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1980 studio album by The Dirt Band
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Make a Little Magic is the twelfth album from The Dirt Band , formerly known as the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. This album includes the title cut which reached number 77 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart but peaked at number 25 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [2] with Nicolette Larson singing backup. The album reached number 62 on the US Billboard 200 chart . It also includes their cover version of the Cindy Bullens tune, "Anxious Heart".
Track listing [ edit ]
"Make a Little Magic" (Hanna, Hathaway, Carpenter) – 3:55
"Badlands" (Hathaway, Carpenter, Hanna) – 4:14
"High School Yearbook" (Hanna, Hathaway, Carpenter) – 2:44
"Leigh Anne" (Holster) – 4:10
"Riding Alone" (Hathaway, Carpenter, Hanna) – 2:20
"Anxious Heart" (Bullens, Veitch) – 2:43
"Do It! (Party Lights)" (Fadden, Carpenter, Hathaway, Hanna) – 4:24
"Harmony" (Hanna, Fadden) – 4:22
"Too Good to Be True" (Carpenter, Hanna) – 3:38
"Mullen's Farewell to America" (McEuen, Garth) – 1:48
Personnel [ edit ]
Jeff Hanna – lead and backing vocals, rhythm and lead guitars
Jimmie Fadden – electric and acoustic harmonica
Al Garth – alto and tenor saxophones, viola
John McEuen – lap steel guitar, mandolin; acoustic guitar on "Mullen's Farwell to America"
Bob Carpenter – keyboards, backing vocals; lead vocals on "Leigh Ann" and "Harmony"
Richard Hathaway – bass, backing vocals
Additional Musicians
Rick Shlosser – drums, percussion
Nicolette Larson – backing and harmony vocals on "Make A Little Magic", "Do It" and "Harmony"
Haden Gregg – backing vocals on "Anxious Heart" and "Badlands"
Geoffrey Morris – slide guitar on "Too Good To Be True"
Production [ edit ]
Producer – Jeff Hanna and Bob Edwards
Chart performance [ edit ]
Chart (1980)
Peak position
US Billboard 200
62
Canadian RPM Country Albums
12
Canadian RPM Top Albums
64
References [ edit ]
All information is from the album liner notes unless otherwise noted[3]
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