New Riders

The New Riders of the Purple Sage | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 5, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: One Way Records Inc
• ASIN: B000002R3L
• Also Available in: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #417,244 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Fifteen Days Under the Hood

2. Annie May

3. You Never Can Tell

4. Hard to Handle

5. Dead Flowers

6. Don't Put Her Down

7. Honky Tonkin' (I Guess I Done Me Some)

8. She's Looking Better Every Beer

9. Can't Get over You

10. The Swimming Song

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Lots of covers but lots of fun!, July 20, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: New Riders (Audio CD)

Allthough this is an album of covers I still rate it fine.The NRPS were listening to and playing these great tunes when a lot of folks were too cool to admit they liked "She Looks Better Every Beer" or "Fifteen Days Under..." or other tunes Now its called alterna-country or no-depression or something.Anyway, if you like good music this is it!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pure Fun, January 1, 2004

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Keith Gorgas (Saranac Lake, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: New Riders (Audio CD)

One of the best all around works by the kings of Country Rock, this CD is the New Riders of the Purple Sage at their musical pinnacle. Early bassist David Torbert had left the band to form Kingfish with Bob Weir and Matthew Kelly, and former Byrd and soon to be Flying Burrito Brother Skip Battin had taken his place. Most of the songs on this CD are covers and they are done wonderfully. David Nelson does a rousing job on Jack Tempchin's "15 Days Under the Hood" and his cover of the Rolling Stones' "Dead Flowers" remained the NRPS' signature encore throughout their long history. Buddy Cage's screaming pedal steel made their rendition much better than the Stones's. Nelson also shines on Otis Redding's "Hard To Handle",and again his guitar interplay with Cage's steal lines are fascinating. John Dawson does a nice job with the songs he sings on this disc, including "Annie Mae" and Louden Wainwright lll's humorous "Swimming Song". And who can ever forget Skip Battin's classic "She's Looking Better Every Beer"? You'll never get bored listening to this CD.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Covers But GREAT, May 6, 2003

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paul stockland (minneapolis) - See all my reviews

This review is from: New Riders (Audio CD)

I think this is a very good CD. There are only two songs that I do not care for. I think 15 days under the hood, Swimming song and She gets better looking are 3 of their best recordings other than 4 or 5 songs from Oh what a mighty time (which should be put out on Cd) and everything on Panama Red. I have almost all their albums and I rate this the third best next to the two fore-mention albums. Buy it you will not be mad.