New Riders of the Purple Sage

The Grateful Dead (and the New Riders) (1970)

Interview by Ted Alvy, Rock's Backpages audio, 27 December 1970

Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir from the Dead, plus New Riders David Nelson and Marmaduke, talk about Workingman's Dead and the birth of the New Riders of the Purple Sage, while DJ Ted Alvy spins tunes and tries to keep order. Originally broadcast on KPPC-FM Pasadena in December 1970.

File format: mp3 File size: 57.8mb Interview length: 1h 00' 43" Sound quality: ****

The Grateful Dead, the New Riders of the Purple Sage: Fillmore West, San Francisco CA

Live Review by Philip Elwood, The San Francisco Examiner, 19 August 1970

Jerry Garcia Keeps Family Together ...

Grateful Dead, New Riders of the Purple Sage: Fillmore East, New York, NY

Live Review by Vernon Gibbs, Columbia Daily Spectator, 29 April 1971

One Stoned Evening With the Dead ...

New Riders Of The Purple Sage: New Riders Of The Purple Sage (CBS 64657, £2.08p)

Review by Roy Carr, New Musical Express, 1 December 1971

"Unknown" Riders will please you ...

Grateful Dead, New Riders of the Purple Sage: Lyceum, London

Live Review by Keith Altham, New Musical Express, 3 June 1972

I SAW the first night of the Dead's four concerts at the London Lyceum last Thursday. where they were ever so good for ever so ...

Various artists: Fillmore: The Last Days (Fillmore Z3X 31390)

Review by Tom Nolan, Rolling Stone, 9 November 1972

HIS SPIRIT is omnipresent in this elaborate package. He has written extensive program notes to the handsome booklet. He is there suddenly at the beginning ...

A Guide To Contemporary Country Groups

Report by Mick Houghton, Let It Rock, September 1973

THIS AUTUMN, England is due for an invasion by some of America's top contemporary country groups. The new wave will be well represented by Commander ...

West Coast Rock: Get Your Wooden Noses 'Ere

Review by Nick Kent, New Musical Express, 3 November 1973

Grateful Dead: In the Wake of the Flood (Grateful Dead records, Import) New Riders Of The Purple Sage: The Adventures of Panama Red (CBS, Import)America: ...

New Riders of the Purple Sage: Home Home On The Road

Review by Charles Shaar Murray, New Musical Express, 25 May 1974

IT WAS Greil Marcus who founded what has since become known as the "What-is-this shit?" school of rock criticism. ...

New Riders of the Purple Sage: "People Used To Think Of Us As A Toy Band"

Interview by Danny Goldberg, Hit Parader, September 1974

BUDDY CAGE, steel guitar player for the New Riders and Marmaduke the singer were having a disagreement. "Those are a pretty weird bunch of folks," ...

Grateful Dead: Dead Slay Wembley

Live Review by Barbara Charone, Sounds, 14 August 1976

JUST LIKE Woodstock. Even before the New Riders of the Purple Sage kicked off Bill Graham's imported California Jam, bad acid circulated the main stand ...