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Ozark Mountain Daredevils

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With eight albums selling over two million records and worldwide hits like "Jackie Blue" and "If You Want To Get To Heaven" the Ozark Mountain Daredevils have come a long way from the Missouri bars and porches where their music was born. It all began for the Daredevils in 1971 when a collection of singer songwriters from the Springfield area put together a band as an outlet for their songwriting. They Played their first gig near the end of 1971 and, in the spring of the following year, went into the studio to make a demo tape. The tape came to the attention of David Anderle at A&M Records, who liked what he heard and passed the tape on to A&M president, Jerry Moss. This resulted in the band signing to A&M with Anderle and Glyn Johns producing, thus the Daredevils were off to London to Make their first album at the famed Olympic Studios. This first album contained the smash hit "If You Wanna Get To Heaven" written by Cash and Dillon, and produced a gold album. The pop"Jackie Blue", written by Cash and Larry Lee, came from the second album "It’ll Shine When It Shines", and was a top-five worldwide record.The band has made subsequent albums, and continues to build their audience through records and touring across the U.S. and Canada, performing for their large cult following. The band was described by Rolling Stone Magazine as "A mixture of Country, Appalchia, the south, and Rock & Roll".

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Member Since: 4/7/2006
Band Website: ozarkdaredevils.com/
Band Members: ORIGINAL BAND)-John Dillon - (vocals, guitars, mandolin, fiddle, piano, harp, autoharp, dulcimer, jawbone, percussion, keyboards) Mike 'Supe' Granda - (vocals, bass, acoustic guitar, mandolin, percussion, chicken squawks) Buddy Brayfield - (vocals, oboe, piano, harpsichord, organ, percussion, electric piano) Randle Chowning (vocals, lead electric & acoustic guitars, harp, national steel, mandolin) Steve Cash (vocals, harp, percussion, harpsichord) Larry Lee - (vocals, drums, acoustic guitar, synthesizer, piano, percussion, saw, saw & board).ADDITIONAL MEMBERS)-Bill Brown (deceased) - (vocals, lead guitar, acoustic guitars) Ron Gremp - (drums, percussion) Steve Canaday (deceased) - (vocals, drums, guitar, bass, 'fair witness') Rune Walle - (vocals, guitars, sitar, banjo) Jerry Mills - (mandolin) Ruell Chappell - (vocals, keyboards) D. Clinton Thompson - (lead guitar) Terry Wilson - (lead guitar)
Influences: Come check out the Ozark Mountain daredevils Group/Forum,We are here, http://groups.myspace.com/eelawson
Sounds Like: The eagles, the Flying Burrito Brothers
Record Label: New Era productions
Type of Label: Indie