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The New Riders of the Purple Sage

THE FIRST TWO LINES OF THIS SONG TELL MY TALE OF WOE RIGHT NOW.
over 2 years ago

Oh woe is me. Alas, How I yearn to touch that green green grass of home, (or anywhere else for that matter.)Such longings have given birth to a few memorable songs.This one is by those lovable cowboy hippies, the New Riders Of The Purple Sage. Poor Henry.Poor deadmandeadman.

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Jerry on Pedal Steel !
over 3 years ago
Founding New Riders of the Purple Sage Member, John "Marmaduke" Dawson, Dead at 64
5 months ago

     MUSIC NEWS - Founding member of the San Fransicso area based psychedelic country-rock band, NEW RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE, John  "Marmaduke" Dawson, passed away on Tuesday, July 21, 2009 at the age of 64 in Mexico, where he had retired back in the 1990s.  "Marmaduke", a singer-songwriter who co-founded the band with the Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia, died after a long bout with s

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New Riders Of The Purple Sage - San Francisco 1971
8 days ago
New Riders Co-Founder & Mainstay John "Marmaduke" Dawson Passes Away
5 months ago

John "Marmaduke" Dawson, co-founder of the New Riders of the Purple Sage, has passed away at the age of 64. Dawson died on Tuesday in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico where he has been living for several years since retiring.Dawson occasionally played in San Francisco folk clubs during the early-60's with artists like Jerry Garcia, who would eventually co-found the New Riders. Along with folk mu...

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