| Bear's Sonic Journals: Dawn of the New Riders of the Purple Sage | ||||
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| Released | January 17, 2020 | |||
| Recorded | August 1969 – June 1970 | |||
| Genre | Country rock | |||
| Length | 301:55 | |||
| Label | Owsley Stanley Foundation | |||
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Bear's Sonic Journals:Dawn of the New Riders of the Purple Sage is a 5-CD live album by the country rock band the New Riders of the Purple Sage. It was recorded at various venues in the San Francisco Bay Area from August 1969 to June 1970. It was released on January 17,2020. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Contents
Dawn of the New Riders of the Purple Sage was recorded by the audio engineer (and LSD chemist) Owsley "Bear" Stanley. The album captures performances from the early days of the New Riders,with John "Marmaduke" Dawson on guitar and lead vocals,David Nelson on guitar and vocals,Jerry Garcia on pedal steel guitar,and Mickey Hart on drums. Initially Bob Matthews or Phil Lesh played bass guitar with the band,depending on circumstance. In April 1970 Dave Torbert became the band's bassist. Matthews is featured on the first four CDs of the album and Torbert plays on the fifth disc. [5] [6]
On Dawn of the New Riders the band performs original songs by Dawson,along with covers by various country and western artists. A number of the tunes had not appeared on any previous NRPS album. Bob Weir sits in on some tracks from two different dates.
Dawn of the New Riders of the Purple Sage was produced by the Owsley Stanley Foundation,a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving Stanley's recordings of different bands and musicians. Other albums in the Bear's Sonic Journals series feature Doc Watson,the Allman Brothers Band,Hot Tuna,and Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen. [2] [3]