“Area Code 615” were an American
progressive country rock band from Nashville, active in the late 1960s and
early 1970s. The band took its name from the area code, which covered all of
middle and eastern Tennessee at the time. The band consisted of Mac Gayden
(lead guitar and vocals), Wayne Moss (guitar and bass), Kenny Buttrey (Drums),
David Briggs (Keyboards), Bobby Thompson (Banjo and guitar), Buddy Spicher
(Violin), Ken Lauber (Keyboards). Their most famous song was "Stone Fox
Chase", used as the theme for the British Broadcasting Corporation's music
program “The Old Gray Whistle Test”.
Area Code 615 members Wayne Moss, Mac
Gayden and Kenny Buttrey went on to play with Nashville's Barefoot Jerry, while
David Briggs later worked with Elvis Presley and Joan Baez.
Their cover of "Classical
Gas", from their 1969 album of the same name, is sampled and featured in
Irish and British Guinness TV adverts.
Discography:
Album
1969 - Area Code 615
1970 - Trip In THe Country
Singles
1969 - Why Ask Why?
1969 - Ruby
1969 - Lady Madonna
1971 - Singer Makes The Scene At Murfreesboro Pumpkin
1972 - Stone Fox Chase
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