Area Code 615
OriginNashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Genres
Years active1969–1973

Area Code 615 was an American progressive country rock band from Nashville, active in the late 1960s and early 1970s, taking their name from the telephone area code, which at the time covered all of Central and Eastern Tennessee.[2] The band was made up of session musicians, recording only two albums before resuming normal session work. Several of the members were backing musicians for Bob Dylan's Blonde on Blonde and Nashville Skyline albums[3] plus recordings by Billy Swan and The Monkees. They also backed Linda Ronstadt on her Silk Purse album.

Their best known work was "Stone Fox Chase", which was used as the theme to the British Broadcasting Corporation's music programme The Old Grey Whistle Test.[2]

Area Code 615 members Wayne Moss, Mac Gayden and Kenny Buttrey went on to play with Nashville-based Barefoot Jerry,[2] while David Briggs later worked with Elvis Presley and Joan Baez.

Their cover of "Classical Gas", from their self-titled 1969 album, is sampled and featured in Irish and UK Guinness TV commercials.

Musicians

Discography

  • Area Code 615, 1969
  • Linda Ronstadt, Silk Purse, 1970
  • Trip in the Country, 1970

References

  1. 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
  2. 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.
  3. "Area Code 615 | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
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