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John Lincoln Wright was an American country-rock musician and member of the Sour Mash Boys.
Early life and education
[edit]Wright was born in Boston, Massachusetts[1] and grew up in Maine.[2]
Career
[edit]Wright began his career as a rock musician in the 1960s. While attending Boston College, Wright joined a band that had just lost its lead singer. The group renamed itself the Beacon Street Union and played its first gig in 1966. The group was signed by MGM Records and its album The Eyes Of The Beacon Street Union reaching No. 75 on Billboard.[1]
After a few years of playing with Beacon Street Union, Wright returned home to Maine and began writing country songs. He returned to Main in 1972 and began performing.[1]
Wright was an original member of the Sour Mash Boys, a group that included him on vocals, John McDonald on guitar, Ed Hughes on drums, Ray Jacques on bass, and Bill Henderson on electric violin.[2] He remained a member of the group through over 100 personnel changes through the decades it performed.[2]
From Draft:Hillbilly Ranch - The club caught fire in 1980 and was re-opened a month later. The incident was memorialized in the song "They Tore Down the Hillbilly Ranch" by John Lincoln Wright.[3] The Hillbilly Ranch finally closed in 1980 after the city took the land through eminent domain and Segalini was unable to secure a liquor license at another location.[4]
Awards
[edit]- 1989 - Boston Music Awards - Outstanding Country Act (John Lincoln Write & The Sour Mash Boys)[5]
- 1992 - SAA - SAA[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Bernstein, Joel (November 1997). "John Lincoln Wright keeps on ticking Print". Country Standard Time. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
- ^ a b c Henderson, Bill (28 December 2012). "John Lincoln Wright". Music Museum of New England. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
BluegrassBookwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Frank Segalini was proprietor of Hillbilly Ranch nightclub". The Boston Globe. Newspapers.com. 22 April 1992. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ "Boston Music Awards 1989". Boston Music Awards. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
- ^ "Boston Music Awards 1992". Boston Music Awards. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
External links
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maybe DYK - Oil Can Boyd song "The Ballad of Oil Can Boyd" played at a Boston game. -https://www.google.com/books/edition/Can_You_Believe_It/qLUiaEyT_lMC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22John+Lincoln+Wright%22&pg=PA166&printsec=frontcover - - https://vault.si.com/vault/1985/06/03/they-get-a-kick-from-the-can