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Pure Prairie League

Pure Prairie League is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Little Feat, Kenny Loggins, Poco and Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. Those roots explain a lot about how Pure Prairie League arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Marshall Tucker Band, Firefall, Dave Mason, Atlanta Rhythm Section and Three Dog Night, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Lonestar, Reba McEntire and Vince Gill, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around Pure Prairie League, reaching back through Little Feat and forward to Lonestar. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

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, 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 multi-instrumentalist John Heinrich, 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.

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Pure Prairie LeagueLittle FeatKenny LogginsPocoNitty Gritty Dirt BandLonestarReba McEntireVince GillThe Marshall Tucker …FirefallDave MasonAtlanta Rhythm SectionThree Dog NightLittle River BandEngland Dan & John F…Seals & Crofts

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Pure Prairie League connections

Pure Prairie League grew out of Little Feat, Kenny Loggins, Poco and Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, shares an orbit with The Marshall Tucker Band, Firefall, Dave Mason and Atlanta Rhythm Section, went on to shape Lonestar, Reba McEntire and Vince Gill. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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