
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 Randy Harper, guitarist Jeff Zona and bassist Jared Camic. Among the other notable past musicians to have played with Pure Prairie League include guitarists Vince Gill, Gary Burr and Curtis Wright.
Links to Peel[]
Peel first played the group's records in the summer of 1972 on his radio programmes and would often mention on his shows that their song 'Take It Before You Go' had his favourite guitar duets or solo of all time.
Shows Played[]
- 25 August 1972: Woman (LP - Pure Prairie League) RCA Victor
- 29 August 1972: Tears (LP - Pure Prairie League) RCA Victor
- 08 September 1972: Take It Before You Go (LP - Pure Prairie League) RCA Victor
- 09 November 1972: Take It Before You Go (LP - Pure Prairie League) RCA Victor
- 1973
- 21 June 1973: Take It Before You Go (LP - Pure Prairie League) RCA Victor
- 03 July 1973: Country Song (LP – Pure Prairie League) RCA
- 1976
- DE Tape 7 Peel 1976: Take It Before You Go (album - Pure Prairie League) RCA Victor
- 1989
- 01 March 1989: Take It Before You (LP - Pure Prairie League) RCA Victor
- 2000
- 19 October 2000: Take It Before You Go (LP - Pure Prairie League) RCA Victor