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New Riders of the Purple Sage | |
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![]() New Riders of the Purple Sage in 2015. Left to right: Buddy Cage, Michael Falzarano, Johnny Markowski, David Nelson, Ronnie Penque. | |
Background information | |
Origin | San Francisco, California, U.S. |
Genres | |
Years active | 1969–1997, 2005–2017 |
Labels | Columbia, MCA, A&M, Relix |
Members | David Nelson Michael Falzarano Ronnie Penque Johnny Markowski |
Past members | John Dawson Jerry Garcia Mickey Hart Bob Matthews Robert Hunter Phil Lesh Dave Torbert Spencer Dryden Buddy Cage Skip Battin Stephen A. Love Patrick Shanahan Allen Kemp Bobby Black Pete Grant Michael White Billy Wolf Val Fuentes Rusty Gauthier Greg Lagardo Gary Vogensen Fred Campbell Evan Morgan Bill Laymon |
Website | thenewriders |
New Riders of the Purple Sage is an American country rock band. The group emerged from the psychedelic rock scene in San Francisco in 1969 and its original lineup included several members of the Grateful Dead.[2][3] The band is sometimes referred to as the New Riders or as NRPS.
Unbeknownst to Cage, that trip would provide a ticket across a psychedelic landscape and a charter membership in the progressive-country band the New Riders of the Purple Sage.