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Music briefs: Frank Vignola, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Hatebreed, Rhett Tyler

Frank Vignola and Bucky Pizzarelli will play an extraordinary jazz show beginning at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Rosendale Cafe.

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Related Topix: Hardcore, Hatebreed, Pop/Rock, Frank Vignola, Jazz, Bucky Pizzarelli, Ringo Starr, John Pizzarelli

Sun Dec 27, 2009

Boston Globe

New Riders of the Purple Sage at Tupelo Music Hall

The folks at Tupelo Music Hall Salisbury brag about the intimate oceanfront venue, where most of the 400-plus seats are within 50 feet of the stage.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Jerry Garcia, Music, Entertainment

Fri Dec 25, 2009

Poughkeepsie Journal

Be transported by New Riders of the Purple Sage

The cover of the new CD from New Riders of the Purple Sage left me feeling pretty good, as I looked it over this week.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Bearsville, NY, Woodstock, NY, The Grateful Dead

Mon Nov 16, 2009

JamBase

Rex Foundation: $100K In New Grants

REX ANNOUNCES $100,000 IN GRANTS, UPCOMING CARAVAN EVENTS INCLUDE KELLER WILLIAMS, GRACE POTTER AND THE NOCTURNALS Keller Williams Furthering a tradition of grassroots giving, the Rex Foundation, a charitable organization originally founded by members of the Grateful Dead , announced its 2009 awards and grants, totaling $100,000, to 25 programs ...

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Related Topix: The Grateful Dead, Pop/Rock, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco Metro

Sat Oct 31, 2009

Soundboard the Blog

Upcoming Thomas Wynn & the Believers shows, plus video

The band has some out-of-town gigs on the schedule, including a show at next weekend's Riverhawk Festival in Brooksville.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Tampa, FL, Clearwater, FL

Thu Oct 08, 2009

Soundboard the Blog

A month's worth of shows for Thomas Wynn & the Believers..

The band, one of Orlando's best, was kind enough to send along its upcoming schedule.

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Related Topix: Orlando, FL, Pop/Rock, Starke, FL, Charlie Daniels, Country

Mon Oct 05, 2009

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle

The Cove:A Bay Ridge - Hot Spot' Revisited

It was a Saturday night, and The Cove, located on the corner of 91st Street and Fourth Avenue, would have a "one night only" performance of the hit country-rock band New Riders of the Purple Sage at midnight.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock

Wed Aug 12, 2009

The Arizona Daily Star

Last Writes: Guitarist, songwriter John 'Marmaduke' Dawson, 64, dies

John "Marmaduke" Dawson had original tunes in his pocket and a guitar in his hands in 1969 when a buddy just learning to play pedal steel guitar often joined his weekly gig at the Underground, a San Francisco Bay Area hofbrau house.

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Related Topix: San Francisco, CA, Jerry Garcia, Pop/Rock, The Grateful Dead, World News, Mexico,

Tue Aug 11, 2009

The Arizona Daily Star

Last Writes: Guitarist, songwriter John 'Marmaduke' Dawson, 64, dies

John "Marmaduke" Dawson had original tunes in his pocket and a guitar in his hands in 1969 when a buddy just learning to play pedal steel guitar often joined his weekly gig at the Underground, a San Francisco Bay Area hofbrau house.

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Related Topix: San Francisco, CA, Jerry Garcia, Pop/Rock, The Grateful Dead, World News, Mexico,

Sun Aug 09, 2009

The Arizona Daily Star

Last Writes: Guitarist, songwriter John 'Marmaduke' Dawson, 64, dies

John "Marmaduke" Dawson had original tunes in his pocket and a guitar in his hands in 1969 when a buddy just learning to play pedal steel guitar often joined his weekly gig at the Underground, a San Francisco Bay Area hofbrau house.

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Related Topix: San Francisco, CA, Jerry Garcia, Pop/Rock, The Grateful Dead, World News, Mexico,

Fri Aug 07, 2009

Post and Courier

Another new ride for classic sages

On July 21, John "Marmaduke" Dawson, the co-founder of the New Riders of the Purple Sage, lost a long battle with stomach cancer.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, The Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia

Fri Jul 31, 2009

News Observer

Creativity leads the way

When crafting songs for the group's first album in 20 years, New Riders of the Purple Sage leader David Nelson went back to an old friend.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, David Nelson, Robert Hunter, Folk, The Grateful Dead

Wed Jul 29, 2009

MAGPIE

Headneck Bonanza: Doug Sahm live in 1972 with Leon Russell and the Dead

Our celebration of recently departed hippie-country music pioneer John "Marmaduke" Dawson of the New Riders of the Purple Sage's legacy started a conversation about the history of "headneck" music: tunes beloved in equal measure to cowboys, hippies, bikers and all varieties of stoner hicks, country heads and longhaired rednecks.

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Related Topix: Doug Sahm, Country, Pop/Rock, Asleep at the Wheel, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Austin Metro, The Rolling Stones

Tue Jul 28, 2009

KHYT-FM Tucson

Garcia Contemporary Dawson Dies

Longtime Grateful Dead collaborator and co-founder of the New Riders Of The Purple Sage John Dawson died last week at the age of 64.

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Related Topix: The Grateful Dead, Pop/Rock

Sun Jul 26, 2009

MAGPIE

New Riders' Marmaduke, RIP

New Riders of the Purple Sage, live at Fillmore East, April 29, 1971. Click here for the setlist, or to download the whole thing as MP3s Dilettantes dabbling in the genre of country music have always had a hard time, from hippies like Gram Parsons to his modern day alt-country hipster inheritors.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Gram Parsons, Country, World News, Mexico, The Grateful Dead, Drugs

Sat Jul 25, 2009

JamBase

John "Marmaduke" Dawson: NRPS Founder Dies

JOHN "MARMADUKE" DAWSON John Dawson John "Marmaduke" Dawson passed away peacefully on July 21, 2009 at the age of 64 in Mexico, where he had retired several years ago.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock

Fri Jul 24, 2009

TwinCities.com

E. Lynn Harris, gay black author

Long before the secret world of closeted black gay men came to light in America, bestselling author E. Lynn Harris introduced a generation of black women to the phenomenon known as the "down low." Harris endeared such characters to readers who were otherwise unfamiliar with them, using themes and backdrops familiar to urban professionals, ...

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, African-American, University of Arkansas, Public Relations, Pop/Rock, The Grateful Dead

Worcester Telegram & Gazette

People,Places and Things

'Star Wars in Concert' going global LOS ANGELES - A worldwide 'Star Wars' concert tour will hyperdrive across the planet.

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Related Topix: Star Wars, Action Movies, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies, Symphony, Arts, Anthony Daniels, The Grateful Dead, Pop/Rock, Mexico, World News,

Thu Jul 23, 2009

Marin Independent Journal

John Dawson, a founder of the New Riders of the Purple Sage, dies at...

New Riders of the Purple Sage singer John Dawson, aka Marmaduke, died of stomach cancer Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, San Rafael, CA, Rock-N-Roll, Commander Cody

Wed Jul 22, 2009

Relix

Buddy Cage Remembers John 'Marmaduke' Dawson

As previously reported, New Riders of the Purple Sage co-founder John "Marmaduke" Dawson died yesterday at the age of 64.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock

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