Plain Dirt Fashion is the fifteenth studio album by American country folk group Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, released in 1984 by the record label Warner Bros. Records. This album went to #8 on the US Country charts. The three singles from this album all charted in the top 3. "Long Hard Road (The Sharecropper's Dream)" went to 1, "I Love Only You" went to 3, and "High Horse" went to 2. The album is noteworthy for covers of both Meat Loaf's 1978 hit "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" and Bruce Springsteen's 1981 single "Cadillac Ranch".
Track listing
Personnel
- Jeff Hanna – guitars and vocals
- Jimmy Ibbotson – bass, guitars, mandolin, vocals
- Jimmie Fadden – drums and harmonica
- Bob Carpenter – keyboards and vocals
- John McEuen – guitars, mandolin, fiddle, banjo and lap steel
Additional musicians
- Bass – Joe Osborn, Larry Paxton
- Drums – Eddie Bayers, James Stroud
- Keyboards – Dennis Burnside
- Acoustic guitar – Steve Gibson, Paul Worley
- Electric guitar – Steve Gibson, Paul Worley, Reggie Young
- Fiddle – Mark O'Connor, Ricky Skaggs, Blaine Sprouse
- Dobro – Jerry "Flux" Douglas
- Steel guitar – Sonny Garrish
Production
- Producer – Marshall Morgan and Paul Worley for Morley Productions
Charts
References
All information is from the album liner notes unless otherwise noted.
