NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND - FISHIN’ IN THE DARK

FISHIN’ IN THE DARK

NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND

SONGWRITERS: PHOTOGLOU JAMES G. & WALDMAN-PARKER WENDY

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: HOLD ON

LABEL: WARNER BROS NASHVILLE

GENRE: COUNTRY ROCK

YEAR: 1987

 

       The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is an American country rock band. The group has existed in various forms since its founding in Long Beach, California, in 1966. The band's membership has had at least a dozen changes over the years, including a period from 1976 to 1981 when the band performed and recorded as the Dirt Band.

      Constant members since the early times are singer-guitarist Jeff Hanna and drummer Jimmie Fadden. Multi-instrumentalist John McEuen was with the band from 1966 to 1986 and returned during 2001, staying 16 years, then departing again in November 2017. Keyboardist Bob Carpenter joined the band in 1977. The band is often cited as instrumental to the progression of contemporary country and roots music.

          The band's successes include a cover version of Jerry Jeff Walker's "Mr. Bojangles". Albums include 1972's Will the Circle be Unbroken, featuring such traditional country artists as Mother Maybelle Carter, Earl Scruggs, Roy Acuff, Doc Watson, Merle Travis, and Jimmy Martin. A follow-up album based on the same concept, Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Volume Two was released in 1989, was certified gold, won two Grammys, and was named Album of the Year at the Country Music Association Awards.

        "Fishin' in the Dark" is a song written by Wendy Waldman and Jim Photoglo, and recorded by American country music group The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. It was released on June 7, 1987 as the second single from their álbum Hold On. It reached number-one on the U.S. and Canadian country charts. It was the band's third number-one single on the U.S. country music charts and the second in Canada. After it became available for download, it has sold over a million digital copies by 2015. It was certified Platinum by the RIAA on September 12, 2014.

Lazy yellow moon comin' up tonite,

shinin' thru the trees,

Crickets are singin' and lightning bugs

are floatin on the breeze

Baby get ready...

 

Across the field where the creek turns back by the ole stone road

I'm gonna take you to a special place that nobody knows

Baby get ready.....OooooooOooo

 

You and me going fishing in the dark,

Lying on our backs and counting the stars

Where the cool grass grows.

Down by the river in the full moon light,

We'll be fallin' in love in the middle of the night

Just movin' slow...

 

Stayin' the whole night thru, feels so good to be with you...

 

Spring is almost over and the summer's comin'

the days are gettin' long

Waited all winter for the time to be right, just to take you along

Baby get ready...

 

And it don't matter if we sit forever and the fish don't bite

Jump in the river and cool ourselves from the heat of the night

Baby get ready.....OoooooooOoo

 

[Repeat the CHORUS (x3)]

 

You and me going fishin in the dark!