Perhaps you’ll catch them in your neck of the woods.Īnd you can bet they’ll play their recently certfiied Gold song Fishin’ In The Dark. Today The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is out on the road supporting their latest album release. I don’t know much, but I have to think that’s the mark of one fo the greatest songs of all time. It’s as if a spell is cast on the entire crowd. Everybody in the tavern will get on the dance floor and start tapping their feet. Occasionally I’ll head to a local bar and hear the cover band play the song. It was a song that was fun for everybody in class – a nice break from the daily grind of books and chalkboards.Įven today in my adult life I love hearing Fishin’ In The Dark. Later I would dance in gym class to the song as the instructor would try to teach us line dancing. Youre listening to the official audio for Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - 'Fishin In The Dark' from the album Fishin In The Dark: The Best Of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. It was as if everybody knew the words perfectly. Kids would stop whatever they were doing – screaming, talking, yelling – and sing along to the song. The bus driver only played country music and I loved it.įishin’ In The Dark always stood out when it came on the radio. My love for country music was fostered on the hourlong bus ride to and from school starting in the late 1980s and continuing through the 1990s. My memories of the song date back to the school bus in grade school. All these ingredients added up to make one of the best songs of all time. The melody is about as catchy as a song can get. The story is a bit ridiculous, but it works. The song has just as much appeal on radio today as it did back then. Listen to Fishin’ In The Dark … Fishin’ in the Dark by The Nitty Gritty Dirt BandĮven listening to the song today it’s hard to think it was released in 1987. To celebrate the certification of the single I thought it would be perfect to highlight the song for Flashback Friday. With the popularity of the song over the last twenty years it should come as no surprise the song was recently certified Gold by the RIAA for digital sales of over 500,000 downloads. The song would become a huge hit that just about every person recognizes. In 1987, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band released their biggest single Fishin’ In The Dark and country music would never be the same. It’s been over 20 years since its release.
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