 The nitty gritty dirt band finally made their stop in Bemidji tonight and fans will tell you the show was definitely the American dream. Reporter Cheryl Moore takes us into the show. It was a packed house in the Bemidji High School auditorium as the nitty gritty dirt band took center stage. We're really happy to be in Bemidji again coming back to Bemidji's beautiful town and being here this time of year is awesome. Got to walk around the lake a little bit today, very cool. Now we had our ghosts of wild rice were good. The band has been together for 52 years and tonight fans got a special treat with a few new members added to the lineup. This summer we're having a great time we got a couple new guys in the band my son Jamie Hannah and a buddy of ours Ross Holmes there's a great fiddler and mandolin player and we're uh that's opened up some real great opportunity opportunities for us. Music and musically. Yeah yeah. There are more than a few pairs of cowboy boots in the crowds. Fans say they were just excited to hear some of their favorite songs played live. It's a band we've listened to for a long time love their music great sound they were actually I think a little ahead of their time but they endure and that's the name of the game in this business. As a family listening to the older country music Mr. Bojangles you know an American dream um fishing in the dark but it was just a staple in our household was was country music so I'm excited to see him again and I want to share that with my daughter Katie. And tonight's show also doubled as a fundraiser for Lakeland PBS which the band says they were more than happy to help out with. We love PBS I just want to tell you that uh we were really excited when they picked up our special Circle and Back live from the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville that we did a little while back and uh it's been a great opportunity for us to you know sort of give back to PBS. Reporting of Bemidji, Charlmore, Lakeland News. That concert at Bemidji High School tonight the next Lakeland PBS concert will be Celtic Thunder in October. We have ticket information on our website at lptv.org. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.