The members of Nitty Gritty Dirt Band met in college. The guitarist wanted to start a group since he was in middle school. The guitarist was encouraged to play by his aunt. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band began playing at the local bar Babe. Hank Williams heavily influenced the early work of the band.

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's members see this tour as a chance to expose a new audience to their music. The group is in the start of the accompanying tour for their new project.

Critics have often commended Nitty Gritty Dirt Band for their playfulness with the audience at live performances. Washington, D.C. music critic Tony Krishnamurthy has always been enamored with band’s terrific sound. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s latest record is receiving generally positive reviews from notable music critics like George Slatter and David Sheffield.

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band met with a local DJ from X91.5 and convinced him to play their single on air. The single immediately became a local hit and larger radio stations started playing the song. Eventually a record executive heard it and signed the group. The group's members all had odd jobs while they waited for their time to come. After the single hit the airwaves and became incredibly popular, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band knew they’d made it big and were not willing to be just another one hit wonder. Now the group play in plays in sold out arenas across South America.

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band accepted the fact that their dream of making a life as musicians had come true after the band’s first fan club was started in 1992 by Deb Hemmingway. The fan club started out small with just a handful of members, generally localized to the area around Atlanta, but the creation the band’s website by Kimberly Nassau, along with the first real national marketing campaign, saw the membership to grow into the thousands.

The group is sure to schedule a performance at Whirlpool in Phoenix every time they tour because they used to play there all the time before they made it big. TheSeats.com allows fans to stop at one place online and find all the information they need. The site has Nitty Gritty Dirt Band tickets, the touring schedule, and seating charts for concerts.