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Poco - 64% match to New Riders Of The Purple Sage

This stellar US country rock band formed as Pogo in the summer of 1968 from the ashes of the seminal Buffalo Springfield, who along with the Byrds were pivotal in the creation of country rock. The band originally comprised Richie Furay (9 May 1944, Yellow Springs, Ohio, USA; vocals/guitar), Jim Messina (b. 5 December 1947, Maywood, California, USA; vocals/guitar), Randy Meis Read more

Hot Tuna - 61% match to New Riders Of The Purple Sage

This US band was formed by two members of the Jefferson Airplane, Jack Casady (John William Casady, 13 April 1944, Washington, DC, USA; bass) and Jorma Kaukonen (b. 23 December 1940, Washington, DC, USA; guitar/vocals). The band evolved as a part-time extension of the Jefferson Airplane with Kaukonen and Casady utilizing the services of colleagues Paul Kantner (guitar) and S Read more

Pure Prairie League - 60% match to New Riders Of The Purple Sage

Formed in 1971, this US country rock group comprised Craig Lee Fuller (vocals/guitar), George Powell (vocals/guitar), John Call (pedal steel guitar), Jim Lanham (bass) and Jim Caughlin (drums). Their self-titled debut album was a strong effort, and included the excellent ‘Tears’, ‘You’re Between Me’ (a tribute to McKendree Spring) and ‘It’s Al Read more

Mike Gordon - 58% match to New Riders Of The Purple Sage

Michael Gordon, 3 June 1965, Sudbury, Massachusetts, USA. Multi-instrumentalist Gordon is best known for his work with the US rock band Phish, a unit that enjoyed major critical success and attracted a devoted following in a career that ran from the mid-80s until 2004. Gordon’s main instrument during his time with Phish was the bass, although he also played piano, guita Read more

Jerry Garcia - 55% match to New Riders Of The Purple Sage

Jerome John Garcia, 1 August 1942, San Francisco, California, USA, d. 9 August 1995, Forest Knolls, California, USA. The mercurial guitarist of the Grateful Dead was able to simultaneously play with two or three other conglomerations without it affecting his career as leader of one of rock music’s legendary bands. For four decades Garcia was a leading light on the west Read more

Dave Mason - 47% match to New Riders Of The Purple Sage

10 May 1945, Worcester, England. Mason, the former guitarist of local bands the Jaguars, the Hellions and Deep Feeling met Steve Winwood when he was employed as a road manager for the Spencer Davis Group. This legendary 60s R&B band was weakened in 1967 when Winwood, together with Mason, Jim Capaldi, and Chris Wood formed Traffic. They found instant success as one of the Read more

Bob Weir - 45% match to New Riders Of The Purple Sage

Robert Hall, 16 October 1947, San Francisco, California, USA. Weir enjoyed a lengthy career as rhythm guitarist and vocalist with the legendary west coast band the Grateful Dead. Like his colleagues, he sporadically embarked on solo projects and played with other bands. Ace was a fine solo debut (albeit a Grateful Dead album in disguise), after which Weir joined up with King Read more

Wet Willie - 40% match to New Riders Of The Purple Sage

Unusual among Southern boogie band of the 70s, Wet Willie included a strong R&B element in its music. The group was founded as Fox in 1970 in Mobile, Alabama by Jimmy Hall (vocals, saxophone, harmonica) and his brother Jack (bass). Other members were Ricky Hirsch (guitar), John Anthony (keyboards) and Lewis Ross (drums). Wet Willie was signed by Phil Walden to his Macon, G Read more

The Marshall Tucker Band - 39% match to New Riders Of The Purple Sage

Trey Anastasio - 39% match to New Riders Of The Purple Sage

Ernest Joseph Anastasio III, 30 September 1964, Fort Worth, Texas, USA. Anastasio is widely regarded as one of the finest guitarists to emerge from the American rock scene in the latter part of the twenty-first century. He is best known for his work with the highly successful US jam band Phish, for which he was both the guitarist and the main songwriter.

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The International Submarine Band - 37% match to New Riders Of The Purple Sage

This country rock outfit was formed in New England, USA, in 1965 by Gram Parsons (Ingram Cecil Connor III, 5 November 1946, Winter Haven, Florida, USA, d. 19 September 1973, Joshua Tree, California, USA; vocals, keyboards, guitar), Ian Dunlop (bass/vocals), John Nuese (guitar, ex-Trolls) and Tom Snow (piano), who was later replaced by a drummer, Mickey Gauvin. It was Gauvin Read more

David Bromberg - 36% match to New Riders Of The Purple Sage

19 September 1945, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. A prolific session musician who later recorded a series of albums under his own name. Proficient on guitar (primarily acoustic), violin, mandolin and banjo, Bromberg’s music embraces elements of folk, blues, bluegrass, rock, comedy and lengthy narrative stories often inserted between choruses. His career began in New Y Read more

Phil Lesh - 36% match to New Riders Of The Purple Sage

Philip Chapman Lesh, 15 March 1940, Berkeley, California, USA. A formally trained trumpeter from an academic and classically trained background, Phil Lesh began playing bass guitar on joining the Warlocks in 1965. An R&B act formed around disaffected folk musicians, the group later evolved into the Grateful Dead. Lesh quickly became an intrinsic part of the group as an i Read more

The Ozark Mountain Daredevils - 35% match to New Riders Of The Purple Sage

One of country rock’s more inventive exponents, the Ozark Mountain Daredevils was formed in 1971 by the songwriting team of John Dillon (6 February 1947, Stuttgart, Arkansas, USA; guitar/fiddle/vocals) and Steve Cash (b. 5 May 1946, Springfield, Missouri, USA; harmonica/vocals), with Randle Chowning (guitar/vocals), Buddy Brayfield (keyboards), Michael ‘Supe’ Read more

J.D. Souther - 34% match to New Riders Of The Purple Sage