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.
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
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...