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For most of the early '70s, the New Riders of the Purple Sage™ (yes, the name is trademark-protected) were the successful offshoots of the Grateful Dead. Although they never remotely approached the success or longevity of the Dead, they attracted a considerable audience through their association with Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh, and Mickey Hart, whose fans couldn't be satisfied with only the Dead's releases -- the New Riders never reached much beyond that audience, but the Deadheads loved them as substitutes (along with Garcia's periodic solo projects) for the real article. Their initial sound was a kind of country-acid rock, somewhat twangier than the Dead's usual work and without the Dead's successful forays into experimental jams, but they later acquitted themselves as straight country-rockers.
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Bill, What's the story on this album. When was it recorded? Bootleg? I have alot of their albums, but have never seen this one before. Thanks, Mike
Thanks for the info. I'll check it out. This came out at a time when I was getting tired of late 70s rock music. In those years I listened to alot of fusion. Still my favorite NRPS album is Panama Red.
Great band! NRPS still play the west coast. Last fall 2008 they played in tour with a group named Moonalice. Check Moonalice out on Facebook or goto their site: moonaliceband.com They upload their concerts for downloading.
Moonalice is a fantastic new band Even when Cassidy does not play with them they are still fantastic GE Smith has always been an excellant guitarist
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