Make a Little Magic

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Make a Little Magic

Studio album by

The Dirt Band

Released

1980

Genre

Length

34:18

Label

United Artists

Producer

Jeff Hanna, Bob Edwards

The Dirt Band chronology

An American Dream
(1979)

Make a Little Magic
(1980)

Jealousy
(1981)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

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

"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

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

Producer – Jeff Hanna and Bob Edwards

Chart performance

Chart (1980)	Peak position
US Billboard 200	62
Canadian RPM Country Albums	12
Canadian RPM Top Albums	64

References

All information is from the album liner notes unless otherwise noted^[3]

^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Allmusic review". Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-01-05.
^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 177.
^ Make A Little Magic, The Dirt Band, Liberty (1980) CD

v t e Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Jeff Hanna Ross Holmes Jim Photoglo Jackson Browne Chris Darrow Jimmy Ibbotson Bernie Leadon John McEuen
Studio albums	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Ricochet Rare Junk Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy All the Good Times Stars & Stripes Forever Symphonion Dream The Dirt Band An American Dream Make a Little Magic Jealousy Let's Go Plain Dirt Fashion Partners, Brothers and Friends Hold On Workin' Band The Rest of the Dream Not Fade Away Acoustic The Christmas Album Bang, Bang, Bang Welcome to Woody Creek Speed of Life
Collaboration albums	Will the Circle Be Unbroken Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Volume Two Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Volume III
Live albums	Alive Live Two Five
Compilation albums	Dirt, Silver and Gold Twenty Years of Dirt More Great Dirt
Singles	"Mr. Bojangles" "House at Pooh Corner" "I Saw the Light" "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)" "The Battle of New Orleans" "All I Have to Do Is Dream" "An American Dream" "Dance Little Jean" "Long Hard Road (The Sharecropper's Dream)" "I Love Only You" "High Horse" "Modern Day Romance" "Home Again in My Heart" "Partners, Brothers and Friends" "Fire in the Sky" "Baby's Got a Hold on Me" "Fishin' in the Dark" "Oh What a Love" "Workin' Man (Nowhere to Go)" "I've Been Lookin'" "Down That Road Tonight" "Turn of the Century" "And So It Goes" "When It's Gone" "From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come)" "I Fought the Law"
Other songs	"King Tut" "Joe Knows How to Live" "Bless the Broken Road"
Related articles	Discography Members

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