This band was formed in 1970. In 1972, they released two albums, "Pure Prairie League" and "Bustin' Out." The latter contained the song "Amie." That song has "classic" written all over it, but it wasn't a hit in 1972. However, it would become a Top Forty hit in the U.S. when it was released as a single in 1975.
Craig Fuller wrote and sang "Amie" and most of the songs on those first two albums. Unfortunately, in early 1973, Fuller was charged with draft evasion in Kentucky. He had to leave the band to serve six months in prison. When his time was finished, he decided to do something other than music for a while. (He would eventually rejoined the band in later stints, starting in 1985.) With Fuller gone, the band was dropped by their record label.
It took a while for the band to recover from these blows. They toured very frequently, and built up a following. That finally led to a new album, "Two Lane Highway," in 1975, as well as the popular release of "Amie" that I mentioned above. The band would have later revivals, especially in the late 1970s and early 1980s when their lead singer was Vince Gill.
Given all that history, this concert took place while the band was still trying to rebuild after the loss of Fuller and the record contract, plus other personnel turnover. They played a fair number of song's from the band's first two albums. But I was surprised that I only noticed one song, "I'll Fix Your Flat Tire, Merle," that would appear on the band's 1975 album. I'm not sure about some other songs, since I don't know this band's material that well. I'm guessing some songs never appeared on any of their studio albums in that era.
This album is an hour and ten minutes long.
The music is unreleased. The sound quality is excellent.
01 talk (Pure Prairie League)
02 Amie (Pure Prairie League)
03 talk (Pure Prairie League)
04 I've Just Seen a Face (Pure Prairie League)
05 Brand New Tennessee Waltz (Pure Prairie League)
06 talk (Pure Prairie League)
07 In and Out of Town (Pure Prairie League)
08 talk (Pure Prairie League)
09 Harmony Song (Pure Prairie League)
10 talk (Pure Prairie League)
11 Country Song (Pure Prairie League)
12 talk (Pure Prairie League)
13 Early Morning Riser - Jazzman (Pure Prairie League)
14 talk (Pure Prairie League)
15 Fool for You (Pure Prairie League)
16 talk (Pure Prairie League)
17 I'll Fix Your Flat Tire, Merle (Pure Prairie League)
18 talk (Pure Prairie League)
19 It's Not Love, but It's Not Bad (Pure Prairie League)
20 talk (Pure Prairie League)
21 Tears (Pure Prairie League)
22 talk (Pure Prairie League)
23 Sugar Babe (Pure Prairie League)
24 It's All on Me (Pure Prairie League)
25 talk (Pure Prairie League)
26 Bring It with You (Pure Prairie League)
27 Leave My Heart Alone (Pure Prairie League)
28 talk (Pure Prairie League)
29 Lose My Blues (Pure Prairie League)
30 talk (Pure Prairie League)
31 You're Between Me (Pure Prairie League)
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It's very hard to find a good photo of the band from around this time period. The best I could do was take a screenshot from an appearance on "Don Kirshner's Rock Concert" in 1977.
Craig, I believe got community service for Consciences Objector. I knew him in the 70s when I was a student coffeehouse producer and tried to get him to perform. I met him at the hospital where he was working. The Goshorn brothers, Larry and Tim were the replacements and Mike Reilly was the bassist. Mike kept the band going all those years.
ReplyDeleteYeah, there's some more about this at the band's Wikipedia page, including a mention of him working at a hospital. I simplified things a bit. But read more here:
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