Mason Dixon

Mason Dixon was a rock-tinged country band from the '80s that was formed by New York native Frank Gilligan and Texan Rick Henderson, who adopted the band's name in tribute to their mixed Northern/Southern roots. The two met in college during the mid-'70s and started playing around southern Texas together; in 1979, onetime solo act Jerry Dengler, who was originally from Odessa, TX, joined the group to make it a trio. They hired several supporting musicians and attempted to mount a tour, but a shortage of bookings forced them to shed most of the additional lineup. A self-release...