Pure Prairie League comes to Newton

From their beginnings in mid-Sixties Ohio as a group of friends playing cover tunes to the present-day unit featuring founding member/pedal-steel innovator John David Call, veteran bassist Mike Reilly, drummer Scott Thompson and guitarist Donnie Clark, Pure Prairie League continues to embellish their 43-year history of country rock. They point to a description of themselves as having a sound that “combines sweet memories with edgy, contemporary muscle. Their vocals are as strong as Kentucky moonshine and the musicianship and performance skills are as sharp as a straight razor”.

Now in their fifth decade, Pure Prairie League finds themselves amid a new generation of country/rockers such as Keith Urban, Nickel Creek, Wilco, Counting Crows and others.