I don't think I've listened to the New Riders of the Purple Sage since I gave up my LPs fifteen years or so ago. I forgot how good this "country-rock" music was.
I am not, nor have I ever been a Dead Head. Okay, I've owned two of their CDs. Today I discovered that NRPS were a little brother of the Dead. It's Alright With Me and Thank the Day sound like Grateful Dead songs.
Then there are the songs which should be country classics, One Too Many Stories, You Should Have Seen Me Runnin, and Teardrops In My Eyes are great. Where is that beer I need to cry in?
I didn't buy this LP until I was in high school, but remember listening to it before then. Could it have laid a foundation for my appreciation of steel guitars, horn sections, and background singers? Could be, considering those are my favorite aspects of this record.
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