Topic: New Riders of the Purple Sage

John Dawson

The Encyclopedia Britannica - 903 days ago
), American musician who was a founding member of the country-rock group New Riders of the Purple Sage and a mainstay of the San Francisco Bay Area psychedelic movement in the late 1960s and early '70s. Dawson's own group, formed in 1969 ...

Psychedelic songwriter John Dawson dies at 64

AP News - 942 days ago
John Dawson, co-founder of psychedelic band New Riders of the Purple Sage, dies at 64John " Marmaduke" Dawson, a longtime Grateful Dead collaborator who co-wrote "Friend of the Devil" and developed a devoted following with his psychedelic country group New Riders of the ...