Area Code 615 (band)
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Area Code 615 | |
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| Origin | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 1969–1971[1] |
| Label | |
| Spinoffs | Barefoot Jerry |
| Past members | Kenny Buttrey Wayne Moss David Briggs Mac Gayden Charlie McCoy Weldon Myrick Norman Putnam Buddy Spicher Bobby Thompson |
Area Code 615 was an American supergroup from Nashville, Tennessee,[1][2] consisting primarily of younger session musicians.[1]
They took their name from the telephone area code, which at the time covered all of Central and Eastern Tennessee.[1][3] Although their recording "Stone Fox Chase" was used as the theme of the BBC's music program The Old Grey Whistle Test,[3][4] the band found difficulty getting respect from either conservative country music audiences or the mainstream rock press.[1]
Area Code 615 recorded two albums, one instrumental and one with vocals, before disbanding.[1] Wayne Moss, along with Nashville session steel guitarist Russ Hicks, formed Barefoot Jerry to continue Area Code 615's progressive country rock style.[1] Mac Gayden, and Kenny Buttrey also played in the new band.[3]
Musicians
[edit]- Mac Gayden – Lead guitar, vocals (died 2025)
- Charlie McCoy – Harmonica, vocals
- Bobby Thompson – Banjo, guitar (died 2005)
- Wayne Moss – Guitar, bass
- Buddy Spicher – Fiddle, viola, cello
- David Briggs – Keyboards
- Ken Lauber – Keyboards
- Norbert Putnam – Bass, cello
- Kenny Buttrey – Drums (died 2004)
- Weldon Myrick – Pedal steel guitar (died 2014)
- Elliot Mazer – Co-producer[3]
Discography
[edit]- Area Code 615, 1969 (the album peaked at No. 191 on the Billboard Top LPs during a four-week stay on the chart).[5]
- Trip in the Country, 1970
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Carlin, Richard (February 25, 2014). Country Music: A Biographical Dictionary. Routledge. p. 9. ISBN 9781135361044 – via Google Books.
formed Barefoot Jerry to continue the progressive country-rock style of Area Code 615
- 1 2 "Area Code 615 | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
- 1 2 3 4 Colin Larkin, ed. (1993). The Guinness Who's Who of Country Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. pp. 21/22. ISBN 0-85112-726-6.
- ↑ Fiegel, Eddi (October 2011). "Wayne Moss: Cinderella Sound, Nashville". Sound On Sound. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1996). Top LPs, 1955–1996. Record Research. p. 12. Retrieved 2025-07-10.
External links
[edit]- Area Code 615 discography at Discogs
| International | |
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| National | |
| Artists | |
- American country rock groups
- Country music groups from Tennessee
- Rock music groups from Tennessee
- 1969 establishments in Tennessee
- 1971 disestablishments in Tennessee
- Musical groups from Nashville, Tennessee
- Musical groups established in 1969
- Musical groups disestablished in 1971
- Polydor Records artists
- Progressive country musicians