17 Pine Avenue

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17 Pine Avenue
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Studio album by
New Riders of the Purple Sage
ReleasedMarch 6, 2012
Recorded2011
Genre Country rock
Length59:58
Label Woodstock
Producer Michael Falzarano
New Riders of the Purple Sage chronology
Instant Armadillo Blues
(2011)		17 Pine Avenue
(2012)		 Glendale Train
(2013)

17 Pine Avenue is an album by the country rock band the New Riders of the Purple Sage. [1] [2] [3] It was released on March 6, 2012.

Country rock is a subgenre of popular music, formed from the fusion of rock and country. It was developed by rock musicians who began to record country-flavored records in the late 1960s and early 1970s. These musicians recorded rock records using country themes, vocal styles, and additional instrumentation, most characteristically pedal steel guitars. Country rock began with artists like Bob Dylan, the Byrds, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, the Flying Burrito Brothers, The International Submarine Band and others, reaching its greatest popularity in the 1970s with artists such as Emmylou Harris, the Eagles, Linda Ronstadt, Michael Nesmith, Poco and Pure Prairie League. Country rock also influenced artists in other genres, including the Band, the Grateful Dead, Creedence Clearwater Revival, the Rolling Stones, and George Harrison's solo work, as well as playing a part in the development of Southern rock.

New Riders of the Purple Sage American country rock band

New Riders of the Purple Sage is an American country rock band. The group emerged from the psychedelic rock scene in San Francisco, California, in 1969, and its original lineup included several members of the Grateful Dead. One of their best known songs is "Panama Red". The band is sometimes referred to as the New Riders, or as NRPS.

Contents

17 Pine Avenue is the New Riders' second studio album, and third album overall, to feature their post-2005 lineup of David Nelson on guitar, Buddy Cage on pedal steel guitar, Michael Falzarano on guitar, Ronnie Penque on bass, and Johnny Markowski on drums. As on the band's previous effort, Where I Come From , the music for seven of the twelve songs was written by Nelson, with lyrics by Robert Hunter, who wrote the lyrics for many Grateful Dead songs. [4] [5]

David Nelson (musician) American musician

David Nelson is an American musician, singer, and songwriter. He is perhaps best known as a co-founder and longtime member of the New Riders of the Purple Sage.

Buddy Cage is an American pedal steel guitarist, best known as a longtime member of the New Riders of the Purple Sage. In 2001, he married his wife Leslie Cage.

Michael Falzarano American musician

Michael Falzarano is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He has been a professional musician since the 1970s, most notably in Hot Tuna, the New Riders of the Purple Sage, and the Memphis Pilgrims, a Memphis-style rock and roll/blues band that he founded in 1986.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
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On Jambands.com, Brian Robbins wrote, "Listen: if somehow you've missed crossing paths with the New Riders of the Purple Sage since their 2005 renaissance, then you need to understand something. This is not a band of tired, tie-dyed troubadours seeing out their later years, going through the motions and rehashing their greatest hits — these crazy bastards are still full of life; full of fire; full of music. 17 Pine Avenue is the latest round of proof: a killer studio album featuring a dozen cuts that show off the depth of the band's talent and their passion for what they're doing. In short, this is no oldies band, boys and girls — this is a happening thang.... Getting older? Who says? I'll have whatever they're having, barkeep." [6]

On AcousticMusic.com, Mark S. Tucker said, "With 27 albums and 9 compilations under their belt, you could say the New Riders of the Purple Sage have been pretty damn successful, and this latest release, 17 Pine Avenue, does nothing to tarnish that record—in fact pretty much epitomizes what the ensemble has always been about—being a very impressive disc that can still boast the presence of founding members David Nelson and Buddy Cage along with the same three cats who made 2009's Where I Come From a success.... Not a cut here is less than superb, and if there's any justice in the music world, releases like this will serve to reinvigorate the fading cowpunk movement 'cause this one's going to stun listeners in their tracks." [7]

On Allmusic, J. Poet wrote, "Longtime Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter contributes words to seven of the album's 12 tracks, bringing his customary psychedelic sheen to the material.... "Fivio" is a triumphant love song that's a reinvention of the traditional Irish tune popularized by the Clancy Brothers and features Michael Falzarano's chiming guitar and sighing pedal steel by Cage. "Suite at the Mission" is a cryptic meditation on life's vicissitudes full of dark humor; it's marked by more sparkling pedal steel from Cage and a world-weary vocal from Nelson. The title track is a bluesy shuffle crammed with mind-bending images that compares favorably to the Dead classic "Truckin'". It's one of the album's strongest songs and Nelson delivers it with a jaunty, insouciant air." [3]

The Clancy Brothers band

The Clancy Brothers were an influential Irish folk group that initially developed as a part of the American folk music revival. Most popular in the 1960s, they were famed for their trademark Aran jumpers and are widely credited with popularising Irish traditional music in the United States and revitalising it in Ireland, paving the way for an Irish folk boom with groups like the Dubliners and the Wolfe Tones.

Truckin Grateful Dead song

"Truckin'" is a song by the Grateful Dead, which first appeared on their 1970 album American Beauty. It was recognized by the United States Library of Congress in 1997 as a national treasure.

Track listing

  1. "Prisoner of Freedom" (David Nelson, Robert Hunter) – 5:27
  2. "Message in a Bottle" (Nelson, Hunter) – 4:02
  3. "Fivio" (Nelson, Hunter) – 5:56
  4. "Just the Way It Goes" (Michael Falzarano) – 4:27
  5. "17 Pine Avenue" (Nelson, Hunter) – 5:14
  6. "Down for the Ride" (Johnny Markowski) – 3:56
  7. "No Time" (Nelson, Hunter) – 5:32
  8. "Shake That Thing" (Ronnie Penque) – 4:47
  9. "Suite at the Mission" (Nelson, Hunter) – 7:50
  10. "I Know There's Someone Else" (Markowski) – 3:41
  11. "Six of One" (Nelson, Hunter) – 4:50
  12. "Truth Is Dead" (traditional, arranged by NRPS, lyrics by Falzarano) – 3:31

Personnel

New Riders of the Purple Sage
Electric guitar electrified guitar; fretted stringed instrument with a neck and body that uses a pickup to convert the vibration of its strings into electrical signals

An electric guitar is a guitar that uses one or more pickups to convert the vibration of its strings into electrical signals. The vibration occurs when a guitar player strums, plucks, fingerpicks, slaps or taps the strings. The pickup generally uses electromagnetic induction to create this signal, which being relatively weak is fed into a guitar amplifier before being sent to the speaker(s), which converts it into audible sound.

Singing act of producing musical sounds with the voice

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice and augments regular speech by the use of sustained tonality, rhythm, and a variety of vocal techniques. A person who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music that can be sung with or without accompaniment by musical instruments. Singing is often done in an ensemble of musicians, such as a choir of singers or a band of instrumentalists. Singers may perform as soloists or accompanied by anything from a single instrument up to a symphony orchestra or big band. Different singing styles include art music such as opera and Chinese opera, Indian music and religious music styles such as gospel, traditional music styles, world music, jazz, blues, ghazal and popular music styles such as pop, rock, electronic dance music and filmi.

Pedal steel guitar console-type of steel guitar with foot pedals to raise and lower the pitch of the strings

The pedal steel guitar is a console-type of steel guitar with pedals and levers added to enable playing more varied and complex music not possible with prior steel guitar designs. Like other steel guitars, it can play unlimited glissandi and deep vibrati—characteristics it shares with the human voice. Pedal steel is most commonly associated with American country music.

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References

  1. ↑ Pappalardo, Pete (June 24, 2011). "New Riders of the Purple Sage Stay True to Legacy of the '70s", Pocono Record . Retrieved February 24, 2012.
  2. ↑ 17 Pine Avenue at the Grateful Dead Family Discography. Retrieved February 24, 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 Poet, J. 17 Pine Avenue at AllMusic. Retrieved August 24, 2013.
  4. ↑ "New Riders of the Purple Sage: New Album, Tour Dates", JamBase, February 21, 2012. Retrieved February 24, 2012.
  5. ↑ "New Riders of the Purple Sage to Release 17 Pine Avenue on March 6th", Newzbreaker, February 21, 2012. Retrieved February 24, 2012.
  6. ↑ Robbins, Brian (March 7, 2012). 17 Pine Avenue, Jambands.com. Retrieved April 7, 2012.
  7. ↑ Tucker, Mark S. 17 Pine Avenue, AcousticMusic.com. Retrieved April 7, 2012.
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