McGuffey Lane
is an American country rock band from Columbus, Ohio. McGuffey Lane was formed in 1972 by Terry Efaw and Steve Reis, who played together under the name Scotch & Soda. After adding vocalist and guitarist Bobby Gene McNelly, they renamed themselves McGuffey Lane, the location of Reis's Athens, Ohio home.
They eventually expanded to a sextet and became well-known locally, releasing their first album on their own Paradise Island record label. The LP sold over 40,000 copies, [1] and eventually resulted in their signing with Atco Records. They reissued the debut in 1980 and toured with the Charlie Daniels Band and the Allman Brothers Band. The follow-up, Aqua Dream
, featured the single "Start It All Over", which became a crossover pop hit, reaching #97 on the Billboard Hot 100. [2]
The group scored several minor hits on the country charts, but their label wanted to market them more as a pop-country act in the vein of Alabama. They moved to Atlantic Records in hopes of focusing on success on the country charts, but as they prepared 1984's Day By Day
, keyboardist Tebes Douglass was killed in a car crash. Soon after, Bobby Gene McNelly left the group to pursue a solo career, and around 1985 the group was dropped from Atlantic. In 1986, they released a Christmas album in support of the Central Ohio Lung Association; towards the end of the year they inked a sponsorship with Miller Beer, but a planned comeback fizzled.
The group played into the late 1980s but had dissolved by 1990. In 1995 they reunited after releasing a greatest hits album, and continued performing locally in Ohio into the 2000s. Two full-length releases followed the reunion, in 1998 and 2002. They also are the featured act at an annual Reunion show dubbed "Zachariah's Red Eye Reunion". Today, McGuffey Lane still performs 30-35 concerts annually.
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MCGUFFEY LANE TICKETS
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Members
- Terry Efaw - Steel Guitar,Gutstring Guitar,Electric Guitar
- Steve Reis - Bass,Vocals
- Molly Pauken- Mandolin,Acoustic Guitar,Vocals
- Jerry Cummings - Keyboards,Vocals
- Randy Huff - Drums,Vocals
- Kevin Reed- Harmonica,Vocals
- John Schwab - Lead Guitar,Lead Vocals
Former Members
- Bobby Gene McNelly - Lead Vocals,Acoustic Guitar
- Stephen "Tebes" Douglass - Keyboards,Harmonica,Vocals
- Dick Smith - Drums,Vocals
- Dave Rangeler- Drums,Vocals
- Tom Ingham- Acoustic Guitar,Harmonica,Vocals
- Delyn Christian- Harmonica,Vocals
- Casey McKeown- Keyboards
- Craig Goodwin- Acoustic Guitar,Vocals
- John Campigotto- Drums,Vocals
Zachariah's Red Eye Reunion
Every January,McGuffey Lane holds an annual reunion concert feat. many acts who also played at Zachariah's Red Eye Saloon. The first two Reunions were held at Villa Milano Banquet and Conference Center,located on Schrock Road on the NorthEast Side of Columbus,Ohio. After the initial two events,John Schwab(who is the organizer of the event) started looking for a larger venue to host the Reunion,as it had outgrown Villa Milano. He settled on Lifestyles Communities Pavilion(formerly Promowest Pavilion).Every year since,the event has set a new record for attendance. This years reunion,the 9th annual,set a new attendance record with a crowd of over 4,200. The 10th anniversary is slated to take place in January 2010.
Some acts who have taken part in the event are: McGuffey Lane, Rob McNelly(Son of original lead singer Bobby Gene McNelly and current Guitarist for Delbert McClinton), John David Call(Steel Guitar Player for Pure Prairie League), Steve Smith, Gary Ballen, Delyn Christian, Tom Ingham, Dan Orr Project
Discography
Albums
Year
| Title
| Chart positions
| Label
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US Country
| US
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1980
| McGuffey Lane
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| Atco
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The First Album
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Aqua Dream
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| 193
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1983
| Let the Hard Times Roll
| 61
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1984
| Day by Day
| 56
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| Atlantic
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1986
| McGuffey Lane Christmas
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| HCH
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1995
| Greatest Hits Live and More
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1998
| Call Me Lucky
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| Lick
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2002
| Wood
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Singles
Year
| Title
| Chart positions
| Album
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US Country
| US
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1981
| "Long Time Lovin' You"
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| 85
| Single only
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1982
| "Start It All Over"
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| 97
| Aqua Dream
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"Making a Living's Been Killing Me"
| 44
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| Let the Hard Times Roll
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1983
| "Doing It Right"
| 62
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1984
| "Day by Day"
| 44
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| Day by Day
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"The First Time"
| 63
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Album Listings
McGuffey Lane
1. People Like You
2. Long Time Lovin' You
3. Ain't No One (To Love You Like I Do)
4. Let Me Take You To The Rodeo
5. Green Country Mountains
6. Stagecoach
7. Music Man
8. Breakaway
9. Lady Autumn
10. Stay In Love With You
Aqua Dream
1. New Beginning
2. It Comes From The Heart
3. Dream About You
4. Tennessee
5. Don't You Think About Me (When I'm Gone)
6. Start It All Over
7. Fair Weather Friends
8. Fallin' Timber
9. Bar Of Rags: Black Mountain Rag /Tiger Rag /12th Street Rag(featuring a guest appearance by Charlie Daniels)
10. Outlaw Rider
Let The Hard Times Roll
1. Let the Hard Times Toll
2. Raining Inside and Out
3. If I Didn't Love You
4. Too Many Days
5. Making a Living's Been Killing Me
6. Doing It Right
7. Sunshine
8. You Wouldn't Give Up on Me
9. If You Were Mine
10. Never Say Forever
Day By Day
11. Day by Day
12. Keep Me Hangin' On
13. First Time
14. You've Got a Right
15. Lorianne
16. What'll You Do About Me
17. Wasted Love
18. Jamaica in My Mind
19. Hold on to the Night
20. The Legend
Greatest Hits, Live, and More
1. Ain't Life Funny
2. People Like You
3. Ain't No One (To Love You Like I Do)
4. Do You Think (We'll Ever Fall In Love)
5. Diana Might
6. Outlaw Rider
7. Let's Hold on to the Night
8. Long Time Lovin' You
9. Be a Friend of Mine
10. Green Country Mountains
11. The Legend
12. Rock 'n' Roll (Will Keep You Young)
13. A New Beginning(Demo)
14. Leavin' It All Behind(Demo
15. Black Mountain Rag(Demo)
Call Me Lucky
1. Kid with the Arrow
2. The Good in Goodbye
3. There's Only One of Us Now
4. When I Sing of You
5. What You've Got
6. Trains Make Me Lonesome
7. Call Me Lucky
8. Baby Don't Call Me Baby (Anymore)
9. Into the Mystic
10. The Good Times Tonight
Wood
1. Old Taylor
2. Steady As She Goes
3. Don't You Think About Me
4. Railroad Song
5. First Time
6. It Takes Time
7. Let's Go
8. On the Line
9. Runnin' Wild & Free
10. Lady Autumn
11. Nobody But a Fool
12. Cumberland Gap
13. 'Til the End
14. The Omen
Zachariah's Red Eye Reunion DVD
1. The Railroad Song
2. Don't you think about me (when I'm gone)
3. The Boys a Dancer
4. Wild and Free
5. Breakaway
6. Tennessee
7. Stagecoach
8. Stay (in love with you)
9. Rasputin
10. Outlaw Rider
11. On the Line
12. Rodeo
13. People Like You
14. Ain't no one
15. Green Country Mountain
16. Long Time Loving You
- Backstage Pass"(video interviews backstage)
- "Rock Of Ages" (Music video from 1990)
- "Bert" music video from 1994)and 'The First Time" (music video from 1983)
References
- Sandra Brennan, McGuffey Lane at Allmusic
- Billboard Singles, Allmusic