New Riders of the Purple Sage

American country rock band

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New Riders of the Purple Sage

New Riders of the Purple Sage in 2015. Left to right: Buddy Cage, Michael Falzarano, Johnny Markowski, David Nelson, Ronnie Penque.

Background information
Origin| San Francisco, California, U.S.
Genres|

* Progressive country[1]
* country rock

Years active| 1969–1997, 2005–2017
Labels|

* Columbia
* MCA
* A&M
* Relix

Members|

* David Nelson
* Michael Falzarano
* Ronnie Penque
* Johnny Markowski

Past members| See Lineups
Website| thenewriders.com

New Riders of the Purple Sage is an American country rock band. The group emerged from the psychedelic rock scene in San Francisco in 1969 and its original lineup included several members of the Grateful Dead.[2][3] The band is sometimes referred to as the New Riders or as NRPS.

## History

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### Origins: early 1960s–1969

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The roots of the New Riders can be traced back to the early 1960s Peninsula folk/beatnik scene centered on Stanford University's now-defunct Perry Lane housing complex in Menlo Park, California where future Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia often played gigs with like-minded guitarist David Nelson. The young John Dawson (also known as "Marmaduke") also played some concerts with Garcia, Nelson, and their compatriots while visiting relatives on summer vacation. Enamored of the sounds of Bakersfield-style country music, Dawson would turn his older friends on to the work of Merle Haggard and Buck Owens and provided a vital link between Timothy Leary's International Federation for Internal Freedom in Millbrook, New York (Dawson having boarded at the Millbrook School) and the Menlo Park bohemian coterie nurtured by Ken Kesey.

Inspired by American folk music, rock and roll, and blues, Garcia formed the Grateful Dead (initially known as The Warlocks) with blues singer Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, while Nelson joined the similarly inclined New Delhi River Band (which would eventually come to include bassist Dave Torbert) shortly thereafter. Although they lacked the managerial acumen and cultural cachet of the Grateful Dead and elected to remain in East Palo Alto, California unlike the former group, which soon relocated to the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco, the New Delhi River Band were considered[citation needed] by late 1966 to be the house band of The Barn[4][5][6] (one of the region's few viable concert venues outside of San Francisco) in Scotts Valley, California. The group continued to enjoy a cult following in Santa Clara and Santa Cruz Counties through the Summer of Love until their dissolution in early 1968.

After a period of inactivity Nelson contributed to the Grateful Dead's Aoxomoxoa (1969) sessions and served as the caretaker of Big Brother and the Holding Company's rehearsal space while guitarist Peter Albin and drummer David Getz undertook a European tour with Country Joe & the Fish following the schismatic departure of Janis Joplin and Sam Andrew from the former band in December 1968. During this period Nelson and Garcia played intermittently in an early iteration of High Country, a traditional bluegrass ensemble formed by the remnants of the Peninsula folk scene. Nelson was set to serve as lead guitarist in the reconstituted lineup of Big Brother that coalesced later in 1969 and thus may have contributed to some of the recordings on Be a Brother (1970) during this transitional period.

Dawson—who dropped out of Occidental College in December 1965 and remained in Los Angeles for several years thereafter, "hanging out with musicians and weirdos"—had returned to Los Altos Hills by early 1969, allowing him to contribute to the Aoxomoxoa sessions and briefly enroll at Foothill College.[7][8] After a mescaline experience at Pinnacles National Park with Torbert and Matthew Kelly, he began to compose songs on a regular basis.[7] Some (such as "Glendale Train" and "I Don't Know You") were traditional country pastiches; a number of others ("Last Lonely Eagle", "Garden of Eden", and "Dirty Business") found him working in a "psychedelic country" fusion milieu redolent of Gram Parsons' nascent Flying Burrito Brothers. "Henry", a traditional shuffle with contemporary lyrics about marijuana smuggling, also dates from this period.

Dawson's vision was prescient, as 1969 marked the emergence of country rock via Bob Dylan, The Band, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Poco, the Dillard & Clark Band, and the Clarence White-era Byrds. Around this time, Garcia was similarly inspired to take up the pedal steel guitar, and an informal line-up including Dawson, Garcia, and Peninsula folk veteran Peter Grant (on banjo) began playing coffeehouse and hofbrau concerts together when the Grateful Dead were not touring. Their repertoire included country standards, traditional bluegrass, Dawson originals, and a few Dylan covers ("Lay Lady Lay", "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere", "Mighty Quinn"). By the summer of 1969 it was decided that a full band would be formed and David Nelson was recruited to play lead guitar.

In addition to Nelson, Dawson (on acoustic guitar), and Garcia (continuing to play pedal steel), the original line-up of the band that came to be known as the New Riders of the Purple Sage (a nod to the Foy Willing-led Western swing combo from the 1940s, Riders of the Purple Sage, which borrowed its name from the Zane Grey novel) consisted of Alembic Studio engineer Bob Matthews on electric bass and Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead on drums; bassist Phil Lesh also played sporadically with the ensemble in lieu of Matthews through the end of the year, as documented by the late 1969 demos later included on the Before Time Began archival release. Lyricist Robert Hunter briefly rehearsed with the band on bass in early 1970 before the permanent hiring of Torbert in April of that year.[9] The most commercially successful configuration of the New Riders would come to encompass Dawson, Nelson, Torbert, Spencer Dryden, and Buddy Cage.

### Vintage NRPS: 1969–1982

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"New Riders of the Purple Sage" Armadillo World Headquarters poster by Michael E. Arth 1974

After a few warmup gigs throughout the Bay Area in 1969, Dawson, Nelson, and Torbert began to tour in May 1970 as part of a tripartite bill advertised as "An Evening with the Grateful Dead". An acoustic Grateful Dead set that often included contributions from Dawson and Nelson would then segue into New Riders and electric Dead sets, obviating the need to hire external opening acts.

By the time the New Riders recorded their first album in late 1970, there were several personnel changes. Hart temporarily left the Grateful Dead in February 1971. Although Hart contributed to two tracks on the album, former Jefferson Airplane drummer Spencer Dryden replaced him in the New Riders prior to his departure from the parent group. Dryden would remain with the group for ten years, ultimately serving as the band's manager.

Their first album, eponymously titled was released on Columbia Records (under a contract informed by Clive Davis's long-term aspiration to sign the Grateful Dead) in late 1971. It proved to be a moderate success comparable to the Dead's releases of the era, peaking at No. 39 on the Billboard 200 chart.[2] Entirely composed by Dawson (in comparison to the more egalitarian songwriting of later releases), the record was driven by Garcia's pedal-steel playing.

With the New Riders desiring to become more of a self-sufficient group and Garcia needing to focus on his other responsibilities, the musician parted ways with the group in November 1971. Seasoned pedal steel player Buddy Cage was recruited from Ian and Sylvia's Great Speckled Bird to replace Garcia. The band's second album, Powerglide (1972), was the first to feature this line-up. The Powerglide album art included a notable caricature of the band members drawn by Lore Shoberg.

1973's The Adventures of Panama Red included a Nelson-sung cover of Peter Rowan's "Panama Red" that steadily gained traction as an enduring FM radio staple. The album peaked at No. 55 in Billboard[2] and, albeit as a sleeper hit, marked the band's commercial zenith; in 1979, it was certified gold by RIAA.

In the mid-1970s, Radio Caroline adopted the song "On My Way Back Home" from the Gypsy Cowboy album as the station's theme tune. The song was well-suited to the station's album-oriented format of the time, and included the lyric "Flying to the sun, sweet Caroline".

The New Riders of the Purple Sage continued touring and releasing albums throughout the late 1970s and early 1980s to an increasingly fallow reception;[2] none of the albums that followed New Riders (1976) charted on the Billboard 200 in antipodal contrast to the widespread mainstream success of the outlaw country movement (exemplified by Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings) and such second-wave country rock groups as The Eagles, Pure Prairie League, and Firefall. The band continued to open several Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia Band shows in 1977 and 1978, including the final concert preceding the closure of Winterland Ballroom on December 31, 1978.

In 1974, Torbert left NRPS; he and Matthew Kelly co-founded the band Kingfish (best known for Bob Weir's membership during the Grateful Dead's late-1974 to mid-1976 touring hiatus) the year before. Initially he was replaced by Skip Battin (formerly of Skip & Flip and the early 1970s lineup of The Byrds), who briefly emerged as the dominant creative force in the band due to his prolific songwriting collaboration with controversial Hollywood impresario Kim Fowley. Stephen A. Love of Rick Nelson's Stone Canyon Band and the Roger McGuinn Band replaced Battin after he left the group to co-found a reconstituted lineup of The Flying Burrito Brothers in 1976. Shortly thereafter, Spencer Dryden relinquished his performance duties to manage the group in 1977. His musical replacement was Patrick Shanahan. Allen Kemp joined on bass in 1978 before emerging as a co-frontman on guitar and vocals, contributing prominently to the songwriting for the band's last major label release, 1981's Feelin' All Right.[10]

In 1982, Nelson and Cage left the band, leaving Dawson as the sole remaining member from the classic lineup.

### New New Riders: 1982–1997

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From the early 1980s to the late 1990s Dawson continued as leader of the New Riders of the Purple Sage. He was joined by bluegrass-oriented multi-instrumentalist Rusty Gauthier, who sang and played acoustic guitar, slide guitar, mandolin, banjo, and fiddle.[11] During this fifteen-year period, an evolving lineup of musicians played with Dawson and Gauthier in the New Riders. These included among others, guitarists Allen Kemp, Gary Vogensen, and Evan Morgan; bass players Fred Campbell, Bill Laymon, and Michael White; and drummers Val Fuentes, and Greg Lagardo.

Some projects had the current line-up performing new material and others reworked older material. On some albums, such as Midnight Moonlight, the band's sound was less influenced by electric country rock and more by acoustic bluegrass music.

### Retirement: 1997–2005

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In 1997, the New Riders of the Purple Sage split up. Dawson retired from music and moved to Mexico to become an English teacher. By this time, Nelson had started his own David Nelson Band. There was a reunion performance in 2001. In 2002, the New Riders accepted a Lifetime Achievement Award from High Times magazine. On hand were a frail Dawson (suffering from emphysema), Nelson, Cage, Dryden and Torbert's widow Patti. The band performed "Panama Red" and "Lonesome LA Cowboy" with Peter Rowan as part of the celebration. In the spring of 2004, Cage sat in at several gigs with the David Nelson Band.

### NRPS revival: 2005–present

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Shortly after the death of Spencer Dryden, a reconstituted line-up of the New Riders began touring in late 2005. It features David Nelson and Buddy Cage, alongside guitarist Michael Falzarano, bassist Ronnie Penque, and drummer Johnny Markowski.[12][13] They have released a live album, Wanted: Live at Turkey Trot, and two studio albums, Where I Come From and 17 Pine Avenue.

Allen Kemp died on June 25, 2009.[14][15] John "Marmaduke" Dawson died in Mexico on July 21, 2009, at the age of 64.[16][17]

Pedal steel guitarist Buddy Cage died on February 5, 2020, at age 73.

## Discography

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### Studio and live albums

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Release date  | Title  | US Chart[18] | Label  | Notes

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1971  | New Riders of the Purple Sage | 39  | Columbia |
1972  | Powerglide | 33  | Columbia  |
1972  | Gypsy Cowboy | 85  | Columbia  |
1973  | The Adventures of Panama Red | 55  | Columbia  | US: Gold[19]
1974  | Home, Home on the Road | 68  | Columbia  |
1974  | Brujo | 68  | Columbia  |
1975  | Oh, What a Mighty Time | 144  | Columbia  |
1976  | New Riders | 145  | MCA |
1977  | Who Are Those Guys? |  | MCA  |
1977  | Marin County Line |  | MCA  |
1981  | Feelin' All Right |  | A&M |
1986  | Before Time Began |  | Relix |
1986  | Vintage NRPS |  | Relix  |
1989  | Keep On Keepin' On |  | Mu  |
1992  | Midnight Moonlight |  | Relix  |
1993  | Live on Stage |  | Relix  |
1994  | Live in Japan |  | Relix  |
1995  | Live |  | Avenue  |
2003  | Worcester, MA, 4/4/73 |  | Kufala  |
2003  | Boston Music Hall, 12/5/72 |  | Kufala  |
2004  | Veneta, Oregon, 8/27/72 |  | Kufala  | Re-issued in 2020 as Field Trip[20]
2005  | Armadillo World Headquarters, Austin, TX, 6/13/75 |  | Kufala  |
2007  | S.U.N.Y., Stonybrook, NY, 3/17/73 |  | Kufala  |
2007  | Wanted: Live at Turkey Trot |  | Fa-Ka-Wee  |
2009  | Winterland, San Francisco, CA, 12/31/77 |  | Kufala  |
2009  | Where I Come From |  | Woodstock  |
2012  | 17 Pine Avenue |  | Woodstock  |
2013  | Glendale Train |  | Smokin'  |
2019  | Thanksgiving in New York City |  | Omnivore |
2020  | Bear's Sonic Journals: Dawn of the New Riders of the Purple Sage |  | Owsley Stanley Foundation  |
2022  | Lyceum '72 |  | Omnivore  |
2024  | Hempsteader |  | Omnivore  |

### Compilation albums

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Release date  | Title  | Label

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1976  | The Best of New Riders of the Purple Sage | Columbia
1987  | Take a Red[21] | MCA
1991  | L.A. Lady[22] | Sony
1992  | The Relix Bay Rock Shop, No. 1 | Relix
1994  | Wasted Tasters | Raven
1995  | Relix's Best of the Early New Riders of the Purple Sage | Relix
1997  | Relix's Best of the New New Riders of the Purple Sage | Relix
2000  | Ridin' with Panama Red | Sony
2006  | Cactus Juice | Arcadia
2009  | Very Best of the Relix Years | Retro World
2011  | Setlist: The Very Best of New Riders of the Purple Sage Live | Legacy
2011  | Instant Armadillo Blues | Raven
2017  | Original Album Classics[23] | Sony

### Singles

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Seven-inch singles released by the New Riders of the Purple Sage are:[24][25]

Release date  | Title  | Album  | Label

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1971  | "Louisiana Lady" / "Last Lonely Eagle"  | New Riders of the Purple Sage | Columbia
1971  | "I Don't Know You" / "Garden of Eden"  | New Riders of the Purple Sage | Columbia
1972  | "I Don't Need No Doctor" / "Runnin' Back to You"  | Powerglide | Columbia
1972  | "Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music)" / "Rainbow"  | Powerglide | Columbia
1973  | "Groupie" / "She's No Angel"  | Gypsy Cowboy | Columbia
1973  | "Panama Red" / "Cement, Clay and Glass"  | The Adventures of Panama Red | Columbia
1974  | "You Angel You" / "Parson Brown"  | Brujo | Columbia
1976  | "Fifteen Days Under the Hood" / "Don't Put Her Down"  | New Riders | MCA
1976  | "Dead Flowers" / "She's Looking Better Every Beer"  | New Riders | MCA
1977  | "Love Has Strange Ways" / "Red Hot Women and Ice Cold Beer"  | Who Are Those Guys? | MCA
1977  | "Just Another Night in Reno" / "Home Grown"  | Who Are Those Guys? | MCA
1980  | "Night for Making Love" / "Fly Right"  | Feelin' All Right | A&M
1980  | "No Other Love" / "Full Moon at Midnight"  | Feelin' All Right | A&M

## Lineups

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The membership of the New Riders of the Purple Sage has changed many times. The following table shows a somewhat simplified version of the history of the band's lineups.[26]

1969–1970  |

* John Dawson – guitar, vocals
* David Nelson – guitar, vocals
* Jerry Garcia – pedal steel guitar
* Bob Matthews,  Robert Hunter, or Phil Lesh – bass guitar
* Mickey Hart – drums

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1970  |

* John Dawson – guitar, vocals
* David Nelson – guitar, vocals
* Jerry Garcia – pedal steel guitar
* Dave Torbert – bass guitar
* Mickey Hart – drums

1971  |

* John Dawson – guitar, vocals
* David Nelson – guitar, vocals
* Jerry Garcia – pedal steel guitar
* Dave Torbert – bass guitar
* Spencer Dryden – drums

1971–1974  |

* John Dawson – guitar, vocals
* David Nelson – guitar, vocals
* Buddy Cage – pedal steel guitar
* Dave Torbert – bass guitar, vocals
* Spencer Dryden – drums

1974–1976  |

* John Dawson – guitar, vocals
* David Nelson – guitar, vocals
* Buddy Cage – pedal steel guitar
* Skip Battin – bass guitar
* Spencer Dryden – drums

1976–1977  |

* John Dawson – guitar, vocals
* David Nelson – guitar, vocals
* Buddy Cage – pedal steel guitar
* Stephen A. Love – bass guitar
* Spencer Dryden – drums

1977–1978  |

* John Dawson – guitar, vocals
* David Nelson – guitar, vocals
* Buddy Cage – pedal steel guitar
* Stephen A. Love – bass guitar
* Patrick Shanahan – drums

1978  |

* John Dawson – guitar, vocals
* David Nelson – guitar, vocals
* Buddy Cage or Pete Grant – pedal steel guitar
* Allen Kemp – guitar, vocals
* Patrick Shanahan – drums

1978–1980  |

* John Dawson – guitar, vocals
* David Nelson – guitar, vocals
* Bobby Black – pedal steel guitar
* Allen Kemp – guitar, vocals
* Patrick Shanahan – drums

1980  |

* John Dawson – guitar, vocals
* David Nelson – guitar, vocals
* Bobby Black – pedal steel guitar
* Allen Kemp – guitar, vocals
* Michael White – bass guitar
* Patrick Shanahan – drums

1980  |

* John Dawson – guitar, vocals
* David Nelson – guitar, vocals
* Buddy Cage – pedal steel guitar
* Allen Kemp – guitar, vocals
* Michael White – bass guitar
* Patrick Shanahan – drums

1980–1981  |

* John Dawson – guitar, vocals
* David Nelson – guitar, vocals
* Buddy Cage – pedal steel guitar
* Allen Kemp – guitar, vocals
* Patrick Shanahan – drums

1981–1982  |

* John Dawson – guitar, vocals
* David Nelson – guitar, vocals
* Buddy Cage – pedal steel guitar
* Allen Kemp – guitar, vocals
* Billy Wolf – bass guitar
* Patrick Shanahan – drums

1982–1984  |

* John Dawson – guitar, vocals
* Rusty Gauthier – guitar and other instruments, vocals
* Allen Kemp – guitar
* Billy Wolf – bass guitar
* Val Fuentes – drums

1984–1985  |

* John Dawson – guitar, vocals
* Rusty Gauthier – guitar and other instruments, vocals
* Allen Kemp – guitar, vocals
* Michael White – bass guitar
* Greg Lagardo – drums

1985–1987  |

* John Dawson – guitar, vocals
* Rusty Gauthier – guitar and other instruments, vocals
* Gary Vogensen – guitar, vocals
* Billy Wolf – bass guitar
* Val Fuentes – drums

1987–1990  |

* John Dawson – guitar, vocals
* Rusty Gauthier – guitar and other instruments, vocals
* Gary Vogensen – guitar, vocals
* Michael White – bass guitar
* Val Fuentes – drums

1990–1993  |

* John Dawson – guitar, vocals
* Rusty Gauthier – guitar and other instruments, vocals
* Gary Vogensen – guitar, vocals
* Fred Campbell – bass guitar

1993–1994  |

* John Dawson – guitar, vocals
* Rusty Gauthier – guitar and other instruments, vocals
* Evan Morgan – guitar, vocals
* Bill Laymon – bass guitar

1997  |

* John Dawson – guitar, vocals
* Rusty Gauthier – guitar and other instruments, vocals
* Gary Vogensen – guitar, vocals
* Fred Campbell – bass guitar

2005–2020  |

* David Nelson – guitar, vocals
* Buddy Cage – pedal steel guitar
* Michael Falzarano – guitar, vocals
* Ronnie Penque – bass guitar, vocals
* Johnny Markowski – drums

2020–present  |

* David Nelson – guitar, vocals
* Michael Falzarano – guitar, vocals
* Ronnie Penque – bass guitar, vocals
* Johnny Markowski – drums

### Timeline

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## References

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1. ^ Cahill, Greg (April 5, 2006). "Rough & Reddy: NRPS are back in town". Metro Silicon Valley. Retrieved July 23, 2023. "Unbeknownst to Cage, that trip would provide a ticket across a psychedelic landscape and a charter membership in the progressive-country band the New Riders of the Purple Sage."
2. ^ a b c d Strong, Martin C. (2000). The Great Rock Discography (5th ed.). Edinburgh: Mojo Books. p. 694\. ISBN 1-84195-017-3.
3. ^ Whiting, Sam (February 9, 2020) [February 7, 2020]. "Buddy Cage, pedal steel guitar player for New Riders of the Purple Sage, dies at 73". Datebook. Archived from the original on March 31, 2023. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
4. ^ Baine, Wallace (July 15, 2016). "Santa Cruz County Stories: UCSC's Ralph Abraham keeps alive the memories of Santa Cruz's hip golden era". Santa Cruz Sentinel. Retrieved May 31, 2021. "Came to Santa Cruz: 1968. Abraham was a professor at Princeton University in his early 30s when a UCSC recruiter visited him. He had developed an interest in psychedelic culture and mystical experience, but had no interest in relocating to California. 'I accepted the free airline ticket to see friends,' he said. His interview didn't go well, he said. But before leaving, he went to find a friend at the Barn in Scotts Valley, where "I saw the musicians playing inside large metal sculptures, psychedelic paintings on the wall and 300 people stoned on LSD dancing to the music.' Soon after, he changed his thinking: 'I was interested in Santa Cruz the town, not Santa Cruz the university. But it was a job, so I accepted it.'"
5. ^ "David Nelson and The New Delhi River Band, Fall 1966 (Nelson II)". Lost Live Dead. March 22, 2012. Retrieved May 31, 2021. "The configuration of Highway 17 and Scotts Valley has completely changed, and no trace of The Barn remains. The site is now the parking lot of The Baymonte Christian School"
6. ^ Arnold, Corry (February 9, 2013). "The Barn, Scotts Valley, California 1965–1968". chickenonaunicycle. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
7. ^ a b Dawson, John. "The Early Days of the New Riders". nrpsmusic.com. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
8. ^ "Grateful Dead Family Discography: Aoxomoxoa". deaddisc.com. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
9. ^ "New Riders Of The Purple Sage, Bassist: 1969-70". Lost Live Dead. March 16, 2011. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
10. ^ Thomson, Gus. "Auburn's Allen Kemp Part of Rick Nelson, New Riders of Purple Sage Bands", Auburn Journal, July 9, 2009
11. ^ Brown, Toni (June 1991). "New Riders of the Purple Sage Interview", Relix. Retrieved May 7, 2014.
12. ^ Bonfiglio, Jeremy D. (December 16, 2010) "More Renaissance than Reunion"[dead link‍], The Herald-Palladium. Retrieved December 22, 2010'
13. ^ Benson, John. (December 17, 2010) "New Riders of the Purple Sage Aren't Dead", The News-Herald. Retrieved December 22, 2010
14. ^ Thomson, Gus (July 9, 2009). "Auburn's Allen Kemp Part of Rick Nelson, New Riders of Purple Sage Bands". Auburn Journal. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
15. ^ "Allen Kemp Obituary". Auburn Journal. July 5, 2009. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
16. ^ Liberatore, Paul (July 22, 2009). "John Dawson, a Founder of the New Riders of the Purple Sage, Dies at 64". Marin Independent Journal. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
17. ^ Vaziri, Aidin (July 25, 2009). "Country Rock Musician John Dawson Dies". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
18. ^ "New Riders of the Purple Sage Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
19. ^ "Gold & Platinum". RIAA. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
20. ^ Collette, Doug (May 2, 2020). "New Riders of the Purple Sage Deliver Smokin' 1972 Set via 'Field Trip' Remix/Remaster". Glide Magazine. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
21. ^ Ruhlmann, William. "Take a Red". AllMusic. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
22. ^ "L.A. Lady". Grateful Dead Family Discography. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
23. ^ "Original Album Classics". Grateful Dead Family Discography. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
24. ^ "New Riders of the Purple Sage Discography: Singles". Grateful Dead Family Discography. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
25. ^ "New Riders of the Purple Sage Discography: Singles and EPs". Discogs. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
26. ^ "NRPS". Archived from the original on April 16, 2009. Retrieved September 12, 2009.

## External links

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* Official web site of the reunion lineup of the New Riders of the Purple Sage

* v
* t
* e

New Riders of the Purple Sage

* David Nelson
* Buddy Cage
* Michael Falzarano
* Ronnie Penque
* Johnny Markowski

* John Dawson
* Jerry Garcia
* Mickey Hart
* Phil Lesh
* Dave Torbert
* Spencer Dryden
* Skip Battin
* Stephen Love
* Val Fuentes

Studio albums|

* New Riders of the Purple Sage
* Powerglide
* Gypsy Cowboy
* The Adventures of Panama Red
* Brujo
* Oh, What a Mighty Time
* New Riders
* Who Are Those Guys?
* Marin County Line
* Feelin' All Right
* Before Time Began
* Keep On Keepin' On
* Midnight Moonlight
* Where I Come From
* 17 Pine Avenue

Live albums|

* Home, Home on the Road
* Vintage NRPS
* Live on Stage
* Live in Japan
* Live
* Worcester, MA, 4/4/73
* Boston Music Hall, 12/5/72
* Veneta, Oregon, 8/27/72
* Armadillo World Headquarters, Austin, TX, 6/13/75
* S.U.N.Y., Stonybrook, NY, 3/17/73
* Wanted: Live at Turkey Trot
* Winterland, San Francisco, CA, 12/31/77
* Glendale Train
* Thanksgiving in New York City
* Bear's Sonic Journals: Dawn of the New Riders of the Purple Sage
* Lyceum '72
* Hempsteader

Compilation albums|

* The Best of New Riders of the Purple Sage
* The Relix Bay Rock Shop, No. 1
* Wasted Tasters
* Relix's Best of the Early New Riders of the Purple Sage
* Relix's Best of the New New Riders of the Purple Sage
* Ridin' with Panama Red
* Cactus Juice
* Very Best of the Relix Years
* Setlist: The Very Best of New Riders of the Purple Sage Live
* Instant Armadillo Blues

Concert videos|

* Wanted: Live at Turkey Trot

Related articles|

* Bakersfield sound
* Robert Hunter
* Peter Rowan

* v
* t
* e

Jerry Garcia

Studio albums|

| Solo|

* Garcia
* Compliments
* Reflections
* Run for the Roses

|

With Howard Wales|

* Hooteroll?

With Merl Saunders|

* Heavy Turbulence
* Fire Up
* Fire Up Plus

With David Grisman|

* Jerry Garcia / David Grisman
* Not for Kids Only
* Shady Grove
* So What
* The Pizza Tapes
* Grateful Dawg
* Been All Around This World

Live albums|

| With Merl Saunders|

* Live at Keystone
* Keystone Encores
* Pure Jerry: Keystone Berkeley, September 1, 1974
* Keystone Companions: The Complete 1973 Fantasy Recordings
* Garcia Live Volume Six
* Garcia Live Volume Nine
* Garcia Live Volume 12
* Garcia Live Volume 15
* Garcia Live Volume 18

|

Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band|

* Almost Acoustic
* Ragged but Right

With Howard Wales|

* Side Trips, Volume One

With David Grisman|

* Grateful Dawg

Legion Of Mary|

* Legion of Mary: The Jerry Garcia Collection, Vol. 1
* Garcia Live Volume Three

With John Kahn|

* Pure Jerry: Marin Veterans Memorial Auditorium, San Rafael, California, February 28, 1986
* Garcia Live Volume 14

Pre-Grateful Dead bands|

* Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions
* Folk Time
* Before the Dead

Compilations|

* All Good Things: Jerry Garcia Studio Sessions
* Garcia Plays Dylan
* The Very Best of Jerry Garcia
* Well-Matched: The Best of Merl Saunders & Jerry Garcia

Bands|

* Grateful Dead
* New Riders of the Purple Sage
* Old & In the Way
* Legion of Mary
* Jerry Garcia Band
* Reconstruction
* Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band

Related articles|

* Discography
* Carolyn Garcia
* John Kahn
* Tiger

* Category

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* t
* e

Grateful Dead

* John Perry Barlow
* Tom Constanten
* Jerry Garcia
* Donna Jean Godchaux
* Keith Godchaux
* Mickey Hart
* Robert Hunter
* Bill Kreutzmann
* Phil Lesh
* Ron "Pigpen" McKernan
* Brent Mydland
* Bob Weir
* Vince Welnick

Studio albums|

* The Grateful Dead
* Anthem of the Sun
* Aoxomoxoa
* Workingman's Dead
* American Beauty
* Wake of the Flood
* From the Mars Hotel
* Blues for Allah
* Terrapin Station
* Shakedown Street
* Go to Heaven
* In the Dark
* Built to Last

Live albums|

| Contemporary|

* Live/Dead
* Vintage Dead
* Historic Dead
* Grateful Dead
* Europe '72
* History of the Grateful Dead, Volume One (Bear's Choice)
* Steal Your Face
* Reckoning
* Dead Set
* Dylan & the Dead
* Without a Net

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Retrospective|

| 1990s|

* One from the Vault
* Infrared Roses
* Two from the Vault
* Grayfolded
* Hundred Year Hall
* Dozin' at the Knick
* Fallout from the Phil Zone
* Terrapin Station (Limited Edition)
* Live at the Fillmore East 2-11-69
* So Many Roads (1965–1995)

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2000s|

* Ladies and Gentlemen... the Grateful Dead
* Nightfall of Diamonds
* Postcards of the Hanging
* Steppin' Out with the Grateful Dead: England '72
* Go to Nassau
* Birth of the Dead
* The Closing of Winterland
* Rockin' the Rhein with the Grateful Dead
* The Grateful Dead Movie Soundtrack
* Rare Cuts and Oddities 1966
* Truckin' Up to Buffalo
* Fillmore West 1969: The Complete Recordings
* Fillmore West 1969
* Live at the Cow Palace
* Three from the Vault
* Winterland 1973: The Complete Recordings
* Rocking the Cradle: Egypt 1978
* To Terrapin: Hartford '77
* Winterland June 1977: The Complete Recordings

2010s|

* Crimson White & Indigo
* Formerly the Warlocks
* Europe '72: The Complete Recordings
* Europe '72 Volume 2
* Dark Star
* Spring 1990
* Spring 1990: So Glad You Made It
* Winterland: May 30th 1971
* May 1977
* Sunshine Daydream
* Family Dog at the Great Highway, San Francisco, CA 4/18/70
* Live at Hampton Coliseum
* Spring 1990 (The Other One)
* Wake Up to Find Out
* Houston, Texas 11-18-1972
* 30 Trips Around the Sun: The Definitive Live Story 1965–1995
* 30 Trips Around the Sun
* Shrine Exposition Hall, Los Angeles, CA 11/10/1967
* Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ, 4/25/77
* July 1978: The Complete Recordings
* Red Rocks: 7/8/78
* July 29 1966, P.N.E. Garden Aud., Vancouver Canada
* May 1977: Get Shown the Light
* Cornell 5/8/77
* Robert F. Kennedy Stadium, Washington, D.C., July 12 & 13, 1989
* Fillmore West 1969: February 27th
* Pacific Northwest '73–'74: The Complete Recordings
* Pacific Northwest '73–'74: Believe It If You Need It
* Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR, 5/19/74
* Playing in the Band, Seattle, Washington, 5/21/74
* The Warfield, San Francisco, California, October 9 & 10, 1980
* Fillmore West 1969: February 28th
* Giants Stadium 1987, 1989, 1991
* Saint of Circumstance
* Ready or Not

2020s|

* June 1976
* Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO 12-10-71
* Listen to the River: St. Louis '71 '72 '73
* Lyceum '72: The Complete Recordings
* Lyceum Theatre, London, England 5/26/72
* In and Out of the Garden: Madison Square Garden '81, '82, '83
* Madison Square Garden, New York, NY 3/9/81
* Here Comes Sunshine 1973
* RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C. 6/10/73
* Friend of the Devils: April 1978
* Duke '78

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Road Trips|

* Vol 1 No 1
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* Vol 1 No 3
* Vol 1 No 4
* Vol 2 No 1
* Vol 2 No 2
* Vol 2 No 3
* Vol 2 No 4
* Vol 3 No 1
* Vol 3 No 2
* Vol 3 No 3
* Vol 3 No 4
* Vol 4 No 1
* Vol 4 No 2
* Vol 4 No 3
* Vol 4 No 4
* Vol 4 No 5

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Download Series|

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* 4
* 5
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* Family Dog at the Great Highway
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* Spectrum 11/5/79
* Spectrum 11/6/79

Compilations|

* Skeletons from the Closet: The Best of Grateful Dead
* What a Long Strange Trip It's Been
* The Arista Years
* Selections from the Arista Years
* The Very Best of Grateful Dead
* Flashback with the Grateful Dead
* The Best of the Grateful Dead
* Long Strange Trip
* The Best of the Grateful Dead Live
* Sage & Spirit

Box sets|

* Dead Zone: The Grateful Dead CD Collection (1977–1987)
* The Golden Road (1965–1973)
* Beyond Description (1973–1989)
* The Warner Bros. Studio Albums
* All the Years Combine: The DVD Collection
* Grateful Dead Records Collection
* The Story of the Grateful Dead

Videos|

* The Grateful Dead Movie
* Dead Ahead
* So Far
* Dead Ringers: The Making of Touch of Grey
* Backstage Pass
* Infrared Sightings
* Ticket to New Year's
* Downhill from Here
* Anthem to Beauty
* Sunshine Daydream
* Long Strange Trip

Side projects and
spin-off bands|

* The Other Ones
* The Dead
* Furthur
* Dead & Company
* 2015 tour
* Summer 2016 tour
* Summer 2017 tour
* Fall 2017 tour
* Summer 2018 tour
* Summer 2019 tour
* Fall Fun Run 2019
* Jerry Garcia Band
* RatDog
* Phil Lesh and Friends
* Rhythm Devils
* Donna Jean Godchaux Band
* Heart of Gold Band
* Missing Man Formation
* New Riders of the Purple Sage
* Old & In the Way
* Legion of Mary
* Reconstruction
* Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band
* JGB
* Kingfish
* Bobby and the Midnites
* SerialPod
* BK3
* 7 Walkers
* Billy & the Kids

Related topics|

* Acid Tests
* Bill Graham Archives v. Dorling Kindersley, Ltd.
* Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead 1987 Tour
* Dark Star Orchestra
* Day of the Dead
* Deadhead
* Deadheads for Obama
* Deadicated: A Tribute to the Grateful Dead
* Fare Thee Well (album)
* Fare Thee Well (concert tour)
* Grateful dead
* Grateful Dead Archive
* The Grateful Dead Channel
* Grateful Dead Comix
* Grateful Dead discography
* The Grateful Dead Family Album
* Grateful Dead Meet-Up at the Movies
* Grateful Dead Origins
* Grateful Dead Records
* Jazz Is Dead
* List of Grateful Dead members
* Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions
* The Music Never Stopped (album)
* The Music Never Stopped (film)
* Pickin' on the Grateful Dead: A Tribute
* The Planet Earth Rock and Roll Orchestra
* Relix
* Reunions of the Grateful Dead
* Rex Foundation
* Shakedown Street (vending area)
* Summer Jam at Watkins Glen
* Unfinished Grateful Dead album
* Wall of Sound
* Wharf Rats

Related people|

* Eric Andersen
* Bob Bralove
* Jerilyn Lee Brandelius
* Candace Brightman
* Betty Cantor-Jackson
* Bob Dylan
* Carolyn Garcia
* Bill Graham
* Gerrit Graham
* Rick Griffin
* David Grisman
* Lenny Hart
* Dan Healy
* Bruce Hornsby
* Alton Kelley
* Steve Kimock
* Ned Lagin
* Dick Latvala
* David Lemieux
* Branford Marsalis
* Stanley Mouse
* Ronald Leon Rakow
* Merl Saunders
* Rock Scully
* Bob Seidemann
* Laurence Shurtliff
* Owsley Stanley
* Howard Wales

* Category

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* ISNI
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* United States

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* MusicBrainz

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