Best Songs for Earth Day: "Fishing in the Dark" by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

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Even though this song is not about saving the earth, the lyrics conjure up the kind of nature scene that saving the earth is all about.

The first verse paints a picture of a warm summer night with a lazy yellow moon, trees, and lightning bugs floating on the breeze.

In addition, it has a nice catchy tune. It's available for free download from Freegal.

Some of the members of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band live in Colorado, and we've had a chance to see them fairly often, especially strings player John McCuen.

During one concert he told us about an argument he had with his brother about whether or not the banjo was a cool instrument. His brother finally ended the argument by saying, "If the banjo was a cool instrument, the Beatles would have used it."

Beatles or not, I think the banjo is a cool instrument. And it sounds especially cool when Nitty Gritty plays it.