Pure Prairie League | |
|---|---|
 Pure Prairie League in 2010 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Waverly, Ohio, United States |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 1970–1988, 1998–2002, 2004–present |
| Labels | RCA, Casablanca, Thirty Tigers |
| Members |
|
| Past members | See List of members |
| Website | pureprairieleague |
Pure Prairie League is an American country rock band which featured in its original lineup, singer and guitarist Craig Fuller, drummer Tom McGrail and steel guitarist John David Call, all from Waverly in southern Ohio. Fuller started the band in 1970 and McGrail named it after a fictional 19th century temperance union featured in the 1939 Errol Flynn cowboy film Dodge City. In 1975 the band scored its biggest hit with the single "Amie", a track that originally appeared on their 1972 album Bustin' Out. Pure Prairie League scored five consecutive Top 40 LPs in the 1970s and added a sixth in the 1980s. They disbanded in 1988 but regrouped in 1998 and continue to perform. The line-up has been fluid over the years, with no one member having served over the band's entire history. The band's most recent line-up consists of Call, drummer Scott Thompson, keyboardist/guitarist Randy Harper, guitarist Jeff Zona and bassist Jared Camic. Other notable musicians to have played with Pure Prairie League include guitarists Vince Gill, Gary Burr and Curtis Wright.
- ^ McArdle, Terence (July 26, 2011). "Dan Peek, a founder of soft-rock band America, dies". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 21, 2014.