EXILE

EXILE (1980s lineup: J. P. Pennington [gtr, voc]; Sonny LeMaire [b, voc]; Les Taylor [gtr, voc]; Marlon Hargis [kybds]; Steve Goetzman [drms]) Exile was a glitzy pop-rock group of the 1970s who successfully transformed themselves into a glitzy country-pop group of the 1980s, and brought an arena-rock-sensibility into the country fold. The band was founded way back in 1963 as The Exiles, a pop-rock group. One of the original members was J. P. Pennington , who actually has impeccable country…