FAIRLANES
L to R: Don Jackson, Ken Sanders, Doug Yoder, Dan Boone, Jack Jackson, Bill Graves (seated) 
L to R: Don Jackson, Ken Sanders, Doug Yoder, Dan Boone, Jack Jackson, Bill Graves (seated)
Nashville, Tennessee
THE ORIGINAL FAIRLANES
There were actually TWO bands called the Fairlanes. Tommy Allbert's band - and Danny Boone's band. They peacefully co-existed during the timeframe 1964 to 1968. I was in Dan Boone's group, playing bass. Our line up in 1966-1967 was; Danny Boone, guitar; Jim Tate, drums; Lehman Keith, bass; Jack Jackson, tenor sax; Tommy Smith, trumpet; Gene Golden, organ and lead vocals. Prior to Gene, lead singer was Robert Knight, who left the band after his regional hit written by Buzz Cason, "Everlasting Love" (later a hit by Carl Carlton and then once again a bit hit by Bono and U2). Submitted by Lee Keith
n 1970, Dan Boone decided to end the confusion that had existed by having TWO different Nashville bands that were booking as the"Fairlanes". The following line-up lasted on into the eighties and it was: Dan Boone, guitar and vocals; Jack Jackson, bass and vocals; Doug Yoder, trumpet and keyboards; Don Jackson, saxophone; Bill Graves, trombone and lead vocals: and Ken Sanders, drums and lead vocals. This immediately gained popularity performing hits by Blood, Sweet and Tears; Chicago; and other horn band oriented songs. They also backed up Robert Knight and Clifford Currey on a regular basis. For a while they called themselves Odyssey, before switching back to the Fairlanes
Left to right:
Jimmy Miller, Tenor Sax
Tommy Allbert, Vocalist
Randy Allen, Drums
Larry Taylor, Guitar
Jimmy Mullins, Bass