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"Old Dirt Road" is a song written by John Lennon and Harry Nilsson, first released on Lennon's 1974 album Walls and Bridges. [1] Nilsson later recorded the song on his 1980 album Flash Harry . Lyrics & music
A theme from "America" was referenced by John Williams for his celebratory For New York, composed in 1988 for Bernstein's 70th birthday gala. [8] In 1989, a verse of the song was sampled in Big Audio Dynamite's single "James Brown" with a 4/4 beat underneath. In 2003, the song was used in advertisements for Admiral Insurance though with ...
The song was a reaction to the varying difficult issues facing America in the late 1970s – the fallout from the Watergate scandal, the simultaneous double-digit inflation, unemployment, and prime interest rates (leading to the misery index), and the 1979–1981 Iran Hostage Crisis.
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's version features a backing vocal from Linda Ronstadt; [3] as such, it is sometimes included in Ronstadt greatest hits collections, such as the 2014 Capitol release, Icon. The labels on some of the 45 rpm records were reversed, so that "An American Dream" was labeled "Take Me Back" and vice versa.
In November 2023, Riegling performed "Old Dirt Roads" with an acoustic guitar on the American television channel RFD-TV during an appearance on one of their shows. [6] In February 2024, Riegling performed the song at the 2024 NHL All-Star Game Skills Competition at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario .
The late '90s Blackstreet/Dr. Dre hit may have inspired the song they were about to write, but aside from a super-infectious hook, the two songs couldn't be more different.
In June 2023, Riegling signed a record deal with Universal Music Canada and released his debut radio single "Love (The Sweater Song)". [2] [10] He was also nominated for "Rising Star" at the CMA Ontario Awards. [11] In August 2023, Riegling released the song "Old Dirt Roads", which later became his second single at Canadian country radio.