Rick Price

America co-founder Gerry Beckley has found a clever way to sneak his new music into the America 50th anniversary shows.

2020 will mark the 50th anniversary of the band America. As founding members Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell prepare for a benchmark year, Australia and New Zealand have been chosen to kick off what is bound to be a year long round of celebration.

America co-founder Gerry Buckley has released new solo music. ‘Home Again’ is the first taste of Gerry’s album ‘Five Mile Road’ due in September.

Sons of U.S. servicemen stationed in England, Dewey Bunnell, Gerry Beckley and Dan Peek met in high school in 1967. The three teenagers ultimately formed a band that was inspired by the British Invasion.

September 2017 will mark the 50th anniversary of the release of Russell Morris’ first single ‘Heat Wave’ with Somebody’s Image. America’s first hit ‘A Horse With No Name’ popped up on the chart in 1972, 45 years ago. When America performed ‘A Horse With No Name’ with Morris in Melbourne Wednesday night there were 95 collective years of hitmakers on stage at the same time.

Russell Morris was on home turf this week, opening (and closing) for America.

Dewey Bunnell of America reveals his classic ‘A Horse With No Name’ had a different title right up until it was released and that the song wasn’t intended to be the band’s first single.