Muscle Shoals Nitty Gritty

Muscle Shoals Nitty Gritty is a 1970 album by jazz flutist Herbie Mann. It was released on Mann's Embryo Records label, and distributed by Cotillion Records, a division of Atlantic Records.

Track listing
Side One Side Two
 * 1) "Muscle Shoals Nitty Gritty" (Mann) (6:47)
 * 2) "Claudia Pie" (Mann) (4:38)
 * 3) "Can You Dig It" (Ed Birdsong) (5:51)
 * 1) "Blind Willy" (Sonny Sharrock) (4:47)
 * 2) "Come Together" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) (10:00)
 * 3) "Panama Red's Panama Hat" (Mann) (5:11)

"Come Together"

 * Herbie Mann - flute
 * Roy Ayers - vibes
 * Eddie Hinton - guitar
 * Barry Beckett - piano
 * David Hood & Miroslav Vitouš - bass
 * Roger Hawkins & Bruno Carr - drums

"Panama Red's Panama Hat”

 * As above, with Eddie Hinton - bottleneck guitar, Jimmy Johnson (also engineer) added on guitar

Other selections

 * Herbie Mann - flute
 * Richard Waters - drums
 * Andrew Love & Ed Logan - tenor saxophone
 * James Mitchell - baritone saxophone
 * Wayne Jackson - trumpet
 * Roy Ayers - vibes
 * Eddie Hinton - guitar
 * Barry Beckett - piano
 * David Hood - bass
 * Roger Hawkins - drums

"Can You Dig It"

 * As above, with Jimmy Johnson - guitar

"Blind Willy"

 * As above, with Roger Hawkins on Jews harp, replaced by Bruno Carr on drums
 * Album photography - Joel Brodsky
 * Album design - Haig Adishian

Production

 * Recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studios, Muscle Shoals, Alabama
 * Jimmy Johnson & Marlin Green - Recording engineers
 * Tom Dowd - Producer

Charting
The album peaked at #9 on the Billboard Jazz Album chart.