Pure Prairie League
Country-rock band from Cincinnati, Ohio.
Pure Prairie League I (1971 - 1972)
  • Craig Lee Fuller - guitar/vocals - formerly with Tree and J.D. Blackfoot.
  • George Ed Powell - guitar/vocals
  • Jim Lanham - bass/vocals
  • John David Call - steel guitar
  • Jim "Koffe" Caughlan - drums
Album:
  1. "Pure Prairie League" (1972) - Great debut album with some of the best country-rock you'll ever hear.  Wonderful instrumentation with very crisp guitar and great harmonies...this album is WAY TOO SHORT!  You need this.  Standouts are "Tears", "Take It Before You Go", and "Harmony Song", but there's not a weak cut on the album.  Reissued in 1997 on CD combined with their fourth album (see Compilations).
Pure Prairie League II (1972 - 1975)
  • Craig Lee Fuller - guitar/bass/vocals
  • George Ed Powell - guitar/vocals
  • William Frank (aka, Billy) Hinds - drums
Album:
  1. "Bustin' Out" (1972) - Single: "Falling In and Out of Love / Amie" - Without question one of the greatest country-rock albums ever made, by anybody.  Like their first album, this album is too short.  Favorite cuts are "Jazzman", "Angel No. 9", "Early Morning Riser", "Falling In and Out of Love", "Amie", and "Boulder Skies", but (like their 1st album) there is no fluff on here.  After this album, Craig Lee Fuller left and the band was never the same.  Buy this...you won't regret it.
Craig Lee Fuller forms American Flyer (with Steve Katz, formerly of Blood, Sweat and Tears, and Eric Kaz, formerly of The Blues Magoos), later forms Fuller and Kaz (with Eric Kaz, formerly of The Blues Magoos), and later joins Little Feat.
Pure Prairie League III(1975 - 1977)
  • George Ed Powell - guitar/vocals
  • Larry Goshorn - guitar - formerly with Sacred Mushroom.
  • John David Call - steel guitar/banjo/dobro
  • Michael Connor - keyboards
  • Michael Reilly - bass
  • William Frank (aka, Billy) Hinds - drums
Albums:
  1. "Two Lane Highway" (1975)
  2. "Dance" (1976)
  3. "If the Shoe Fits" (1976) - Reissued in 1997 on CD combined with their 1st album (see Compilations).
  4. "Live Takin' the Stage" (1977)
Pure Prairie League IV (1977 - 1978)
  • George Ed Powell - guitar/vocals
  • Larry Goshorn - guitar
  • Michael Connor - keyboards
  • Michael Reilly - bass/vocals
  • William Frank (aka, Billy) Hinds - drums
  • Tim Goshorn - guitar/vocals
Album:
  1. "Just Fly" (1978)
Pure Prairie League V(1978 - 1979)
  • Vince Gill - guitar/banjo/dobro/violin/vocals - formerly with bluegrass band Sundance (with Byron Berline and Dan Crary).
  • Michael Connor - keyboards/synthesizer
  • Michael Reilly - bass/vocals
  • William Frank (aka, Billy) Hinds - drums
  • Patrick Bolen - guitar/vocals
Album:
  1. "Can't Hold Back" (1979)
Pure Prairie League VI (1979 - ? )
  • Vince Gill - guitar/banjo/dobro/violin/vocals
  • Michael Connor - keyboards/synthesizer
  • Michael Reilly - bass/vocals
  • William Frank (aka, Billy) Hinds - drums
  • Jeff Wilson - guitar/vocals
Album:
  1. "Firin' Up" (1980) - Single: "Let Me Love You Tonight"
  2. "Something in the Night" (1981)
Vince Gill goes solo and becomes a mega-famous country star.
Compilations:
  1. "Amie and Other Hits" (1992)
  2. "Best of Pure Prairie League" (1995)
  3. "Pure Prairie League / If the Shoe Fits" (2-fer) (1997) - reissue of 1st and 5th albums on a single CD.
  4. "Concert Classics Vol. 1" (live) (1999)
  5. "Greatest Hits" (1999)
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Last Revised:  March 5, 2004
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