In popular culture[edit]
Zipporah appears as a character in films such as The Ten Commandments (1956)[21], The Prince of Egypt (1998) and Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014). She is the main character in Marek Halter's novel Zipporah, Wife of Moses (2005).[22]
See also[edit]
Sephora, cosmetics store named after Zipporah
Tharbis - according to Josephus, a Cushite princess who married Moses prior to his marriage to Zipporah as told in the Book of Exodus
Tzipora Obziler (born 1973), Israeli tennis player
Notes[edit]
Jump up ^ Greek: Σεπφώρα, Sepphōra; Arabic: صفورة, Ṣaffūrah
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Harwood, Edith (1907). Notable pictures in Rome. J.M. Dent. p. 6.
^ Jump up to: a b Corduan, Winfried (2013). Neighboring Faiths: A Christian Introduction to World Religions. p. 107. ISBN 0-8308-7197-7.
^ Jump up to: a b Mackey, Sandra (2009). Mirror of the Arab World: Lebanon in Conflict. p. 28. ISBN 0-3933-3374-4.
Jump up ^ Lev, David (25 October 2010). "MK Kara: Druze are Descended from Jews". Israel National News. Arutz Sheva. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
^ Jump up to: a b Blumberg, Arnold (1985). Zion Before Zionism: 1838-1880. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press. p. 201. ISBN 0-8156-2336-4.
^ Jump up to: a b Rosenfeld, Judy (1952). Ticket to Israel: An Informative Guide. p. 290.
Jump up ^ 1 Chronicles 23:16-17
Jump up ^ Harris, Stephen L., Understanding the Bible. Palo Alto: Mayfield. 1985.[page needed]
Jump up ^ "Judges 4 / Hebrew - English Bible / Mechon-Mamre". mechon-mamre.org. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
Jump up ^ "Numbers 12:1 Miriam and Aaron began to talk against Moses because of his Cushite wife, for he had married a Cushite". biblehub.com. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
Jump up ^ Brent MacDonald, Who was Moses' wife? A Midianite, a Cushite, or both?, 2015 at NotJustAnotherBook.com, accessed 13 August 2018
Jump up ^ Dr. Elad Filler, Moses and the Kushite Woman: Classic Interpretations and Philo's Allegory, at TheTorah.com: A Historical and Contextual Approach, accessed 13 August 2018
Jump up ^ Shlomo Skinner, The Mystery of the Cushite Woman, at Thinking Torah, accessed 13 August 2018
Jump up ^ David M. Goldenberg. The curse of Ham: race and slavery in early Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, chapter 8. p. 124.
Jump up ^ Israël Shahak. Jewish history, Jewish religion: the weight of three thousand years. p. 25
Jump up ^ Lev, David (25 October 2010). "MK Kara: Druze are Descended from Jews". Israel National News. Arutz Sheva. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
Jump up ^ Nettler (1998). Muslim-Jewish Encounters. p. 139. ISBN 1-1344-0854-4.
Jump up ^ Mordechai Nisan (1 Jan 2002). Minorities in the Middle East: A History of Struggle and Self-Expression, 2d ed. McFarland. p. 282. ISBN 9780786451333.
Jump up ^ Eugene L. Rogan; Avi Shlaim (2001). The War for Palestine: Rewriting the History of 1948 (illustrated, reprint ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 72. ISBN 9780521794763.
Jump up ^ Alex Weingrod (1 Jan 1985). Studies in Israeli Ethnicity: After the Ingathering. Taylor & Francis. p. 273. ISBN 9782881240072.
Jump up ^ Thomas, Bob (12 January 2007). "Yvonne De Carlo, 84; Said Her 'Munsters' Role Made Her Hot". Retrieved 7 March 2018 – via www.washingtonpost.com.
Jump up ^ "Fiction Book Review: Zipporah, Wife of Moses by Marek Halter, Author , trans. from the French by Howard Curtis. Crown $23 (288p) ISBN 978-1-4000-5279-0". Retrieved 10 February 2018.
Further reading[edit]
Pardes, Ilana (1992). "Zipporah and the Struggle for Deliverance" in Countertraditions in the Bible: A Feminist Approach. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674175426
Piper, John (September 2007). "Did Moses Marry a Black Woman?". 9Marks.

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Why Did I Get Married?
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Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married?
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Tyler Perry
Produced by
Tyler Perry
Reuben Cannon
Written by
Tyler Perry
Starring
Tyler Perry
Janet Jackson
Jill Scott
Malik Yoba
Sharon Leal
Tasha Smith
Michael Jai White
Richard T. Jones
Music by
Aaron Zigman
Cinematography
Toyomichi Kurita
Edited by
Maysie Hoy
Production
company
Tyler Perry Studios
Reuben Cannon Productions
Distributed by
Lionsgate
Release date
October 12, 2007 (2007-10-12)
Running time
113 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Box office
$60 million
Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married? is a 2007 American comedy-drama film adaptation written, produced, directed, and starring Tyler Perry. It was inspired by Perry's play of the same name. The film also stars Janet Jackson, Jill Scott, Malik Yoba, Sharon Leal, Tasha Smith, Michael Jai White, Richard T. Jones, Denise Boutte, and Keesha Sharp. The film was released in the United States by Lionsgate on October 12, 2007.
The film is about the difficulty of maintaining a solid relationship in modern times. Eight married college friends plus one other non-friend (all of whom have achieved middle to upper class economic status) go to Colorado for their annual week-long reunion, but the mood shifts when one couple's infidelity comes to light. Secrets are revealed and each couple begins to question their own marriage. Over the course of the week, the couples battle with issues of commitment, betrayal and forgiveness and examine their lives as individuals and as committed couples. This film explores the resultant emotional impact that infidelity and love have upon the constitution of marriage.
Contents
1 Plot
2 Locations
3 Couples cast
4 Single cast
5 Production and development
6 Reception
6.1 Critical response
6.2 Box office
7 Soundtrack
8 Home media
9 Awards and nominations
10 Sequel
11 References
12 External links
Plot[edit]
The four couples, who are also best friends, converge in a house in the mountains for a week-long retreat that has become their ritual of sorts to help work out their marital problems and ask the question "Why did I get married?". Though the couples have committed to being physically present for the week, some of them have not been emotionally present in their respective marriages for quite some time. The week is not planned out in a well-programmed sequence, so the events unfold somewhat spontaneously, beginning with their "adventures" in getting up to the mountain retreat.
The first couple, over-worked Diane and ignored Terry, drive up together and argue most of the way because Dianne (a lawyer) refuses to stop working. She takes calls on her phone instead of talking to her husband Terry.
The second couple, over-the-top Angela and annoyed Marcus, take the train. Angela constantly argues with Marcus and anyone who dares to interrupt them.
The third couple is overweight Sheila and conceited Mike. Sheila has to get off the plane because of her weight and the requirement to purchase two seats so she drives the long distance in the snow, while her husband Mike continues flirting on the flight with Sheila's single friend, Trina.
The fourth couple is overly-perfect Patricia and depressed Gavin who arrive by limo cab. Their journey is not documented. However, right before they leave to go to the retreat, Gavin shows up to pick up Patricia at a lecture she was giving (she is the author of a book called "Why Did I Get Married?") and artlessly dodges a question about their own marriage.

Dianne falls asleep not long after arriving with her BlackBerry close at hand and when her secretary calls while she is asleep, Terry tells the woman not to call them while they are on their vacation. When Patricia arrives, she goes up to wake Dianne while the men bond over the wine that Terry has poured for his wife. The sound of arguing signals the arrival of Angela and Marcus. When Mike arrives without Sheila, the other wives berate him and Trina for having left Shelia to drive alone. Sheila's husband shows clearly that he does not care for his wife at all. Her friends try to reach Sheila by phone but get her voice mail only.
Sheila is persistent to get to the retreat because she wants to make her marriage work. Providence leads her to Sheriff Troy Jackson's office. Due to the weather, the roads have been closed for the night and she has no choice but to spend the night in the office. That same night, Mike tiptoes, not unseen by Angela, to Trina's bedroom. Sheila arrives at the retreat house the following morning with Troy in tow. She introduces Troy to the others and tells them she has invited him to breakfast. Troy fast becomes a threat to Sheila's husband Mike, not because of Sheila, but because of Trina, with whom he is having an affair. Breakfast is a noisy affair with the arguing couples and Angela insulting Trina, the only single woman on the retreat, whom she instantly disliked.
Throughout the few days spent on retreat, there are spontaneous revelations. The infidelity of two of the husbands leads to a discussion by the men of the 80/20 rule. This rule states that most men get 80% of what they need from a marriage yet they tend to go after the 20% that someone outside can provide for them because it appears to be more to them when it really isn't.
During a heated argument with Angela, Mike reveals several secrets the couples have been hiding from one another: Marcus had contracted an STD after he cheated on Angela with another woman, Dianne had her tubes tied after her daughter was born and didn't want a son and kept it a secret from Terry, and Gavin had criticized Patricia for not protecting their young son in a tragic car accident that killed him a year prior. Mike, whose secret was revealed that he cheated on Sheila with Trina, makes it clear he isn't attracted to his wife any longer. After all this, Angela reveals that she's the one who gave Marcus the STD after she slept with someone, then Marcus tries to choke Angela out of anger yelling how she's so evil. Mike then tells Sheila he wants a divorce, and she smashes a wine bottle over his head knocking him out.
All the couples suddenly decide they can't stay in the house any longer after all the secrets. Sheila checks into a local hotel to recover from the shock of her divorce and the realization that Mike has drained her bank account. She is in a depressed state when Troy goes to visit her. He takes her up to a mountain where she cries and mourns the loss of her love and the only life she knew.
The other couples head back home. Patricia and Gavin are barely speaking to each other because she was deemed "stupid" for not protecting their son in a tragic accident by Gavin; Patricia breaks down emotionally in his arms and eventually confesses that she was only trying to be perfect. They both agree to face the situation and soon reconcile. Angela and Marcus are still fighting, especially when Marcus' ex-girlfriend and baby mama, Keisha, shows up at Angela's salon, and disrespects her. Marcus finally stands up to both women, and manages to frighten Angela into realizing she is wrecking their life with her constant arguing by not showing up for a couple of days. Dianne and Terry fight again right before they leave the mountains because he had a paternity test done on their daughter, and later on Terry's birthday at their home; Terry moves out because Dianne forgot about his birthday and did not tell him about getting her tubes tied. Patricia meets up with Dianne and Angela, moping over their husbands, and gives them good counseling about the need to get back on track: making a list of both the good and bad things their husbands have done. The men drown all their sorrows in bottles.
In the mountains, Sheila settles into a new life at her new job at the general store owned by Troy's father and, while she realizes her own self-worth, the two bond. Angela cooks dinner for Marcus after finishing with her list, but he suspects she is trying to poison him. Eventually, they make up and set new conditions. Dianne goes to see Terry and begs him to come back after crying over her list. He plays with her head a little to get back at her, but they eventually reconcile as well.
Later, all the couples converge at a gala celebration for an award recently received by Patricia. Dianne, Patricia and Angela are shocked when Sheila arrives and introduces Troy as her husband and has successfully lost weight thanks to his help. Her very jealous ex-husband, Mike, although still with Trina, tries to weasel his way back into her good graces, but she tells him to go enjoy Trina as his "20", referring to the 80/20 rule. Patricia includes a confession of her love for Gavin, as well as a message of loving, respecting and trusting God in her acceptance speech.
Locations[edit]
Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Georgia, USA; Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada; Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Whistler, British Columbia, Canada [1][2]
Couples cast[edit]
First Couple, The Brocks
Tyler Perry as Terry, a pediatrician & Sharon Leal as Dianne, an attorney.
Second Couple, The Agnews
Malik Yoba as Gavin, an architect & Janet Jackson as Patricia, a psychologist.
Third Couple, The Williams
Michael Jai White as Marcus, a former football player & Tasha Smith as Angela, owner of a hair salon.
Fourth Couple, last name unknown
Richard T. Jones as Mike, an entrepreneur & Jill Scott as Sheila, a housewife.
Single cast[edit]
Lamman Rucker as Troy Jackson
Denise Boutte as Trina aka Tricka
Keesha Sharp as Pam
Kaira Whitehead as Keisha
Sheri Mann Stewart
Production and development[edit]
Perry decided to take out many of the church and message scenes because he wanted the film to be "on a whole 'nother spiritual level--there's a whole 'nother connection to it." He said his writing has improved since the play.[3]
Perry invited experienced and neophyte African-American actors to a reading of an early script in order to field reactions, including Danny! and Tracee Ellis Ross.[4]
Reception[edit]
Critical response[edit]
Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 45% based on 42 reviews.[5] The consensus was "Despite some poignant observations on modern marriages, Why Did I Get Married? is too preachy and melodramatic." On Metacritic, the film had an average score of 54/100 based on reviews from 12 critics.[6] CinemaScore polls reported that the average grade moviegoers gave the film was an "A+" on an A+ to F scale.[7][8]
Paul Grenada said that while "there are times where the script seems stiff,...[the film] teaches without hammering, and you leave the movie feeling good about what you saw."[9] Giving the movie a B-, Entertainment Weekly said that Perry is of the "spell-everything-in-capital-letters and act-it-out-loudly schools," but added that "one performance glistens--Jill Scott's as the sad, heavyset Sheila, who locates the faith that's the source of love."[10] Time magazine gave the film a B and called it the "usual artless mix of broad comedy, teary confessions and spiritual uplift."[11]
Box office[edit]
In its opening weekend, the film grossed $21.4 million in 3,105 theaters in the United States and Canada, ranking #1 at the box office.[12] In its second weekend, the film slipped to #2 in the box office charts, with a gross of $12.1 million, bringing the 10-day total to over $38 million.[13] In total, the film domestically grossed $55,862,886.
Soundtrack[edit]
The soundtrack was released by Atlantic Records on October 2, 2007. Neither Janet Jackson nor Jill Scott are featured on the soundtrack. The soundtrack debuted at number 51 on Billboard 200, number seven on R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and number six on Soundtracks with 58,000 copies sold in first week.[14][15]
Keith Sweat feat. Keyshia Cole - "Love U Better"
Babyface - "Sorry for the Stupid Things"
Anita Baker - "You Belong to Me"
Kelly Price - "Why"
Gerald Levert feat. Jaheim - "DJ Don't Remix"
Musiq Soulchild - "Betterman"
Tyrese Gibson - "One"
Hope - "Who Am I To Say"
Beyoncé - "Flaws And All"
Laura Izibor - "Mmm..."
Amel Larrieux - "No One Else"
Tamika Scott - "Why Did I Get Married"
Michael Bublé - "L-O-V-E"
Jennifer Holliday - "Givin' Up"
Home media[edit]
The film was released on DVD on February 12, 2008. The DVD includes subtitles in English and Spanish, as well as bloopers.
A Blu-ray was released on November 23, 2010.
Awards and nominations[edit]
Image Awards
Outstanding Motion Picture (Nominated)
Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture: Jill Scott (Nominated)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture: Tyler Perry (Nominated)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture: Janet Jackson (Winner)
Sequel[edit]
A sequel, titled Why Did I Get Married Too? starring Perry and Tasha Smith, was released on April 2, 2010.[16]
Subsequently, Perry created a comedy-drama television series based upon the two films titled Tyler Perry's For Better or Worse. The series, which stars White and Smith as Marcus and Angela, premiered on TBS on November 25, 2011.
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "Why Did I Get Married? (2007)". IMDb. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
Jump up ^ Village of Pemberton. "Filming In The Village of Pemberton". Retrieved 10 January 2016.
Jump up ^ Millner, Denene (November 2007), "Friends & Lovers". Essence. 38 (7):98
Jump up ^ Hira, Nadira A. (February 19, 2007), "DIARY OF A MAD BUSINESSMAN". Fortune. 155 (3):76
Jump up ^ http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/why_did_i_get_married/ Rotten Tomatoes Flixster
Jump up ^ "Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married? (2007): Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
Jump up ^ http://articles.latimes.com/2007/oct/15/business/fi-boxoffice15
Jump up ^ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/why-cinemascore-matters-box-office-225563
Jump up ^ Grenada, Paul (October 11, 2007), "Tyler Perry's at it again". New York Amsterdam News. 98 (42):24
Jump up ^ Gleiberman, Owen (October 26, 2007), "Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married?", Entertainment Weekly (961):51
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