Customer Reviews

Powerglide

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The dynamic of all the talent from NRPS, the Dead and various guests, Buddy Guy et al. makes this the best effort from the New Riders. The songs evoke a simpler time, yet speak to subjects that are right up to date because of their universality. From cowboy rock to Ricky Nelson to Willie And The Hand Jive this album has it all. Listen to Rainbow and you hear the sound that the Nineties Country-Rock wannabes are trying to get to. This album if it was released today would be number one on the blurred rock country charts for weeks. Maybe the best country album ever. Truly a must have.

If I were the Original Riders of the Purple Sage I would have been proud of the New Riders carrying on the tradition. These guys were damned good, but so underrated. Powerglide is one of their best (Panama Red is my sentimental favorite)and I was surprised that after feeling that it didn't get any better than Panama Red, Powerglide had me and my whole college crew agreeing it was just as solid a set of tunes with tight performances to boot.
My kids don't know what to make of these guys. They know I do not particularly like mainstream country music, but are not surprised that I like stuff by the NRPS. These are universal good time party tunes. NRPS playing always signals a good musical trip by a bunch of guys actually more talented than some of their better known peers in their heyday.

A great follow-up to their self-titled debut, Powerglide is pure dayglow cowboy. LA Country, 3-AM Sunset Blvd, feel good rock n' roll. There's lots to like in this 11 catchy song collection. Unfortunately the NRPS were to put out one last great album after this one, that one being Panama Red. Later incarnations of the band seemed listless and uninspired.

New Riders of the Purple Sage, I still have this on vinyl from from the 70s, such a unique sound,great stuff.

an eternal classic by NRPS!true believers everywhere know about this one,so what can I say?if you dig the dead,you'll dig this one!

The first album (self titled) is 5 stars. I may need to give Powerglide a few more spins.

IF you are a New Riders fan without this in your collection, what is taking you so long? If you are new to New Riders Of The Purple Sage, this is a good place to start. Country Rock at it's best.

Such a great album album! New Riders in their prime! Incredible song writing, lead and harmony vocals. John "Marmaduke" Dawson, David Nelson, and the late, great Dave Torbert, Buddy Cage on steel, and Spencer Dryden on drums, with some special guest appearances. Some of their best work is here on this album.

I hope some day Columbia will also release Home, Home on the Road (live), Gypsy Cowboy, and Brujo.

Long associated with the Dead, these guys are so good in their own right. The musical style that is so much their own, far superior to the watered down "country-rock" that became "popular" in the 70's.

"Mescalito drenched hippie-cowboy soul" may be one way to define their "sound".

This is "goose bump" music folks, right there with Rick Nelson's "Garden Party", the Burrito's "Gilded Palace of Sin", or Gram Parson's "GP/Greivous Angel".

A must for any lover of good music with a cosmic country-fied tinge.

this has always been one of my favorites since i bought it back in the ol' LP days. NRPS' particularly haunting version of "Long Black Veil" very sadly is absent from the CD. Dave Matthews and Johnny Cash ran off with it, i guess.

I'm not really a fan of country music, although somehow I had heard of NROTPS. The one track that really stands out from the rest is "rainbow" - all the rest seem fairly average. Does anyone else see this?