Hold On (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band album)

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.

Hold On
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 7, 1987
GenreCountry rock
Length36:18
LabelWarner Bros. Nashville
ProducerJosh Leo, Marshall Morgan, Paul Worley
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band chronology
Twenty Years of Dirt
(1986)
Hold On
(1987)
Workin' Band
(1988)
Singles from Hold On
  1. "Baby's Got a Hold on Me"
    Released: March 28, 1987
  2. "Fishin' in the Dark"
    Released: June 7, 1987
  3. "Oh What a Love"
    Released: November 9, 1987

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Fishin' in the Dark"Wendy Waldman, Jim Photoglo3:19
2."Joe Knows How to Live"Max D. Barnes, Graham Lyle, Troy Seals3:51
3."Keepin' the Road Hot"Jeff Hanna, Bob Carpenter3:30
4."Blue Ridge Mountain Girl"Wayland Holyfield, Richard Leigh3:20
5."Angelyne"Bruce Springsteen4:10
6."Baby's Got a Hold on Me"Josh Leo, Hanna, Carpenter3:04
7."Dancing to the Beat of a Broken Heart"Wayland Holyfield, Verlon Thompson3:57
8."Oh What a Love"Jimmy Ibbotson3:08
9."Oleanna"Jimmie Fadden4:40
10."Tennessee"Karen Staley3:05

Personnel

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[2]

  • 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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Chart performance

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Chart (1987) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 14

References

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  1. ^ "NittyGritty.com". Archived from the original on 2007-07-28. Retrieved 2007-08-14.
  2. ^ Personnel credits from album liner notes.
  3. ^ Production credits from album liner notes.