2787 - Setlist: The Very Best Of NEW RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE Live (2011)

NEW RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE
''SETLIST: THE VERY BEST OF NEW RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE''
JULY 12 2011
55:45

1/Henry
J. Dawson/4:37
2/Hello Mary Lou/2:55
3/Dead Flowers
Mick Jagger / Keith Richards/3:59
4/Truck Drivin' Man/2:58
5/Kick in the Head/3:10
6/School Days/3:06
7/Portland Woman
J. Dawson/5:11
8/Glendale Train
J. Dawson/5:05
9/I Don't Know You
J. Dawson/3:56
10/Louisiana Lady
J. Dawson/3:35
11/All I Ever Wanted
J. Dawson/7:10
12/Dirty Business
J. Dawson/10:03

Buddy Cage /Pedal Steel Guitar
John Dawson /Guitar, Vocals
Spencer Dryden /Drums, Vocals
Jerry Garcia /Guitar, Pedal Steel Guitar, Producer
David Nelson /Guitar, Mandolin, Vocals
Andy Stein /Saxophone
Dave Torbert /Bass, Vocals

REVIEW
by Al Campbell
Setlist captures 12 of the band's first-rate country-rock songs recorded
live in 1971 and 1974. The first six tracks were previously released on the
album Home, Home on the Road. The remaining six are previously unreleased,
recorded at the Fillmore West in 1971. New Riders of the Purple Sage
collectors will be pleased with the unreleased material, but the casual
listener should first check out the band's self-titled debut album on
Columbia.

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2786 - NEW RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE - Powerglide (1972)

NEW RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE
''POWERGLIDE''
1972
43:05

1/Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music)
Max Fidler / R. Lee / Joe Maphis/4:16
2/Rainbow
John Dawson/3:00
3/California Day
Dave Torbert/2:37
4/Sweet Lovin' One
John Dawson/2:55
5/Lochinvar
John Dawson/3:30
6/I Don't Need No Doctor
Jo Armstead / Josephine Armstead / Nick Ashford / Valerie Simpson/4:40
7/Contract
Dave Torbert/3:16
8/Runnin' Back to You
John Dawson/4:10
9/Hello Mary Lou
Cayet Mangiaracina / Gene Pitney/2:57
10/Duncan and Brady
John "Spider John" Koerner / Traditional/5:23
11/Willie and the Hand Jive
Johnny Otis/6:21

Stephen Barncard /Choir/Chorus, Producer
Buddy Cage /Choir/Chorus, Dobro, Guitar (Steel), Pedal Steel
John Dawson /Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Rhythm), Vocals
John Desautels /Drums
Spencer Dryden /Drums, Percussion, Vocals, Whistle (Human), Whistle (Instrument)
Jerry Garcia /Banjo, Guest Artist, Guitar, Piano
Nicky Hopkins /Guest Artist, Keyboards, Piano
Judy /Choir/Chorus
Bill Kreutzmann /Guest Artist, Percussion
McDuke /Choir/Chorus
David Nelson /Choir/Chorus, Guitar, Mandolin, Vocals
Dave Torbert /Bass, Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Bass), Guitar (Rhythm), Piano, Vocals

REVIEW
by Bruce Eder
The group's second album is pretty much definitive, especially in its remastered version from Columbia's Legacy division (issued in 1996), which has really crisp, loud sound. Joe Maphis' "Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music)" is a great opener, a honky tonk-style number featuring David Nelson's lead vocals and Nicky Hopkins' piano sharing the spotlight with Nelson's and John Dawson's axes. The guitars on Dawson's "Rainbow" are nearly pretty enough to be a Flying Burrito Brothers or Poco number. Most of what follows is as good or better, especially Dave Torbert's "California Day" and "Contract," and Dawson's "Sweet Lovin' One." The one letdown is their cover of "Hello Mary Lou," a flat, dullish rendition that could be any bad country-rock bar band, and which isn't going to make anyone forget the numerous versions before and since -- they do somewhat better with Johnny Otis' "Willie and the Hand Jive." Powerglide is a fun record and offers one virtue that the Dead, in particular, sometimes forgot -- they know how to end a song. Jerry Garcia is present on banjo ("Sweet Lovin' One," "Duncan and Brady") and piano ("Lochinvar") -- Bill Kreutzmann and Nicky Hopkins also turn up -- but the best lead guitar work here comes courtesy of David Nelson and Buddy Cage, who plays the pedal steel.

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2785 - NEW RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE (Bonus Tracks) (1971) (2003)

NEW RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE
''NEW RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE (BONUS TRACKS)''
1971
JUNE 3 2003
56:43

1/I Don't Know You
John Dawson/2:28
2/Whatcha Gonna Do
John Dawson/3:17
3/Portland Woman
John Dawson/3:40
4/Henry
John Dawson/2:37
5/Dirty Business
John Dawson/8:19
6/Glendale Train
John Dawson/3:01
7/Garden of Eden
John Dawson/4:37
8/All I Ever Wanted
John Dawson/4:39
9/Last Lonely Eagle
John Dawson/5:14
10/Louisiana Lady
John Dawson/3:09
11/Down in the Boondocks
Joe South/4:03
12/The Weight
Robbie Robertson/7:36
13/Superman
John Dawson/4:03

Commander Cody /Additional Personnel, Piano
John Dawson /Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals
Spencer Dryden /Additional Personnel, Drums, Percussion
Jerry Garcia /Additional Personnel, Banjo, Pedal Steel, Pedal Steel Guitar, Vocals (Background)
Mickey Hart /Additional Personnel, Drums, Percussion
David Nelson /Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Mandolin, Vocals
Dave Torbert /Bass, Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals, Vocals (Background)

REVIEW
by Bruce Eder
Anyone who enjoyed the Grateful Dead's Workingman's Dead or American Beauty and wanted more, then or now, should get the New Riders of the Purple Sage's eponymous release and follow it with the Riders' next two albums. With Jerry Garcia and Mickey Hart in tow, and Jefferson Airplane's Spencer Dryden playing what drums Hart didn't, plus Commander Cody at the piano, New Riders of the Purple Sage is some of the most spaced-out country-rock of the period. Even ignoring the big names working with John Dawson, David Nelson, and Dave Torbert, however, this is a good record, crossing swords with the Byrds, the Burrito Brothers, and even Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and holding its own. Maybe a few of the cuts (especially "Henry") are predictable at times, but mostly, New Riders of the Purple Sage was full of surprises then (the amazingly sweet, brittle guitars, in particular) and has tunes that have held up well: "Portland Woman," "Whatcha Gonna Do," "I Don't Know You," and "Louisiana Lady," not to mention the eight leisurely paced minutes of acid-country found in "Dirty Business." There are no added notes, but they'd hardly be vital -- the album is an open book.

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2709 - NEW RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE - Marin County Line (1977) (1993) (By Request)

NEW RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE
''MARIN COUNTY LINE''
1978
36:18

1 - Till I Met You/3:22
2 - Llywelyn/3:57
3 - Knights and Queens/3:57
4 - Green Eyes a Flashing/2:52
5 - Oh, What a Night/3:54
6 - A Good Woman Likes to Drink with the Boys/4:11
7 - Jasper/2:36
8 - Echoes/3:02
9 - Twenty Good Men/3:28
10 - Little Miss Bad/2:19
11 - Take a Red/2:24

Buddy Cage /Guitar (Steel)
John Dawson /Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals
Spencer Dryden /Drums, Percussion, Vocals
John Leslie Hug /Guitar
Steve Love /Bass, Guitar, Vocals
David Nelson /Guitar, Mandolin, Vocals
Ray Park /Fiddle
Patrick Shanahan /Drums, Percussion, Vibraphone, Vocals
Tom Stern /Banjo
Tower of Power /Horn

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