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Nashville West | |
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| Origin | California, United States |
| Genres | Country, country rock, folk rock, Bakersfield sound |
| Years active | 1967–69 |
| Past members | Gene Parsons Gib Guilbeau Clarence White Wayne Moore |
Nashville West was a short-lived American country rock quartet, that was briefly together in the late 1960s.[1] The group comprised multi-instrumentalist Gene Parsons, guitarist Clarence White, singer-guitarist-fiddler Gib Guilbeau and bassist Wayne Moore.[1] Parsons and White left the band to join The Byrds while Guilbeau and Parsons later joined the Flying Burrito Brothers.
Along with the International Submarine Band, The Byrds and The Flying Burrito Brothers, Nashville West was among the pioneering groups of the country rock genre.
An album by Nashville West was released in 1978, about ten years after the band had broken up. The material on the Nashville West album was recorded during a club date in 1968. The album was released again 2003 on Rev-ola, a division of Cherry Red Records.
- ^ a b Colin Larkin, ed. (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Concise ed.). Virgin Books. p. 889. ISBN 1-85227-745-9.