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Area Code 615

Band, 1969-1971 US
Rock and R&B/Soul

Area Code 615 was the name of a Nashville country rock band 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. 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 and on recordings by Billy Swan.Their cover of "Classical Gas", from their self-titled 1969 album, is sampled and featured in Irish and UK Guinness TV commercials.

Members

	Charlie McCoy h *1941 US
	Mac Gayden voc, g, frh *1941 US
	Weldon Myrick stg 1938-2014 US
	Norbert Putnam b, vc *1942 US
	Kenny Buttrey dr, perc 1945-2004 US
	Bobby Thompson bj, g 1937-2005 US
	Wayne Moss b, g *1938 US
	Buddy Spicher vn *1938 US
	David Briggs p *1943 US
	Ken Lauber p *1941 US