The following was written by a man named Michael Simmons. I don't know him, never met him, and don't necessarily agree with anything he has to say below. I just thought you might be interested in reading it, okay??
Love and kisses,
Jim

"Pure Prairie League was one of the best bands in the second wave of country rockers that followed in the wake of the Byrds and Gram Parsons. The band was formed in Cincinnati in 1971 by Craig Lee Fuller, George Powell, Jim Lanham, and Tom McGrail, who named the group after a woman's temperance group from the Errol Flynn movie
"Dodge City." By the time their self-titled first album was released, McGrail had left the band, which started an ongoing trend of personnel changes that plagued the band throughout its life span. Their second record, which was released in 1972, was entitled Bustin' Out, and it included the song "Amie," which quickly became a concert favorite. Their label was a little slow on the uptake, and when they finally got around to releasing a single of it in 1975, it made it to the Top Forty pop charts. Bustin' Out also included string arrangements by David Bowie's guitarist Mick Ronson. Over the next few years, band members continued to come and go, hampering the band's ability to maintain a consistent sound. In 1979, replacement guitarist Larry Goshorn was replaced by a 22-year-old Vince Gill, who sang on the band's biggest hit, "Let Me Love You Tonight." The Pure Prairie League continued to perform until 1987, when it finally broke up for good.

By Michael Simmons (not Jim Cohen)

[This message was edited by Jim Cohen - not Michael Simmons - on 02 October 2000 at 10:30 AM.]

Saw them with Vince Gill the same year that pop song(Let Me Love You..) came out. I think Vince was playing a black LP Custom then.

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I love those two albums Vince did with PPL. He played some of the best Larry Carlton type rock and roll guitar I have ever heard (and did some killer dobro parts, as well).

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kd...and the beat goes on...

I have the intro to "Out on the Street" on Dick's Licks in the web site-when Dick and I worked it out, I posted for Call's whereabouts, and no one seemed to know.

Cage is in town, and I'll be seeing him tomorrow-maybe he's got a clue.

John

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