Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's first No.1 song on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart, released in 1984 as the lead single from their album "Plain Dirt Fashion."<br /><br />"Long Hard Road (The Sharecropper's Dream)",written by Country songwriter Rodney Crowell, is told through the eyes of the son of a sharecropper, who was forced to work long hours for little pay and tells of how his dreams take him to a better life.<br /><br />This performance was recorded live at Church Street Station in Orlando, Florida.
