Inland audiences will get a taste of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's upcoming CD in their concert Wednesday at Soboba Casino.

Founding member Jeff Hanna said in a phone interview that the band would include songs from "Speed of Life" in its set. The album will be released Sept. 22 by Sugar Hill Records.

Hanna describes it as recorded live in studio over two five-day periods with a minimum of overdubs.

He said most of his favorite tracks are in the live show.

"There's a song called 'The Resurrection,' really cool tune. It's the story of a small town that's gone through some hard times and is struggling to come back. Another song, 'Speed of Life, by our friend Gary Scruggs wrote, is about paying attention, as much as you can -- living in the moment because it all goes by so quickly."

Hanna said the band, which has seen many changes in its 40-year-plus history, his in touch with its roots without ignoring the decades that followed.

"We've kind of shifted the set around in the last couple of years. It's more like the music we played in the early '70s than in was in the '80s and '90s, with a bit more emphasis on the rootsier stuff, which

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