McEuen, John. THE LIFE I'VE PICKED. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2018. 1st edition. 328 pp., paperback. Illustrated. The banjo player and multi-instrumentalist’s musical life in and out of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. The group attained moderate commercial success, but was very influential through their Will the Circle Be Unbroken album in the 1970s. Interesting reading. New.