I grew up in Waverly, Ohio where PPL had their origins. John Call lived around the corner from us and was one of my older brother's best friends when we were in school. Craig Fuller's Aunt Mid was my mother's best friend until she died in the late 80's/early 90's from cancer. Jim Coughlin went to the same church as us (St. Mary's) and quite often after mass we would go to the Coughlin's house along with a bunch of other women for a coffee klatch. I remember Craig being in a local band called The Swiss Navy and also The Omars. Both groups were great.

If anyone is ever in Chillicothe, Ohio on a Tuesday night, you need to go to The Dock on Water St. John Call plays there now with a group called Loose Pockets, and they are wonderful!

Posted by Jo Ann Taylor on Saturday, 03/2/2013 @ 16:01pm

I am in India. It was in 1967 when I joined Indian Navy that I got exposed to "Pop" music. I was so enamoured by Elvis that I had decided to christen my future first-born Elvis. My obsession enabled me to learn about and listen to 1000s of groups thanks to BBC, VOA, Radio Australia and Radio Kuwait who never once, as far as I know, played PPL. Pink Floyd, Gordon Lightfoot, Lobo, the Beatles, the Stones,Simon&Garfunkel, Elton John, CCR, CSN&Y and 100s of bands became favorites. I had never heard of PPL until last year. It was by sheer chance I happened upon it. I now count Amie, Sun shone Lightly and Long Cold Winter as the first three best songs of all songs. I listen the three songs, believe me, 10 to 15 times daily. The day I chanced upon PPL is the most memorable day of my life after the usual days for remembrance.

Posted by Asokan on Monday, 06/16/2014 @ 00:17am

I have been in many bands over the years in the Toledo area with one of the guys from Swiss Navy we even played the high school reunion party in Waverly with another member of the Swiss Navy / PPL bands I think all of them were great musicians.

Posted by LENNIE on Friday, 08/29/2014 @ 02:11am

I first heard John David Call in 1976 in a small club in New York. Many more shows followed and as he rejoined PPL a few years ago I saw him 5 more times and he is truly a gifted, innovative pedal steel master. There have been countless gifted steel players throughout the decades past and present and he is right at the top with the very best.

Posted by Dan Hildreth on Sunday, 09/28/2014 @ 03:28am

Pure Prairie League is still touring! Just saw them about 2 months ago in NC with Charlie Daniels, the Outlaws, and Marshall Tucker. PPL sounded fantastic! Had no idea they were still together. Going to keep an eye out for other concerts. They were rockin, and even had some new songs they said to be recorded soon. I'm a new huge fan! Please put them in the Hall!!!!! Their origins are a huge part of music history.
Greg

Posted by Greg on Saturday, 12/16/2017 @ 11:25am

This is an insanely underrated group. True, the cast changes but the songs are great. This is a band that does great creative music while maintaining the air of a roadhouse band. Admittedly there is some saccharin but if you ignore that 10% you have one of the the best country rock band ever. Really.

Posted by A. Squaretail on Friday, 01/14/2022 @ 18:40pm

They should be inducted into the Hall of Fame. One of the problems is, they have so many reincarnations and band members at one time or another, how would they work the induction and choose who would play what songs? They'd need 2 or 3 separate versions of the band playing songs during the induction ceremony. Cofounder Craig Fuller wasn't even with the band by the time Amie finally scored as a hit, even though the original band members first recorded it.

Posted by MarkO on Thursday, 07/28/2022 @ 11:14am