[Review] New Riders of the Purple Sage: Powerglide (1972)
Sort of what you’d expect the second time around: the material isn’t as strong, the Dead connection is weaker, but Buddy Cage and…
Category: New Riders of the Purple Sage
New Riders of the Purple Sage Discography
When the New Riders of the Purple Sage released their first album on Columbia Records in 1971, they were already familiar to Deadheads,…
The Best of The New Riders of the Purple Sage (1976)
Kronomyth 9.0: THE BUST OF THE NEW RIDERS. Their greatest hits (get it?), although I would have racked ‘em up differently. Since the…
New Riders of the Purple Sage: The Adventures of Panama Red (1973)
Kronomyth 4.0: COLUMBIAN GOLD. The high point of the band’s fourth album is “Panama Red,” an open ode to that potent strain of…
[Review] New Riders of the Purple Sage: Gypsy Cowboy (1972)
The Riders’ most psychedelic set yet, this is more aligned with the Byrds and the Burritos than the Dead.
[Review] New Riders of the Purple Sage (1971)
Originally cast as an offshoot of the Dead, this debut features Jerry Garcia, Mickey Hart and some of the Riders’ most enduring tracks.
[Review] Grateful Dead: American Beauty (1970)
This is the Sticky Fingers of the Dead, a virtual greatest hits album.
[Review] Grateful Dead: Aoxomoxoa (1969)
Featuring the lyrics of Robert Hunter, Aoxomoxoa is the band’s most accessible and succinct album to date.